[A new chapter is hereby added to Title V of Part III of the Political Code, to be known as Chapter Ie, and to read as follows:]

§ 2210. OBJECT. The object of the women's relief corps home at Evergreen, Santa Clara County, is for the support of ex-army nurses, and the wives. widows, mothers, and dependent, destitute unmarried daughters and sisters of the Union veterans who served honorably in the civil war. No person is entitled to aid under this chapter except by reason of her services as an army nurse, or by reason of the military or naval services of her husband, father, brother, or son, nor unless she has been continuously a resident of this state for one year next prior to her admission to the home.

History: Enacted March 20, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 701.

§ 2210a. DIRECTORS, THEIR APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATION. The home is managed and controlled by a board of eleven directors, appointed by the governor, to hold office for two years from and after their appointment, unless sooner removed by him for cause. Each must, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, file with the secretary of state his oath of office, in the form prescribed by law.

History: Enacted March 20, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 702.

§ 2210b. ELECTION AND COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS. The board. of directors must elect from their number a president, a vice-president, a secretary, and a treasurer, each of whom holds office for one year from his election. No member of the board, nor any officer, must receive any compensation for his services.

History: Enacted March 20, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 702.

§ 2210c. POWERS OF THE BOARD. The board of directors must be known by the name and style of "the board of directors of the women's relief corps home association of California," and by this name may sue and be sued in any of the courts of the state, and all property held by the board is held in trust for the women's relief corps home of California, and for the use and benefit of such home. Such board has power to manage such home, administer its affairs, make laws for its government, and adopt rules and regulations for its management, and a majority of its members constitute a quorum to transact its business.

History: Enacted March 20, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 702.

§ 2210d. DUTIES OF BOARD. The board must:

1. [Meetings.] Hold at least one meeting each month for the transaction of business pertaining to the home;

2. [Register to be kept.] Cause to be kept a book or "general register," in which must be entered the date of admission, name, age, and place of birth of each inmate, and also the military or naval history, if it can be obtained, of the husband, father, or brother of such widow, wife, mother, maiden daughter, or sister, or of the ex-army nurse who is or may hereafter be admitted to such home, and the estate or income, if any, to which she may be entitled;

3. [Accounts.] Cause to be kept a full record of its meetings; also a book entitled "monthly accounts," in which must be entered all moneys received from any and all sources, segregated under proper heads; also all disbursements made, specifying for what purpose, the amounts so disbursed entered in detail, segregated under proper heads, and each entry to be made under proper dates;

4. [Pay-roll.] Keep a pay-roll of the employees and the amount disbursed to each, at what rate of wages, and for the length and kind of service;

5. [Claims against state.] Furnish to the state board of examiners, at the time of making a demand or presenting a claim for state aid, a transcript of such books and pay-rolls, verified by the oath of its president and secretary, covering the time for which such claim or demand is made;

6. [Report to governor.] To make a report, on the fifteenth day of August of each year, to the governor, containing a statement of all receipts and expenses, the condition of the home, the number of inmates during the year ending with June thirtieth, and such other matters as may be required by him. All reports must be verified by the oath of the president and secretary of the board.

History: Enacted March 20, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 702.

§ 2210e. STATE AID [AMOUNT ALLOWED]. For each inmate maintained in the home, if entitled to such maintenance under section twenty-two hundred and twenty-five, it is entitled to twelve and a half dollars each month from appropriations made for that purpose. No inmate for whose support there is paid, independent of state aid, the sum of twelve dollars and fifty cents or more per month, must be entitled to any aid under this chapter. But if such sum be less than twelve dollars and fifty cents per month, aid must be granted for such sum only as is necessary to make the full amount for support, including the state aid, twelve dollars and fifty cents per month.

History: Enacted March 20, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 703.

§ 2210f. AUDITING OF CLAIMS [FOR AID]. Every claim for aid under this chapter must be presented to and audited and allowed by the state board of examiners, and when allowed in whole or in part, it is the duty of, the controller to draw his warrant for the amount thereof in favor of the president and treasurer of the board of directors, and it is the duty of the state treasurer to pay the same, on due presentation.

History: Enacted March 20, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 703.

§ 2210g. MONEYS PAID TO TREASURER [DISPOSITION OF]. All moneys received by the directors or any officer of the home (except such as may be paid to them by the state for disbursement), including pension moneys

belonging to the pensioners in the home, must be paid over to the treasurer of the board, to be used for the support and maintenance of the home.

History: Enacted March 20, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 703.

[A new chapter is hereby added to Title V of Part II of the Political Code, to be known as Chapter IIa, and to read as follows:]

§ 2283. APPROPRIATION OF AID. There is hereby appropriated out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, to each and every institution in this state conducted for the support and maintenance of minor orphans, half orphans, or abandoned children, and to each and every county, city and county, city, or town maintaining such orphans, half orphans, or abandoned children, or any or all of such classes of persons, aid as follows: For each whole orphan supported and maintained in any such institution, one hundred dollars per annum; and for each half orphan or abandoned child, seventy-five dollars per annum; but each abandoned child must have been an inmate thereof for one year prior to receiving any support as provided in this chapter.

History: Enacted March 23, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 909.

§ 2284. TIMES OF PAYMENT OF AID. The aid herein granted must be paid in semi-annual instalments, commencing on the first Mondays in January and July of each year.

History: Enacted March 23, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 909.

