from office. They shall likewise employ the requisite number of servants and other assistants in the various departments of the institution, and pay the wages of the same.

§ 12. Furniture.-They shall purchase all furniture, apparatus and other supplies necessary to the equipment and carrying on of the institution in the most efficient manner.

§ 13. Provision of clothing for those admitted to institution.When any blind person shall, upon proper application, be admitted into the institution, it shall be the duty of his or her parents, guardians or other friends, to suitably provide such person with clothing at the time of entrance and during continuance therein, and likewise to defray his or her traveling expenses to and from the institution at the time of entrance and discharge, as well as at the beginning and close of each session of the school, and at any other time when it shall become necessary to send such person home on account of sickness or other exigency. And whenever it shall be deemed necessary by the trustees to have such person permanently removed from the institution, in accordance with the by-laws and regulations thereof, the same shall be promptly removed upon their order, by his or her parents, guardians or other friends.

§ 14. Neglect to provide the same.-If the friends of any pupil from within the state of New York shall fail through neglect or inability to provide the same with proper clothing or with funds to defray his or her necessary traveling expenses to and from the institution, or to remove him or her therefrom, as required in the preceding section, the trustees shall furnish such clothing, pay such traveling expenses, or remove such pupil to the care of the overseers of the poor of his or her township, and charge the cost of the same to the county to which the pupil belongs, provided that the annual amount of such expenditures on account of any one pupil shall not exceed the sum of sixty dollars. And in case of the death of any pupil at the institution, whose remains shall not be removed or funeral expenses borne by the friends thereof, the trustees shall defray the necessary burial expenses, and charge the same to his or her county as aforesaid. Upon the completion of their course of training in the industrial department, the trustees may furnish to such worthy poor pupils as may need it, an outfit of machinery and

tools for commencing business, at a cost not exceeding seventyfive dollars each, and charge the same to the proper county, as aforesaid. (As amended by chapter 463 of the Laws of 1873, § 1.)

§ 15. Itemized accounts against respective counties.-On the first day of October in each year, the trustees shall cause to be made out against the respective counties concerned, itemized accounts, separate in each case, of the expenditures authorized by the preceding section of this act, and forward the same to the board of supervisors chargeable with the account. The board shall thereupon direct the county treasurer to pay the amount so charged to the treasurer of the institution for the blind, on or before the first day of March next ensuing.

§ 16. And payment of the same.-The counties against which the said accounts shall be made out as aforesaid, shall cause their respective treasurers, in the name of their respective counties, to collect the same, by legal process, if necessary, from the parents or estate of the pupils who have the ability to pay, on whose accounts the said expenditures shall have been made; provided that at least five hundred dollars' value of the property of such parents or estate shall be exempt from the payment of the accounts aforesaid.

§ 17. Books gratuitously distributed by state. The institution shall be entitled to receive copies of all books and other publications which are distributed gratuitously by the state to township or county libraries, common schools, academies, colleges and societies. It may also receive in the name of the state, bequests or donations of money or any kind of property, but such money or property shall in all cases belong to the state, and be subject to its control; provided that the same shall not be diverted from the particular object for which it shall be bequeathed or donated.

§ 18. Records of proceedings of board of trustees.-The board of trustees shall keep full and complete records of their proceedings, and make an annual report of the same to the legis lature, at the commencement of the regular session thereof, strictly accounting in detail for their expenditures, on account of the institution, during the preceding fiscal year, of the state, setting forth the progress and condition of the several departments of the institution, making such suggestions concerning its

future management as they may deem essential, and submitting proper estimates of the funds needed for its support, as well as for building and all other purposes.

§ 19. Payment of appropriations.-The state treasurer is hereby directed to pay over to the board of trustees, upon the warrant of the comptroller, all moneys which shall hereafter be appropriated on account of the New York state institution for the blind; the general appropriations for the current support of the institution, to be paid in equal quarterly installments, and specific appropriations for building and other purposes, to be paid when needed by the trustees.

