whatever furnished, ordered or contracted for by him for the use of or at the poorhouse or the poor therein.

§ 19. The superintendent of the poor of said county shall, in each year, render, under oath, to the board of supervisors of said county, at its annual meeting, a true and full statement of all moneys received by him from said county, or from any source, for the benefit of the county, of all the products raised on the county farm belonging to the said county poorhouse, and of all supplies purchased, ordered or contracted for by him, and of the disposition which has been made of the same, and of any property belonging to the county, and of all labor that has been performed by the paupers in said poorhouse, and the manner in which the same has been performed.

§ 20. The board of supervisors of said county shall have power to direct by resolution, to be entered in its minutes, the quantity, quality and the manner in which the supplies for the county poorhouse, or any portion thereof, shall be purchased, obtained or contracted for; also for all the property and labor at or on the poorhouse, and for the working of the farm, and for all implements for the working of the same, and for all repairs on the buildings and fences.

§ 21. The superintendent of the poor of said county shall be subject to removal from office, for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, in the same way and manner as provided by law for the removal of sheriffs.

§ 22. All the cost and expense for all the relief granted outside of the poorhouse in the several towns of said county, since December first, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, for the care, support and maintenance of the poor, or for permanent or temporary relief, by the supervisors of the several towns, shall be a charge against the town where the supervisor granting the relief resides. All such expense shall be audited exclusively by the board of town auditors of said town, and paid in the same manner as other town accounts are paid. (As amended by chapter 138 of the Laws of 1898.)

§ 23. (Repealed by chapter 138 of the Laws of 1898.)

§ 24. The following special acts for the care and support of the poor in the county of Fulton, namely: Chapter four hundred

and ninety-seven, laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-five; chapter one hundred and eighty-one, laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-nine; chapter two hundred and forty-two, laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-nine; chapter one hundred and eighteen, laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-two; chapter two hundred and nine, laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, are hereby repealed; except the provisions of this act shall not affect the fees or compensation of any supervisor now acting as overseer of the poor in Fulton county during the term for which he has been elected.

§ 25. This act shall not apply to the cities of Gloversville and Johnstown, or either of them, or the poor of said cities, except as herein expressly stated. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. (As amended by chapter 138 of the Laws of 1898.)

Jefferson County.

AN ACT to provide for the support of the poor in the county of Jefferson.

Chapter 817, Laws of 1873.

Section 1. There shall not hereafter be elected any overseer of the poor in any of the towns of Jefferson county except in the city of Watertown and the towns of Ellisburgh, Cape Vincent, Wilna and Champion, and all the powers and duties of overseers of the poor as now provided by law are hereby conferred upon the supervisors of the respective towns in said county except in the city of Watertown and the towns of Ellisburgh, Cape Vincent, Wilna and Champion, where the overseer of the poor shall discharge all the duties of overseer of the poor conferred by this act with the restrictions hereinafter provided and the supervisors of each of the towns except those above named in said county shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties aforesaid and shall be subject to all liabilities and penalties that overseers of the poor are now subject to. (As amended by chapter 24 of the Laws of 1888.)

§ 2. It shall be the duties of the supervisors of the several towns in said county and of the overseer of the poor of the city

of Watertown except Ellisburgh, Cape Vincent, Wilna and Champion, to grant all necessary aid or relief to poor and indigent persons residing in their respective towns, and it shall be the duty of each supervisor except Ellisburgh, Cape Vincent, Wilna and Champion, and of the overseer of the poor of the city of Watertown to enter into a book to be kept by each of them for that purpose the name, age and sex of every person by them relieved together with an account of all the sums of money expended and the items of expenditure in the relief of each poor or indigent person and the cause of poverty in each case so far as it can be ascertained. It shall be the duty of the supervisors of the several towns except Ellisburgh, Cape Vincent, Wilna and Champion, and of the overseer of the poor of the city of Watertown to furnish to the clerk of the board of supervisors on or before the first day of the annual meeting of said board a copy of all the entries in the book provided to be kept by such supervisors and overseer for the year ending on the first day of November of each year, and also to present the same to the boards of audit of their respective towns and city at their annual meeting for the audit of town and city accounts, and such supervisor for all services (including mileage) rendered in the discharge of his official duties as aforesaid shall receive for each day's actual service the sum of two dollars provided that such supervisor shall in no case receive more than five per cent of the cost of supplies furnished nor shall he receive more than one hundred dollars in any one year for such official services. (As amended by chapter 24 of the Laws of 1888.)

