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of appointment, shall execute to the board of supervisors of said county a bond in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, or such other sum as such board shall direct, with two or more sureties to be approved by such board, or in case such board shall not be in session, by the county judge, surrogate and county clerk, or any two of them, conditioned that he shall faithfully execute and discharge the duties of his office and shall pay according to law all moneys that shall come into his hands by virtue of his office, and render a just and true account thereof to the board of supervisors at each annual meeting of such board or at any special meeting thereof when required to do so. Said bond with the approval aforesaid indorsed thereon, shall be filed in the office of the county clerk. The term of office of said superintend ent shall commence on the first day of January of each year. Every superintendent appointed by virtue of this act shall reside at the poorhouse of said county and be the keeper thereof and shall receive such compensation for his services as shall be fixed at any annual meeting of the board of supervisors, but such compensation so determined shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which he is appointed. (As amended by chapter 24 of the Laws of 1888, and chapter 90 of the Laws of 1893.)

§ 9. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of superintendent of the poor in said county, the county judge, surrogate and county clerk, or any two of them, shall appoint some person to fill such vacancy, who shall hold his office until a successor shall be appointed in pursuance of this act; and shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, and within five days after notice of his appointment, give such bond as is provided for in the eighth section of this act, which, with the approval as herein provided, and with the order of appointment, shall be filed in the office of the county clerk. Every superintendent appointed in pursuance of this section shall receive the same proportionate rate of compensation for his services as his immediate predecessor would have been entitied to receive.

§ 10. Every superintendent of the poor, supervisor and overseer of the poor in said county shall have power to administer an

oath to any person applying for relief, as to any matters pertaining to or touching the application for relief. Willful false swearing under this act shall be deemed perjury.

§ 11. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of the poor of said county to keep a book in which shall be entered a correct and full statement and account of all purchases, contracts, sales and expenditures made, and all moneys received by him as such superintendent; the amount and value of the farm products; the name of every person to whom any draft on the county treasurer shall be given, or any money paid by him; the amount of the same, and for what the allowance or payment was made, and the price of the article or services for which such allowance was made, which book, with the vouchers of such expenditures, shall be presented to the board of supervisors during the first three days of their annual session, and at any special meeting of said board when required. It shall also be the duty of the said superintendent to keep an accurate account of the name of each poor and indigent person received into the poorhouse or asylum of the county, the date of such reception and of what town or city of the county they are residents, or if they are not residents of any of the towns of said county, or of the city of Watertown, such fact shall be stated by him, and the residence thus fixed by the superintendent shall, for the purposes of this act, be deemed presumptively correct, and any interested party shall have the right to appeal from such decision of the superintendent to the board of supervisors, who may make such order in the matter as they shall deem just. He shall also keep an accurate account with each of the towns of the county and with the city of Watertown, charging them with the average cost of supporting all poor and indigent persons kept in the poorhouse or asylum at any time during the preceding year, and chargeable to such towns or city respectively, except those who by this act are made a county charge, and shall include the same in his report to the board of supervisors as herein provided. The supervisor of any town or ward, and the overseer of the poor of the city of Watertown shall have the right to have such of the town or city poor, as they shall from time to time direct, respectively, maintained at the poor

house or asylum at the expense of such town or city, and shall also have the right to send children to the Jefferson county orphan asylum, chargeable to their respective town or city, subject to the rules and regulations of such orphan asylum.

§ 12. The board of supervisors of said county shall, at each annual meeting of said board, appoint two persons, whose duty it shall be to visit the poorhouse and asylum of said county once in every two months, and not oftener, unless ordered by said board; and shall examine into the condition and usage of the poor, the management of the poorhouse and farm, the books of the keeper, and the management of the poorhouse and asylum generally, and shall make a written report of their doings to the board of supervisors at each annual meeting thereof; and also, when called upon so to do at any special meeting of said board. Said inspectors shall receive as compensation two dollars per day while in actual service. Said inspectors shall be appointed by ballot at the same time, and no ballot shall contain the name of more than one person, and the two persons having the greatest number of votes shall be deemed appointed.

