§ 114. Reimbursement for maintenance expenses. The agent appointed as provided in this article shall secure from relatives or friends who are liable therefor, or who may be willing to assume the cost of maintenance of any inmate therein, who is not maintained as a private patient, reimbursement in whole or in part of the money expended by the state for such purpose. Such agent shall perform such other duties as the board of managers may prescribe. If the board of managers believes that any inmate of such colony, not maintained therein as a private patient, has any property, or that any relative who would be liable for his support if he were not an inmate of such institution is of sufficient ability to wholly or partly provide for his maintenance therein, such board of managers may apply to a justice of the supreme court of the judicial district in which such institution is located for an order directing the application of the property of such inmate to his maintenance in such institution, or requiring the relatives so liable for his support to pay to such institution at the time specified in such order a stated amount for such maintenance. At least ten days' notice of the application for such order shall be given to such persons and in such manner as such justice shall direct, and such order shall be granted only after a hearing of parties interested who appear and desire to be heard. The relatives against whom such proceeding is instituted and who are served with the notice of the application for the order shall be deemed to be of sufficient ability, unless the contrary shall affirmatively appear to the satisfaction of such justice. If more than one relative is liable for the support of such inmate and is of sufficient ability to contribute to the expense of his maintenance in such institution, such order shall determine the portion of the expense of his maintenance to be paid by each. If the property of such inmate is not applied as directed in such order, or the relatives liable for the support of such inmate refuse or neglect to comply with such order, the board of managers of such colony may bring an action in the name of such institution to recover the amount due such institution by virtue of such order. (As amended by chapter 449 of the Laws of 1910.) § 115. Sale of products. All moneys received from time to time from the sale and disposal of manufactured products of the trades and industries of the colony, live stock and the produce of the land, shall be paid into the treasury of the state. The comptroller shall keep a special account with and credit to the colony the sums so paid into the treasury, with annual interest thereon, which moneys shall be set apart for the use of the colony, and subject to the written approval of the fiscal supervisor, certified to the comptroller, may be expended by the board of managers for any purpose authorized by law connected with the colony, and drawn from the treasury in the same manner as is provided for payments under section one hundred and ten of this chapter, in such sums and at such times as required. (As amended by chapter 149 of the Laws of 1909 and chapter 449 of the Laws of 1910.) § 117. Designation of special policemen. The superintendent of such colony may designate officers or employees of such colony to act as special policemen, who shall have all the powers of peace officers in cases of offenses committed on the premises of such colony or within one hundred yards of such premises. The designation of such officers or employees as special policemen shall not be deemed to supersede on the premises of such colony the authority of peace officers of the jurisdiction within which such colony is located. (Added by chapter 260 of the Laws of 1910.) ARTICLE 9 New York State Hospital for the Care of Crippled and Deformed Children Section 130. Establishment of the New York state hospital for the care of crippled and deformed children. 131. Board of managers, appointment of. 133. Powers and duties of the surgeon in chief. 134. Powers and duties of treasurer. 135. Official oath. 136. Who may receive treatment. 137. Donations. 138. Managers' report of receipts, § 130. Establishment of the New York state hospital for the care of crippled and deformed children. The state hospital, known as the New York state hospital for the care of crippled and deformed children, established at West Haverstraw, is hereby continued 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. 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 section twenty of the prison law. (As amended by chapters 149 and 240 of the Laws of 1909.) § 131. Board of managers, appointment of. Seven citizens of this state, appointed in accordance with the provisions of section fifty-one of this chapter, shall constitute the board of managers of the New York state hospital for the care of crippled and deformed children. Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (As amended by chapter 449 of the Laws of 1910.) § 132. 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 its 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 inspection of the governor of the state, the state board of charities, the fiscal supervisor or his representatives, or any person appointed by the governor, the state board of charities or either house of the legislature to examine the same. 3. Make a detailed report to the legislature on or before the fifteenth day of January in each year, with recommendations as said managers may deem expedient, together with a statement of all moneys received by them and of the progress made in the erection of buildings for hospital purposes, if any, for the year ending on the thirtieth day of September preceding the date of such report. 4. Establish such by-laws as they may deem necessary or expedient for regulating the duties of officers, assistants and employees of the hospital and make and enforce rules and regulations for the internal government, discipline and management of the same. 5. They shall appoint a surgeon in chief who shall be a person of suitable experience in the care and treatment of disabling and deforming diseases, and may for cause at any time remove him and appoint his successor. They shall also appoint a treasurer who shall have the custody of all moneys, obligations and securities belonging to the hospital. (As amended by chapter 149 of the Laws of 1909, and chapter 449 of the Laws of 1910.) § 133. Powers and duties of the surgeon in chief. The surgeon in chief shall be the superintendent of the hospital. He shall appoint and may remove an assistant superintendent, steward, matron, and such assistant physicians and surgeons, assistants and attendants as may be necessary for the proper treatment of the patients under the care of the hospital, and shall have power to fill vacancies as often as they occur. The assistant superintendent shall act as the assistant to the surgeon in chief, so far as the superintendence of the hospital is concerned, to such extent as said surgeon in chief may from time to time authorize and direct. The first assistant surgeon shall be clothed with all the authority and power of the surgeon in chief during the absence or disability of the surgeon in chief. Subject to the by-laws and regulations established by the board of managers the surgeon in chief shall have the general superintendence of the property, buildings, grounds, fixtures and effects, and control of all persons therein. He shall also, 1. Provide for ascertaining daily the condition of all the patients and proper prescription for their treatment. 2. Keep a book in which he shall cause to be entered at the time of the reception of any patient, his or her name, residence and occupation, and the date of such reception, by whom brought and by what authority committed, and an abstract of all orders, warrants, requests, certificates and other papers accompanying such person. (As amended by chapter 149 of the Laws of 1909, and chapter 449 of the Laws of 1910.) § 134. Powers and duties of treasurer. The treasurer shall have the custody of all moneys, obligations and securities belonging to the hospital. He shall, 1. Open with some good and solvent bank conveniently near the hospital, to be selected with the approval of the comptroller of the state, an account in his name as such treasurer, for the deposit therein of all moneys, immediately upon receiving the same, and drawing from same only for the use of the hospital, in the manner prescribed in the by-laws, upon the written order of the steward specifying the object of the payment, approved by the surgeon in chief and subject to audit by the board of managers. 2. Keep a full and accurate account of all receipts and payments in the manner directed by the by-laws, and such other accounts as the managers shall prescribe. 3. Balance all accounts on his books annually on the last day of September and make a statement thereof and an abstract of the receipts and payments of the past year, and deliver the same within thirty days to the auditing committee of the managers who shall compare the same with the books and vouchers and verify the results upon further comparison with the books of the steward and certify to the correctness thereof to the managers at their next meeting. 4. Render statements quarterly in each year of his receipts and payments for the three months then next preceding to such audit |