20. Drafts upon the state.-All drafts upon the state treasury on behalf of the institution, shall be based upon orders of the board of trustees, signed by the president and secretary of the same, and attested by the common seal of the institution.

§ 21. Sections construed. Sections nineteen and twenty of this act shall not be construed to alter, impair or affect the powers or duties of the building commissioners appointed under the provisions of chapter five hundred and eighty-seven, of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-five; and nothing in this act shall be construed to interfere with the erection by said building commissioners of the State institution for the blind, in accordance with the plans heretofore approved by the governor, secretary of state and comptroller; and all moneys now, or hereafter to be appropriated for the building of said institution, shall be paid to said building commissioners for that purpose.

§ 22. Further powers of the institution.- The New York institution for the blind, shall continue to have the custody, charge, maintenance and education of all such pupils as are now intrusted to them by the state, and of any others who may be appointed prior to the opening of the state institution at Batavia; and shall receive compensation from the state for the maintenance, education and support of said pupils in the same manner as is now, or has heretofore been provided, and shall receive the same amount per capita from the counties from which said pupils are respectively appointed as is now paid, for their clothing, until such period as the New York state institution for the blind shall be ready to receive such pupils, and shall then, without reference to the term of years for which said pupils have been appointed under existing laws, and received by said New York institution for the blind, transfer said pupils to said state institution; provided, however, that they shall retain and continue to receive all pupils heretofore appointed or hereafter to be appointed, from the counties of New York and Kings under the appointment of the superintendent of public instruction, in like manner as is now provided by law, to be received, maintained and educated by the said New York institution for the blind, which shall be compensated for their maintenance and education by the state; and for their clothing by

the counties from which they are appointed, in like manner as is now done.

§ 23. Repeal.-All acts and parts of acts, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.

CHANGE OF NAME.

AN ACT changing the name of the New York State Institution for the Blind.

Chapter 563, Laws of 1895.

1. Name changed.- The New York State Institution for the Blind as the same was authorized to be established by chapter five hundred and eighty-seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-five and the acts supplemental thereto shall hereafter be known and designated as the "New York State School for the Blind."

NEW YORK INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND, NEW YORK

CITY.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to continue in force. 'An act to incorporate the New York Institution for the Blind,' passed April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and to extend the benefits of said institution," passed April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two.

Chapter 166, Laws of 1870.

1. Reception of state pupils; powers of superintendent of public instruction; extension of terms.-The managers of the New York Institution for the Blind are hereby authorized to receive, upon the appointment of the superintendent of public instruction, made for a term not exceeding five years, all blind persons, residents of the counties of New York and Kings, Queens and Suffolk, between eight and twenty-five years of age, who, in the judgment of the board of managers of said institution, shall be of suitable character and capacity for instruction,

and shall have charge of their maintenance, education and support, and shall receive compensation therefor from the state in the same manner as is now provided by law. The term of such appointments may be extended, from time to time, by the superintendent of public instruction, on the recommendation of the board of managers of the said New York Institution for the Blind, for such further period as they may deem advantageous in each individual case. (As amended by chapter 166 of the Laws of 1871.)

§ 2. Applications for admission.-Application for admission into the institution shall be made to the board of managers, and each application shall set forth the age, the fact of blindness, and that the applicant is a legal resident of the town, county and state claimed as his or her residence, with such other information as the board may require; and each application shall be sworn to by the applicant, or his or her parents or guardian, and shall be signed by at least one member of the board of supervisors of the county in which the applicant may reside, and also be recommended by the president and superintendent of the said institution, and transmitted by the said institution to the superintendent of public instruction.

§ 3. Supervisors of New York and Kings, Queens and Suffolk counties to furnish clothing; to pay fifty dollars for each indigent pupil. The supervisors of the county of New York or Kings, Queens and Suffolk, from which state pupils shall be sent to and received in the said institution, whose parents or guardians shall, in the opinion of the superintendent of public instruction, be unable to furnish them with suitable clothing, are hereby authorized and directed, in every year while such pupils are in said institution, to raise and appropriate fifty dollars for each of said pupils from said counties respectively, and to pay the sum so raised to the said institution, to be by it applied to furnishing such pupils with suitable clothing while in said institution. (48 amended by chapter 166 of the Laws of 1871.)

4. Disposition of surplus.- If in any year hereafter there shall be any surplus of the amount above required to be paid yearly by the said counties for clothing for pupils from said counties, respectively, then such surplus shall be deducted pro

rata the ensuing year from the amount above required to be paid by the said counties respectively.

THE DEAF AND DUMB.

AN ACT in relation to the New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb.

Chapter 272, Laws of 1854.

Section 1. Selection of pupils.- Every indigent, deaf and dumb persón, resident of this state, between twelve and twentyfive years of age, whose parent or parents, or, if an orphan, whose nearest friend shall have been a resident of this state for three years, and who may make application for that purpose, shall, until provision be made by law for his or her instruction in some other institution or school, be received into the New York institution for the instruction of the deaf and dumb, provided his or her application for that purpose be first approved of by the superintendent of public instruction.

§ 2. How supported. Each indigent pupil, so received into the institution aforesaid, shall be provided with board, lodging and tuition; and the directors of the institution shall receive for each pupil so provided for the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum, in quarterly payments, to be paid by the treasurer of the state, on the warrant of the comptroller, to the treasurer of the said institution on his presenting a bill of the actual time and number of pupils attending the institution, and which bill shall be signed and verified by the oath of the president and secretary of the institution. The regular term of instruction for such pupils shall be five years. The indigent pupils, provided for in this act shall be designated state pupils, and all the existing provisions of law applicable to state pupils now in said institution shall apply to pupils herein provided for.

3. Superintendent may continue pupils for studies in higher branches. It shall be lawful for the superintendent of public instruction to continue at the said institution, for a period not exceeding three years, for the purpose of pursuing a course of studies in the higher branches of learning, such pupils, not ex

ceeding thirty-six in number, as may have completed their full term of instruction, and who may be recommended by the directors of said institution. (As amended by chapter 58 of the Laws of 1885, and chapter 197 of the Laws of 1890.)

CARE AND EDUCATION.

AN ACT to provide for the care and education of indigent deafmutes under the age of twelve years.

Chapter 325, Laws of 1863.

Section 1. Deaf-mutes to be placed in state institutions.— Whenever a deaf-mute child, under the age of twelve years, shall become a charge for its maintenance on any of the towns or counties of this state, or shall be liable to become such charge, it shall be the duty of the overseers of the poor of the town, or of the supervisors of such county, to place such child in the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, or in the Institution for the Improved Instruction of Deaf-mutes, or in the Le Couteulx St. Mary's Institution for the Improved Instruction of Deaf-mutes, in the city of Buffalo, or in the Central New York Institution for Deaf-mutes, in the city of Rome, or in any institution of the state for the education of deaf-mutes. amended by chapter 213 of the Laws of 1875.)

(As

§ 2. Deaf-mute children, placing of, upon application of parents, etc., in certain institutions.-Any parent, guardian or friend of a deaf-mute child, within this state, over the age of five years and under the age of twelve years, may make application to the overseer of the poor of any town or to any supervisor of the county where such child may be, showing by satisfactory affidavit or other proof, that the health, morals or comfort of such child may be endangered, or not properly cared for, and thereupon it shall be the duty of such overseer or supervisor to place such child in the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, or in the Institution for the Improved Instruction of Deaf-mutes, or in the Le Couteulx Saint Mary's Institution for the Improved Instruction of Deaf-Mutes in the city of Buffalo, or in the Central New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes in the city of Rome, or in the Albany Home School for the Oral In