§ 3. In case of the inability to serve of the supervisor of any of the towns in said county from absence, sickness or any other cause, the duties imposed on supervisors by this act shall during such inability be discharged by the justice of said town having the shortest time to serve, and said justice while so acting shall have the powers and liabilities hereby imposed upon supervisors, and like compensation.

§ 4. The board of supervisors of Jefferson county shall have exclusive power to make contracts with physicians and surgeons to furnish medicines and medical and surgical services for the poor at the poorhouse and asylum of said county and the supervisors of the several towns except Ellisburgh, Cape Vincent,

Wilna and Champion of said county and of the wards of the city of Watertown shall have power to make contracts with physicians and surgeons to furnish medicines and medical and surgical services for the poor of their respective towns but no charge shall be made by any supervisor for making such contract nor for any other services rendered in causing medical or surgical aid to be extended to any of the poor and indigent persons of their respective towns. (As amended by chapter 24 of the Laws of 1888.)

§ 5. All the expenses arising from the care, support and maintenance of the poor of the various towns and in the city of Watertown, in said county, shall be a charge upon the towns and city respectively, except as herein provided. And all accounts hereby made a charge upon the several towns and the city of Water town, unless otherwise provided in this act, shall be presented to and audited by the boards of audit of the respective towns and city. And the sums thus audited shall be levied and assessed upon said towns and city respectively by the board of supervisors of said county, and the sum thus raised shall be paid to the county treasurer and by him paid over on the order of the clerk of the board of supervisors to the persons entitled thereto as shall appear upon the schedule of the board of town and city auditors. The mayor of the city of Watertown and the supervisors of the several wards are hereby constituted a board of audit for said city for the purposes of this act.

§ 6. The board of town auditors of the several towns may specify such sums as they shall deem expedient to be raised in advance, for the support of the poor for the ensuing year, and such sums shall be levied upon said towns by boards of supervisors of said county and collected and paid over by the collectors to the supervisors of the respective towns. The board of auditors of the city of Watertown may specify such sums as it shall deem expedient to be raised in advance, for the support of the poor of said city for the ensuing year, and such sum shall be levied on said city by the board of supervisors of said county, and collected and paid over by the collectors to the chamberlain of said city to be disbursed by him on the order of the overseer of the poor of said city, and such overseer shall render detailed account to such board of auditors annually, and as much oftener

as shall be by said board required, of all his expenditures of such moneys and the manner thereof.

§ 7. All poor and indigent persons in the county poorhouse or asylum, on the first day of November, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and who for the previous twelve months have been in said institution, and all poor and indigent persons in said institution, or who shall from time to time be sent there from any part of said county, who have not a residence in any of the towns or city of said county, and all poor and indigent persons now in any of the State asylums or in the Jefferson County Orphans' Asylum at the expense of the county; and indigent persons who on and since the first day of November, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, have been maintained in any of the towns of the county, or in the city of Watertown, on the written order of the superintendent of said county, and who still continue to require aid shall be a county charge. The last named class of persons may be maintained outside of the poorhouse at the expense of the county, on the written order of the superintendent, at a cost not exceeding the average cost of maintenance at the poorhouse. All the poor accounts chargeable to said county, and all accounts for expenses at and connected with the poorhouse and asylum shall be audited by the board of supervisors as other county accounts are now by law audited, and such portion of said accounts as are hereby made a charge upon the respective towns and city shall be charged to them respectively.

§ 8. No overseer of the poor shall hereafter be elected in the county of Jefferson, except in the towns of Ellisburgh, Cape Vincent, Wilna and Champion. At each annual meeting of the board of supervisors of said county, one superintendent of the poor shall be appointed by said board who shall hold his office one year and until his successor shall be appointed; and the superintendent thus appointed shall exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties now by law exercised by the superintendent of the poor, except such powers and duties as are inconsistent with this act, and shall be subject to the same liabilities and penalties that the superintendent of the poor is now by law subject to, and every superintendent of said county before entering upon the duties of his office and within ten days of his notice