such institution with the system or line or lines maintained or operated by any public service corporation or repairing or improving any such connection, such public service corporation shall not be required to make the preliminary deposit or to give the certified check upon submitting its proposal as hereinbefore provided nor to give any bond for the performance of the work, nor shall any advertising for proposals be necessary where the public service corporation is to perform the work. The work of erection, alteration, repairs or improvements of buildings or plant of state institutions reporting to the fiscal supervisor may be done by the employment of inmate or outside labor, either or both, and by the purchase of materials in the open market whenever, in the opinion of the fiscal supervisor and state architect, such course shall be more advantageous to the state. No compensation shall be allowed for the employment of inmate labor. Where money

is appropriated for any specific purpose other than for maintenance, and the work, materials, furniture, apparatus or other supplies are not to be performed or purchased pursuant to contract or special order duly made therefor, such money shall be expended pursuant to special fund estimates made to the fiscal supervisor by the board of managers or trustees of the institution for which such appropriation is made. The provisions of this article relating to the estimates of the expense required for state institutions reporting to the fiscal supervisor shall apply to such estimates; and when such work is to be performed in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by the state architect or is to be paid for from appropriations for the erection, alteration, repairs or improvements of buildings or plant, such estimates shall also be subject to his approval. Except as above specified all such work shall be done by contract or special order. The form of the contract or special order shall be prescribed by the state architect. All payments on contracts, special orders and special fund estimates shall be made on the voucher of the board of managers or trustees as the work progresses or the purchase of material is made, and upon bills duly certified, rendered and audited and approved by the fiscal supervisor. Payments on contracts and special orders shall also be subject to the approval of the state architect. No item of an appropriation made for the per

formance of such work shall be available, except for advertising, unless one or more contracts, special orders or special fund estimates shall first have been made for the completion of such work within the appropriation therefor. If an appropriation be made for the erection, alteration, repairs or improvements of buildings or plant, at a state institution reporting to the fiscal supervisor in an appropriation act specifying two or more objects for which the appropriation shall be applied, and any one of such objects shall have been accomplished for a less sum than the amount specified in the act, the unexpended balance shall be applicable to the completion of any other work specified in the act, if, after due advertisements, no bids shall have been received within the amount specifically appropriated therefor. Each original bid, with an abstract thereof, shall accompany the copy of the contract or special order which is to be filed with the comptroller. (As amended by chapter 149 of the Laws of 1909 and chapter 47 of the Laws of 1910.)

§ 50. Visitations and reports by managers or trustees. The board of managers or trustees of each of the state institutions reporting to the fiscal supervisor in addition to their other duties now required by law, shall hold monthly meetings at the institution under its charge and, by a majority of its members, visit and inspect the institution for which it is appointed at least monthly, and shall make a written report to the governor, the state board of charities and the fiscal supervisor within ten days after each visitation, to be signed by each member making such visitation. Such reports shall include the minutes of the monthly meetings and shall state in detail the condition of the institution visited and of its inmates, and such other matters pertaining to the management and affairs thereof as in the opinion of the board should be brought to the attention of the governor, the state board of charities or the fiscal supervisor of state charities, and may contain recommendations as to needed improvements in the institution or its management. The state board of managers of reformatories shall meet monthly at some one of the institutions under its management, and shall at least monthly visit and inspect each

such institution either by a majority of said board or a committee of its members, and shall make a like report to the governor, the state commission of prisons and the fiscal supervisor. Managers or trustees who fail to attend the meetings of their respective boards or fail to make such visitations for three successive months, shall be deemed to have vacated their membership in such boards of managers or trustees, whereupon the governor shall fill the vacancies so created as provided by law, unless the absence of such managers or trustees shall be excused by the governor. The board of managers or trustees of each of the state institutions reporting to the fiscal supervisor shall also, at each monthly inspection, pass upon all articles abandoned for use during the month and include in its report to the fiscal supervisor a list of such articles showing the action of the board. (As amended by chapter 149 of the Laws of 1909.)

§ 51. Appointment and removal of managers or trustees. Each of the state institutions reporting to the fiscal supervisor shall be under the control and management of boards of seven managers to be appointed for each institution by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate. The terms of office of said managers shall be seven years and they shall be so appointed that the terms of at least one of the members of each board shall expire on the first Tuesday of February of each year. All vacancies shall be filled by the governor and the person appointed to fill a vacancy in the board of managers of any institution shall hold office for the remainder of the term of the person whom he succeeds. In the discretion of the governor persons of either sex may be appointed as managers of such institutions. Such managers shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to their actual and necessary traveling expenses in attending meetings of the boards of which they are members. The governor shall have power to remove any member or members of a board of managers for cause after an opportunity to be heard. Managers and trustees now serving as members of boards which have more than seven members may be continued in office until the expiration of the term for which they were appointed but no

new appointments shall be made to such boards until their mem bership is reduced to less than seven. Boards now consisting of less than seven members shall be enlarged by additional appointments to be made before the end of the fiscal year. All persons now serving as members of boards of managers or trustees of the state institutions reporting to the fiscal supervisor shall be eligible to reappointment as managers or trustees, at the discretion of the governor. (As amended by chapter 149 of the Laws of 1909.)

ARTICLE 5

Syracuse State Institution for FeebleMinded Children

Section 60. Institution for idiots or feeble-minded children. 61. General powers and duties of boards of managers. 62. Salaries of officers.

63. Managers may hold donations in trust.

64. By-laws.

65. Duties of superintendent.

66. Duties of treasurer.

67. Meetings and records of board of managers.

68. Manner of receiving pupils.

69. Discharge of state pupils and payment of expenses.

70. Expense of clothing state pupils.

71. Consent of board of managers to construction of inter

cepting sewer system.

§ 60. Institution for idiots or feeble-minded children. The management of the Syracuse state institution for feeble-minded children at Syracuse shall continue to be in a board of managers, appointed in accordance with the provisions of section fifty-one of this chapter. (As amended by chapter 449 of the Laws of 1910.)

§ 61. General powers and duties of boards of managers. Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The board shall have the general direction and control of all the property and concerns of the in

stitution, and shall take charge of its general interests and see that its general design is carried into effect, according to law and the by-laws, rules and regulations of the institution. It shall appoint a superintendent, who shall be a well educated physician, and a treasurer, who shall reside in the city of Syracuse, and shall give an undertaking to the people of the state for the faithful performance of his trust, in such sum and with such sureties as the comptroller shall approve. Such board shall, annually, on or before the first day of February, report to the legislature the condition of the institution. (As amended by chapter 449 of the Lav's of 1910.)

§ 62. Salaries of officers. The board shall, from time to time, determine the annual salaries and allowances of the resident officers of the institution in accordance with the provisions of of section seventeen of the state finance law. Such salaries and allowances shall be paid monthly by the treasurer of the institution in the same manner as other claims against the institution. (As amended by chapter 449 of the Laws of 1910.)

§ 63. Managers may hold donations in trust. The managers may take, and hold in trust for the state, any grant or devise of land, or any donation or bequest of money or other personal property, to be applied to the maintenance and education of. feeble-minded children and the general use of the institution.

§ 64. By-laws. The managers may establish by-laws regulating the appointment and duties of officers, teachers, attendants and assistants; fixing the conditions of admission, support and discharge of pupils; and for conducting in a proper manner the business of the institution; and ordain and enforce a suitable system of rules and regulations for the internal government, discipline and management of the institution.

§ 65. Duties of superintendent. The superintendent shall be the chief executive officer of the institution. He shall, subject to the supervision of the board of managers and the bylaws and regulations established by them,