AN ACT to amend the Greater New York charter, relative to commitments to the state reformatory for women at Bedford. Chapter 610, Laws of 1905. Section 1. Chapter fourteen of the Greater New York charter, as reenacted by chapter four hundred and sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred and one, is hereby amended by inserting therein a new section to be known as section seven hundred and seven-a, and to read as follows: COMMITMENTS TO STATE REFORMATORY FOR WOMEN AT BEDFORD. $707-a. Whenever a woman between the ages of sixteen and thirty is convicted in the city of New York of habitual drunkenness, of being a common prostitute, of soliciting on public streets or places for purposes of prostitution, of frequenting disorderly houses or houses of prostitution, or of vagrancy under subdivisions three or four of section eight hundred and eighty-seven of the code of criminal procedure, she may be committed to the state reformatory for women at Bedford, pursuant to the provisions of section one hundred and forty-six of the state charities law, to be there confined subject to the provisions of such law and of any other statute relating to such reformatory. NEW YORK STATE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS' HOME, THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS LAW. BATH. Chapter 227, Laws of 1893. * ARTICLE IV. NEW YORK STATE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS' HOME. Section 40. Trustees. 41. Powers of trustees. 42. Admission to home. 43. Transfer of inmates to state hospital. Section 40. Trustees. The property heretofore conveyed to the state by the corporation known as the Grand Army of the Republic Soldiers' Home of New York, and all property heretofore or hereafter acquired by the state for the same purpose, shall continue to be known as the New York State Soldiers and Sailors' Home, and shall continue to be under the management and control of a board of trustees consisting of twelve members, of which the governor, attorney-general and the commander of the department of New York, Grand Army of the Republic, shall be ex officio members; and the remaining nine members shall be reputable citizens of the state appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, and each shall hold office for three years. No trustee shall receive any compensation for his services as such trustee or otherwise, except the trustee elected to act as secretary who may receive a reasonable annual compensation for his services, to be fixed by the board, with the approval of the comptroller, not exceeding the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. The board shall annually elect by ballot a president, secretary, treasurer and executive committee, but the offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by one trustee or separately as the board may determine. The board shall be known as the board of trustees of the New York State Soldiers and Sailors' Home. (As amended by chapter 108 of the Laws of 1903.) 41. Powers of trustees. The board of trustees shall have possession of all property belonging to or constituting such home and may complete the buildings therein already commenced or hereafter to be erected, and keep them in readiness for occupation with any funds appropriated therefor or that may come into their hands for such purpose, and may pay any existing indebtedness of such corporation which shall be or might become a lien upon such property or any part thereof. The board may make contracts in its name, subject to the approval of the comptroller, for work and materials for the completion of the buildings on such property, the furnishing thereof and of supplies for use and consumption therein, but shall spend no money and incur no indebtedness for such purpose beyond the appropriation previously made therefor by the legislature. It may adopt rules and regulations, subject to like approval, specifying the duties of the officers of the home, the government of its inmates, fixing the terms and conditions of admission thereto and the cause and manner of expulsion therefrom. The board may require and take in its name any security by way of bond or otherwise from any person appointed or elected by it, for the faithful performance of his duties, and for truly accounting for all moneys or property received by him, for or on account of the board of trustees or in the performance of such duties. And the said board shall have power to organize and maintain a band, the same to be paid for out of the maintenance funds of the home, not exceeding six thousand dollars per annum. (As amended by chapter 32 of the Laws of 1905.) $42. Admission to home.- Every honorably discharged soldier or sailor who served in the army or navy of the United States during the late rebellion, who enlisted from the state of New York, or who shall have been a resident of this state for one year preceding his application for admission, and who shall need the aid or benefit of such home in consequence of physical disability or other cause within the scope of the regulations of the board, shall be entitled to admission thereto, subject to the conditions, limitations and penalties prescribed by the rules and regulations of the board. § 43. Transfer of inmates to state hospital. Any soldier or sailor regularly admitted into the home found to be insane, may be transferred by an order of the president and secretary of the board of trustees and the superintendent of the home to any state hospital for the insane, there to remain at the expense of the home until legally discharged, and such expense shall be paid out of the maintenance fund of the home, at the same rate as is charged for the support of the county insane. § 44. Annual report. Such board shall, annually, on or before January fifteenth, make to the legislature a detailed report of all its receipts and expenditures and of all its proceedings for the previous year, with full estimates for the coming year verified by the president and treasurer.. (This chapter repealed chapter 48 of the Laws of 1878; also chapter 407 of the Laws of 1879.) SALE OF ALE AND BEER AT THE NEW YORK STATE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS' HOME, Bath. AN ACT authorizing the sale of ale and beer upon the premises of the New York State Soldiers and Sailors' Home of Bath, New York, and providing for the expenditure of the net proceeds therefrom. Chapter 900, Laws of 1896. Section 1. The trustees of the New York Soldiers and Sailors' Home at Bath, New York, upon complying with the provisions of chapter one hundred and twelve, laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, of the state of New York, are hereby authorized to sell ale and beer to the members of said home, upon the premises of said home, under such rules and regulations as said trustees shall prescribe, and the provisions of clause one, section twenty-four and clause six of section thirty of said chapter one hundred and twelve of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninetysix shall not apply to such New York State Soldiers and Sailors' Home. § 2. The said trustees shall expend the net proceeds of such sales for the support of the library and reading room of said home and for such other purposes as they shall deem best for the comfort and amusement of the members of said home. § 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. EXEMPTED FROM THE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES. AN ACT relating to the state board of charities and their control and management of the New York State Soldiers and Sailors' Home. Chapter 769, Laws of 1900. Section 1. Soldiers and sailors' home exempted.- The New York state soldiers and sailors' home is hereby exempted from the management and control of the state board of charities and in respect to said institution said board are hereafter only to exercise their constitutional right to visit and inspect. § 2. Repeal. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. NEW YORK STATE WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS HOME, OXFORD. AN ACT to provide for the establishment of a home for the aged and dependent veteran and his wife, veterans' mothers, widows, and army nurses, residents of New York. Chapter 468, Laws of 1894. Section 1. Establishment of home. There shall be established in this state a home for the aged dependent veteran and his wife, veterans' mothers, widows, and army nurses, which shall be located within the state at a point which shall be determined as hereinafter provided, said home to be known as "New York State Woman's Relief Corps Home." (As amended by chapter 47 of the Laws of 1897.) § 2. Board of managers. It shall be the duty of the governor within thirty days after the passage of this act, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to appoint nine residents of the state, six of whom shall be women and three men, to constitute a board of managers of said home who shall hold office, three for two, three for four, and three for six years, respectively, as shall be indicated by the governor on making the appointment, and thereafter all appointments except to fill vacancies in said board shall be for six years and shall be made by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. majority of the board of managers shall be appointed from the members of the grand army of the republic of the department of New York and the women's relief corps, auxiliary to the grand army of the republic, department of New York. Whenever a vacancy occurs in said board after the expiration of a term of office or by resignation or removal or otherwise, the governor 7-VOL. 3 A |