NEW YORK INSTITUTION FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF THE DEAF AND DUMB. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act in relation to the New York institution for the instruction of the deaf and dumb," passed April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and thirtyeight. Chapter 386, Laws of 1864. -Section 1. Amendment.- The third section of the act entitled "An act in relation to the New York institution for the instruction of the deaf and dumb," passed April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: § 2. Money may be raised to clothe indigent pupils.-The supervisors of any county in this state from which county pupils may be selected, whose parents or guardians are unable to furnish them with suitable clothing, are hereby authorized and required to raise in each year for this purpose, for each such pupil from said county, the sum of thirty dollars. AN ACT relative to the care and education of deaf-mutes. Chapter 180, Laws of 1870. § 2. Expenses. All provisions of law now existing, fixing the expense of the board, tuition and clothing of children under twelve years placed in the New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, shall apply to children who may, from time to time, be placed in the said institution for the improved instruction of deaf-mutes, in the same manner, and with the like effect, as if said last-mentioned institution had also originally been named in the acts fixing such compensation, and as if said acts had provided for the payment thereof to the institution last-mentioned, and the bills therefor properly authenticated by the principal or one of the officers of the said last-mentioned institution shall be paid to said institution by the counties respectively from which such children were severally received, and the county treasurer or chamberlain, as the case may be, is hereby directed to pay the same on presentation, so that the amount thereof may be borne by the proper county. *So in original. SUPERVISORS MAY GRANT PERMISSION TO ATTEND SCHOOLS FOR DEAF. AN ACT relative to the care and education of deaf-mutes. Chapter 253, Laws of 1874. Section 1. Application by parent, guardian, etc.; duty of supervisor.—Any parent, guardian or friend of any deaf-mute child within this state, over the age of six years and under the age of twelve years, may make application to the supervisor of the town or city where such child may be, for a permit or order 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 any of the deaf-mute institutions of this state, and it shall be the duty of such supervisor, if in his judgment the means of the child, or the parents or parent of such child, will not enable them to defray the expense in a public institution, to grant such permit or order and to cause said child to be received and placed in such one of the institutions of this state. for the education of deaf-mutes, as the said supervisor shall select. WESTERN NEW YORK INSTITUTION FOR DEAF-MUTES, ROCHESTER. AN ACT in relation to the Western New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes. Chapter 331, Laws of 1876. Section 1. Reception of pupils.-The Western New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes, at Rochester, is hereby authorized to receive deaf and dumb persons between the ages of twelve and twenty-five years, eligible to appointment as state pupiis, and who may be appointed to it by the superintendent of public instruction, and the superintendent of public instruction is authorized to make appointments to said institution in the same manner and upon the same conditions as to the New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb. 2. Powers of supervisors, etc.-Supervisors of towns and wards and overseers of the poor are hereby authorized to send to the Western New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes, deaf and dumb persons between the ages of six and twelve years, in the same manner and upon the same conditions as such persons may be sent to the New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, under the provisions of chapter three hundred and twenty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-three. NORTHERN NEW YORK INSTITUTION FOR DEAF-MUTES, MALONE. AN ACT in relation to the Northern New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes, at Malone, New York. Chapter 275, Laws of 1884. Section 1. Institutions may receive pupils, etc.-The Northern New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes at Malone, is hereby authorized to receive deaf and dumb persons, between the ages of twelve and twenty-five years, eligible to appointment as state pupils, and who may be appointed to it by the superintendent of public instruction, and the superintendent of public instruction is authorized to make appointments to the aforesaid institution. § 2. Supervisors, etc., may send pupils under provisions of law named. Supervisors of towns and wards and overseers of the poor are hereby authorized to send to the Northern New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes, deaf and dumb persons between the ages of six and twelve years, under the provisions of chapter three hundred and twenty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-three, as amended by chapter two hundred and thirteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five. Provided that before any pupils are sent to said institution the board of state charities shall have made and filed with the superintendent of public instruction a certificate to the effect that said institution has been duly organized and is prepared for the reception and instruction of such pupils. NEW YORK STATE HOSPITAL FOR THE CARE OF CRIPPLED AND DEFORMED CHILDREN. Chapter 369, Laws of 1900. Section 1. Establishment of the New York state hospital for the care of crippled and deformed children. 2. Board of managers, appointment of. 4. Powers and duties of the surgeon-in-chief. 8. Who may receive judgment. 9. Donations. 10. Managers' report of receipts. 11. Appropriations for maintenance of hospital. Section 1. Establishment of the New York state hospital for the care of crippled and deformed children.-A state hospital, to be known as the New York state hospital for the care of crippled and deformed children, that shall be for the care and treatment of any indigent children who may have resided in the state of New York for a period of not less than one year, who are crippled or deformed or are suffering from disease from which they are likely to become crippled or deformed, shall be established in the city of New York or within a reasonable distance of said city of New York. No patient suffering from an incurable disease shall be admitted to said hospital. Said hospital shall provide for and permit the freedom of religious worship of said inmates to the extent and in the manner required in other institutions, by chapter three hundred and ninety-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two entitled "An act to provide for better security of freedom of worship in certain institutions." § 2. Board of managers, appointment of.-The governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint five citizens of this state who shall constitute the board of managers of the New York state hospital for the care of crippled and deformed children. The full term of office of each manager shall be five years, and the term of office of one of such managers shall expire annually. To effect such order of expiration of the term of office of the managers, the first appointment shall be made for the respective terms of five, four, three, two and one years. Appointments of successors to ill vacancies occurring by death, resignation or other cause, shall be made for the unexpired term. Other appointments shall be for the full term. Failure of any manager to attend the regular meetings of the board for the period of one year, shall be considered as a resignation therefrom, and his office shall be declared vacant by resolution of the board. A certified copy of such resolution shall forthwith be transmitted by the board to the governor. The managers shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be allowed their reasonable traveling and other expenses. Such expenses shall be duly verified and paid by the treasurer of the board on the audit of the comptroller. Any of said new trustees may be removed from office by the governor for any cause that he may deem sufficient, after an opportunity to be heard in his defense, and the vacancy may be filled as herein provided. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. § 3. Powers and duties of board of managers.-The board of managers shall have the general direction and control of the property and affairs of said hospital, which are not otherwise specially provided by law, subject to the inspection, visitation and powers of the state board of charities. They may acquire. and hold, in the name of and for the people of the state of New York, by grant, gift, devise or bequest, property to be applied to the maintenance of indigent children who are crippled or deformed or are suffering from diseases through which they are likely to become crippled or deformed in and for the general use of the hospital. They shall, 1. Take care of the general interests of the hospital and see that this design is carried into effect according to law and its bylaws, rules and regulations. 2. Keep in a book provided for that purpose a fair and full record of their doings, which shall be open at all times to the |