§ 2285. BOOKS TO BE KEPT BY INSTITUTIONS. Every institution entitled to aid under this chapter must keep the following books, which at all times must be open to the state board of examiners, or to any person appointed by them to examine the same, or to any committee of the legislature, or to any clerk or officer thereof duly authorized to make such examination: 1. A book in which must be entered the date of admission, name, age, sex, and place of birth of each and every orphan, half orphan, and abandoned child, who is or may hereafter be received or admitted in such institution, and the date of discharge of any such child, when such discharge is made, the parentage, if known; the estate, if any, to which the child is heir, and the insurance, if any, on father's or mother's life; so far as can be ascertained, the place where either parent or both died, nativity of the parents, where married, the marriage certificate, where recorded, when they came to California or Nevada, place of residence in California, and habits of sobriety;

2. A book entitled "monthly accounts." In it must be entered, on the debtor side, all the moneys received from any and all sources segregated under the proper heads; on the credit side must be entered all disbursements made,

specifying for what purposes made, and the amount entered in detail so disbursed, segregated under their proper heads;

3. A pay-roll of the employees, and the amounts disbursed to each;

4. A book in which must be entered in detail the amounts paid for the specific support of every orphan, half orphan, or abandoned child, and the date of such payments;

5. A transcript of the books and pay-roll, verified under oath by the manager or person in charge of such institution entitled to or claiming state aid under this chapter, must be made and forwarded to the state board of examiners at the time of making demand or presenting claim for state aid, covering the time for which such claim or demand for state aid is made;

6. A list of all the inmates other than employees [,] or orphans supported wholly or in part by any institution presenting a claim for state aid under this chapter, must also be forwarded with such claim for aid.

History: Enacted March 23, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 909.

§ 2286. STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS' DUTIES. The state board of examiners is authorized, in behalf of the state, at any time to inquire, either in person or by authorized agent, into the management of any such institution; and any institution refusing, upon due demand, to permit such inquiry, must not thereafter receive any aid under this chapter.

All expenses incurred in visiting said asylums must be audited and allowed by the state board of examiners out of the appropriations for the support of orphans, half orphans, and abandoned children.

History: Enacted March 23, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 910.

§ 2287. PRESENTATION AND ALLOWANCE OF CLAIMS. Every claim for aid under this chapter must be presented to and audited and allowed by the state board of examiners. Such claim must contain:

1. The name and location of the institution making the claim;

2. The name of the person or persons having charge or control thereof;

3. The number of orphans, half orphans, or abandoned children therein; 4. The date of admission and age of each;

5. The amount, if any, that the institution is receiving for the specific support of any orphan, half orphan, or abandoned child therein.

Such claim, and the statements therein contained, must be verified by the oath of the person or persons, or some of them, in charge of such institution, and the board of examiners may, in their discretion, require the production. of the books of such institution in support of such claim.

History: Enacted March 23, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 910.

$2288. PAYMENT OF DAMAGES. If such claim is audited and allowed, in whole or in part, by said board, it is the duty of the controller to draw hist warrant for the amount allowed in favor of such institutions, and it is the duty of the treasurer to pay the same on presentation.

[Money allowed not to be expended in erecting buildings, etc.] No money appropriated by the state to any institution claiming aid under this chapter, must be expended either in improvements or in the erection of new buildings. by such institutions.

History: Enacted March 23, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 910.

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§ 2289. INSTITUTIONS AND CHILDREN ENTITLED TO AID. order that the provisions of this chapter shall not be abused, it is hereby declared:

1. That no institution which has less than twenty inmates of either or all of the classes mentioned in section twenty-two hundred and eighty-three, must be deemed an institution for the support and maintenance of minor orphans, half orphans, or abandoned children, within the intent and meaning of this chapter;

2. That no child over the age of fourteen years shall be deemed a minor orphan, half orphan, or abandoned child within the intent and meaning of this chapter;

3. That no child for whose specific support there is paid to any such institution the sum of ten dollars or more per month shall be deemed a minor orphan, half orphan, or abandoned child within the intent and meaning of this chapter.

History: Enacted March 23, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 910.

$ 2290. FOUNDLING ASYLUMS. The provisions herein made for the support of orphans, half orphans, and abandoned children, shall be held to include foundlings, and other dependent illegitimate infants who may have been or shall become dependent upon any regularly established foundling asylum, without regard to the time in which such infants have been dependent upon such institutions; and the relief herein provided shall be given for any fraction of a year, pro rata; provided, also, that the limitation of twenty inmates, mentioned in section twenty-two hundred and eighty-nine, shall, in relation to said foundling asylum, be construed to mean not less than twenty admissions in the course of each year; and, provided further, that for each abandoned or dependent illegitimate infant who now is or shall become dependent upon such foundling asylum, there shall be paid by the state the sum of twelve dollars and fifty cents per month from the time it becomes dependent upon such institution until such infant's decease, or until it become adopted, or reach the age of eighteen months, after which age such asylum shall receive the same sum for such infants as allowed for full orphans. History: Enacted March 23, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 911.

§ 2295a. COPIES OF STATE PUBLICATIONS TO BE FURNISHED STATE LIBRARY. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of state printing to furnish to the state library, as soon as issued, fifty copies of all state publications, except those printed from day to day during the sessions of the legislature, to be used by the state librarian in the exchange of documents with other jurisdictions. One half of the documents so furnished shall be bound copies. Of the publications issued from day to day during the sessions of the legislature, there shall be furnished to the state library as many as may be required by the librarian. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of state printing to print a sufficient number of all state publications in addition to those otherwise authorized, so as to comply with this section.

[Repealing clause.] See 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.