§ 20. Drafts upon the state.-All drafts upon the state treas ury on behalf of the institution, shall be based upon orders of the board of trustees, signed by the president and secretary of the same, and attested by the common seal of the institution. § 21. Sections construed.-Sections nineteen and twenty of this act shall not be construed to alter, impair or affect the powers or duties of the building commissioners appointed under the provisions of chapter five hundred and eighty-seven, of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-five; and nothing in this act shall be construed to interfere with the erection by said building commissioners of the State institution for the blind, in accord ance with the plans heretofore approved by the governor, secretary of state and comptroller; and all moneys now, or hereafter to be appropriated for the building of said institution, shall be paid to said building commissioners for that purpose.

§ 22. Further powers of the institution.-The New York insti tution for the blind, shall continue to have the custody, charge, maintenance and education of all such pupils as are now intrusted to them by the state, and of any others who may be appointed prior to the opening of the state institution at Batavia; and shall receive compensation from the state for the maintenance, education and support of said pupils in the same manner as is now, or has heretofore been provided, and shall receive the same amount per capita from the counties from which said pupils are respectively appointed as is now paid, for their clothing, until such period as the New York state institution for the blind shall be ready to receive such pupils, and shall then, without reference to the term of years for which said

pupils have been appointed under existing laws, and received. by said New York institution for the blind, transfer said pupils to said state institution; provided, however, that they shall retain and continue to receive all pupils heretofore appointed or hereafter to be appointed, from the counties of New York and Kings under the appointment of the superintendent of public instruction, in like manner as is now provided by law, to be received, maintained and educated by the said New York institu tion for the blind, which shall be compensated for their maintenance and education by the state; and for their clothing by the counties from which they are appointed, in like manner as is now done.

§ 23. Repeal. All acts and parts of acts, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.

CHANGE OF NAME.

AN ACT changing the name of the New York State Institution for the Blind.

Chapter 563, Laws of 1895.

§ 1. Name changed.-The New York State Institution for the Blind as the same was authorized to be established by chapter five hundred and eighty-seven of the lays of eighteen hundred and sixty-five and the acts supplemental thereto shall hereafter be known and designated as the "New York State School for the Blind."

NEW YORK INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND, NEW YORK CITY.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to continue in force 'An act to incorporate the New York Institution for the Blind,' passed April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and to extend the benefits of said institution," passed April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two.

Chapter 166, Laws of 1870.

§ 1. Reception of state pupils; powers of superintendent of public instruction; extension of terms.-The managers of the New York Institution for the Blind are hereby authorized to

receive, upon the appointment of the superintendent of public instruction, made for a term not exceeding five years, all blind persons, residents of the counties of New York and Kings, Queens and Suffolk, between eight and twenty-five years of age, who, in the judgment of the board of managers of said institution, shall be of suitable character and capacity for instruction, and shall have charge of their maintenance, education and support, and shall receive compensation therefor from the state in the same manner as is now provided by law. The term of such appointments may be extended, from time to time, by the superintendent of public instruction, on the recommendation of the board of managers of the said New York Institution for the Blind, for such further period as they may deem advantageous in each individual case. (As amended by chapter 166 of the Laws of 1871.)

§ 2. Applications for admission.-Application for admission into the institution shall be made to the board of managers, and each application shall set forth the age, the fact of blindness, and that the applicant is a legal resident of the town, county and state claimed as his or her residence, with such other information as the board may require; and each application shall be sworn to by the applicant, or his or her parents or guardian, and shall be signed by at least one member of the board of supervisors of the county in which the applicant may reside, and also be recommended by the president and superintendent of the said institution, and transmitted by the said institution to the superintendent of public instruction.

§ 3. Supervisors of New York and Kings, Queens and Suffolk counties to furnish clothing; to pay fifty dollars for each indigent pupil. The supervisors of the county of New York or Kings, Queens and Suffolk, from which state pupils shall be sent to and received in the said institution, whose parents or guardians shall, in the opinion of the superintendent of public instruction, be unable to furnish them with suitable clothing, are hereby authorized and directed, in every year while such pupils are in said institution, to raise and appropriate fifty dollars for each of said pupils from said counties respectively, and to pay the sum so raised to the said institution, to be by it applied to furnishing