and other articles furnished for the hospital. (As amended by chapter 449 of the Laws of 1910.)

§ 158. Duties of treasurer. The treasurer, among his other duties, shall,

1. Have the custody of all moneys received by, and all money, notes, mortgages and other securities and obligations belonging to the hospital.

2. Keep a full and accurate account of all receipts and payments, in the form prescribed by the by-laws, and such other accounts as shall be required of him by the trustees.

3. Balance all the accounts on his books on the first day of each October, and make a statement thereof, and an abstract of all the receipts and payments of the past fiscal year; and within five days thereafter deliver the same to the auditing committee of the trustees, who shall compare the same with his books and vouchers, and verify the same by a comparison with the books of the superintendent, and certify the correctness thereof to the trustees at their October meeting.

4. Render a quarterly statement of his receipts and payments to such auditing committee who shall, in like manner as above, compare, verify, report and certify the result thereof to the trustees at their next meeting, who shall cause the same to be recorded in one of the books of the hospital.

5. Render a further account of the state of his books, and of the funds and other property in his custody, whenever required by the trustees.

6. Receive, for the use of the hospital, money which may be paid upon obligations or securities in his hands belonging to the hospital; and all sums paid to the hospital for the support of any patient therein or for actual disbursements made in said patient's behalf for necessary clothing and traveling expenses; and money paid to the hospital from any other source.

7. Prosecute an action in the name of the hospital to recover money due or owing to the hospital, from any source; including the bringing of suit for breach of contract between private patients. or their representatives and the trustees of the hospital.

8. Execute a release and satisfaction of a mortgage, judgment, lien or other debt when paid.

9. Pay the salaries of the superintendent and of all employees of the hospital, and the disbursements of the officers and members of the board as aforesaid. The treasurer shall have power to employ counsel, subject to the approval of the board of

trustees.

10. Deposit all moneys received for the care of private patients and all other revenues of the hospital in a bank designated by the comptroller, and as often as the comptroller may require, transmit to the comptroller a statement showing the amount so received and deposited and from whom, and for what received, and the dates on which such deposits were made. Such statement of deposit shall be certified by the proper officer of the bank receiving such deposit or deposits. The treasurer shall make affidavit that the sum so deposited is all the money received by him from any source of income for the hospital up to the date of the latest deposit appearing on such statement. A bank designated by the comptroller to receive such deposits shall, before any deposit be made, execute a bond to the people of the state in a sum and with sureties to be approved by the comptroller, for the safe keeping of such deposits. (As amended by chapter 449 of the Laws of 1910.)

§ 159. Medical assistants and examining physicians. All medical assistants shall be appointed by the superintendent. No medical assistant shall be appointed who is not a well educated physician and a graduate of a legally chartered medical college, and with an experience of at least two years in the actual practice of his profession, including at least one year's actual experience in a general hospital. Said trustees shall also appoint in all the cities of the state reputable physicians, citizens of the state of New York, who shall examine all persons applying for admission to said hospital for treatment. There shall be not less than two nor more than four of such examining physicians .appointed in cities of the first class, and two each in cities of the second and third class. Said examining physicians shall have

been in the regular practice of their profession for at least five years, and shall be skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary diseases. Their fee or compensation for each patient examined shall be three dollars. Not more than one-half of all the physicians to be appointed under this section shall belong to the same school of medicine or practice.

§ 160. Free patients. The trustees of said hospital to be appointed under and pursuant to the provisions of this article, and their successors, are hereby given power and authority to receive therein patients who have no ability to pay, but no per son shall be admitted to the hospital who has not been a citizen of this state for at least one year, excepting that a female who has been a resident of the state for at least five years preceding the date of the application may be so admitted, though not a citizen. Every person desiring free treatment in said hospital shall apply to the local authorities of his or her town, city or county having charge of the relief of the poor, who shall thereupon issue a written request to the superintendent of said hospital for the admission and treatment of such person. Such request shall state in writing whether the person is able to pay for his or her care and treatment while at the hospital, which request and statement shall be kept on file by the superintendent of the hospital. Such requests shall be filed by the superintendent in a book kept for that purpose in the order of their receipt by him. Whenever there are racancies caused by death or removal, the said superintendent shall thereupon issue a a request to an examining physician, appointed as provided for in section one hundred and fifty-nine, in the same city or county, and if there be no such examining physician in said city or county then to the nearest examining physician, for the examination by him of said patient. Upon the request of such superintendent said examining physician shall examine all persons applying for free admission and treatment in said institution, and determine whether such persons applying are suffering from incipient pulmonary tuberculosis. No person shall be admitted as a patient in said institution with- . out the certificate of one of said examining physicians certifying

that such applicant is suffering from incipient pulmonary tuberculosis, and if upon the reception of a person at such hospital, it is found by the authorities thereof that he is not suffering from incipient pulmonary tuberculosis, or is suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis in such an advanced stage as to prevent his deriving any benefit from care and treatment at such hospital, he shall be returned to the place of his residence, and the expense of transportation to and from the hospital shall be paid by said local authorities. Admissions to said hospital shall be made in the order in which the names of applicants shall appear upon the application book to be kept as above provided by the superintendent of said hospital, in so far as such applicants are subsequently certified by the said examining physician to be suffering from incipient pulmonary tuberculosis. Every person who is declared as herein provided to be unable to pay for his or her care or treatinent shall be transported to and from the hospital at the expense of said local authorities, and cared for, treated and maintained therein at the expense of the municipality which would otherwise be chargeable with the support of such poor or indigent person; and the expense of transportation, treatment, maintenance and the actual cost of articles of clothing furnished by the hospital to such poor or indigent person shall be a county, city or town charge, as the case may be.

§ 161. Private patients. Applicants for admission to this institution who are able to pay for their care and treatment are not required to obtain a written request from the local authorities having charge of the relief of the poor, but shall apply in person to the superintendent, who shall enter the name of such applicant in the book to be kept by him, for that purpose, as provided in section one hundred and sixty; and when there is room in said hospital for the admission of such applicant, without interfering with the preference in the selection of patients, which shall always be given to the indigent, such patient shall be admitted to the hospital upon the certificate of one of the examining physicians, which certificate shall be kept on file by the said superintendent.

§ 162. Support of free patients. At least once in each month the superintendent of the hospital shall furnish to the comptroller and to the local authorities of each county, city or town, as the case may be, having charge of the relief of the poor, a list of all the free patients in the hospital that are accredited each respective county, city or town and who are shown by the statement of such local authorities to be unable to pay for their care, treatment and maintenance, under the provisions of section one hundred and sixty of this chapter. He shall accompany each such list with a bill of charges for care, treatment and maintenance at a rate not exceeding five dollars per week for each such free patient, together with items of expense of transportation, fee of the examining physician and the actual cost of articles of clothing furnished by the hospital to each such free patient. The treasurer of the hospital shall thereupon collect from the said local authorities of the county, city and town such sums as may be due therefrom, and pay the same over to the state treasurer. (As amended by chapter 449 of the Laws of 1910.)

§ 163. Support of private patients. The trustees shall have power and authority to fix the charges to be paid by patients who are able to pay for their care and treatment in said hospital or who have relatives bound by law to support them, who are able to pay therefor.

ARTICLE 11

Institutions for Juvenile Delinquents

Section 180. State agricultural and industrial school at Industry;

managers.

181. Managers of house of refuge for juvenile delin

quents in New York city.

182. Powers and duties of managers.

183. Superintendent.

184. Commitment of children.

185. Register.

186. Disorderly children.

187. Arrest and conviction.