§ 13. The board of supervisors of said county shall have power to direct, by resolution, duly entered on its minutes, the manner in which the supplies for the poorhouse, or any portion of them, shall be purchased, contracted for or obtained by the superintendent. When any such direction shall be given by said board, the same shall be observed and carried out by said superintendent.

§ 14. Section first and second of chapter one hundred and ninety-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-six, also chapter two hundred and forty-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-two are hereby repealed except in Ellisburgh, Cape Vincent, Wilna and Champion. (As amended by chapter 24 of the Laws of 1888.)

§ 15. All laws and parts of laws inconsistent with this act are and shall be inoperative and ineffectual in the county of Jefferson, and all general laws now in force, applicable to the care and support of town or county poor, and not inconsistent with this act are hereby made applicable to the town and county poor of said county.

§ 16. This act shall go into effect on the first day of November eighteen hundred and eighty-eight and the term of office of overseer of the poor in said county, except in the city of Watertown, Ellisburgh, Cape Vincent, Wilna and Champion, shall cease on the first day of November eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. (As amended by chapter 24 of the Laws of 1888.)

AN ACT to exempt the town of Henderson from the provisions of chapter eight hundred and seventeen of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, entitled "An act to provide for the support of the poor in the county of Jefferson," and to confirm the action of the legal voters of said town in the election of an overseer of the poor.

Chapter 589, Laws of 1880.

Section 1. The town of Henderson is hereby exempted from the provisions of chapter eight hundred and seventeen of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, entitled "An act to provide for the support of the poor in the county of Jefferson," and the action of the legal voters of said town, on February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, in electing Levi Crittenden as overseer of the poor is hereby fully confirmed.

Lewis County.

AN ACT to repeal chapter six hundred and forty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, entitled "An act to provide that any superintendent of the poor of the county of Lewis may be the keeper of the poorhouse of said county."

Chapter 86, Laws of 1885.

Section 1. From and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, chapter six hundred and forty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, entitled "An act to provide that any superintendent of the poor of the county of Lewis may be the keeper of the poorhouse of said county," is hereby repealed.

Montgomery County.

AN ACT relating to the superintendent of the poor of Montgomery county and specifying his powers as keeper of the county almshouse and farm.

Chapter 10, Laws of 1900.

Section 1. The superintendent of the poor of Montgomery county shall reside at the poorhouse and shall be keeper of the county almshouse and farm of such county, during his term of office as such superintendent. He shall receive as such keeper, in addition to his fees as superintendent of the poor, an annual compensation of eight hundred dollars. He shall be entitled to board for himself and family. He may employ a matron at a compensation of not to exceed four dollars per week, one additional female assistant at not to exceed four dollars per week and such other help as he may deem necessary.

§ 2. The superintendent of the poor in office when this chapter takes effect, and the superintendents hereafter elected or appointed shall purchase the necessary furniture and equipment for the county farm and almshouse recently purchased and constructed for such county and also purchase necessary implements and stock for said farm, food and material for the maintenance of the poor in such almshouse and use the income of said farm for the support of such poor and sell and dispose of the proceeds of said farm not necessary for the support of the inmates of said almshouse. Such superintendent shall make an itemized estimate in duplicate, of the furniture, equipment, implements, stock and supplies required for the use of the county almshouse and farm, showing the amount required for each item; each of such duplicates shall be signed by him and one shall be filed in his office and be open to public inspection and one shall be transmitted to the clerk of the board of supervisors.

The board of supervisors shall cause the total amount called for by such estimates to be assessed, levied and collected in the same manner as other contingent expenses of the county, to be paid to the county treasurer and to be by him kept as a separate fund. The superintendent of the poor shall pay for the furniture, and equipment purchased by him as above provided, by his order upon the county treasurer, to be paid from the fund so raised.

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