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impose conditions whereby some proportionate share of expense of educating and clothing such pupils shall be paid by their parents, guardians, or friends in such manner and at such times as the superintendent shall designate, which conditions he may modify from time to time, if he shall deem it expedient to do so. (As amended by chapter 62 of the Laws of 1903.)

§ 42. Each pupil so received into either of the institutions aforesaid shall be provided with board, lodging and tuition; and the directors of the institution shall receive for each pupil so provided for, the sum of dollars per annum, in quarterly payments, to be paid by the treasurer of the state, on the warrant of the comptroller, to the treasurer of said institution, on his presenting a bill showing the actual time and number of such pupils attending the institution, and which bill shall be signed by the president and secretary of the institution, and verified by their oaths. The regular term of instruction for such pupils shall be five years; but the superintendent of public instruction may, in his discretion, extend the term of any pupil for a period not exceeding three years. The pupils provided for in this and the preceding section of this title shall be designated state pupils; and all the existing provisions of law applicable to state pupils now in said institution shall apply to pupils herein provided for.

§ 43. The superintendent of public instruction may make such regulations and give such directions to parents and guardians, in relation to the admission of pupils into either of the above-named institutions, as will prevent pupils entering the same at irregular periods.

§ 43-a. The supervisors of any county in this state from which county state pupils may be hereafter appointed to any institution for the instruction of the deaf and dumb, whose parents or guardians are unable to furnish them with suitable clothing, are hereby authorized and required to raise in each year for this purpose for each such pupil from said county, the sum of thirty dollars. (Added by chapter 223 of the Laws of 1903.)

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NEW YORK INSTITUTION FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF THE DEAF AND DUMB.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act in relation to the New York institution for the instruction of the deaf and dumb," passed April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.

Chapter 386, Laws of 1864.

§ 1. Amendment.-The third section of the act entitled "An act in relation to the New York institution for the instruction of the deaf and dumb," passed April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

§ 2. Money may be raised to clothe indigent pupils.-The supervisors of any county in this state from which county pupils. may be selected, whose parents or guardians are unable to furnish them with suitable clothing, are hereby authorized and required to raise in each year for this purpose, for each such pupil from said county, the sum of thirty dollars.

AN ACT relative to the care and education of deaf-mutes.

Chapter 180, Laws of 1870.

§ 2. Expenses.-All provisions of law now existing, fixing the expense of the board, tuition and clothing of children under twelve years placed in the New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, shall apply to children who may, from time to time, be placed in the said institution for the improved instruction of deaf-mutes, in the same manner, and with the like effect, as if said last-mentioned institution had also originally been named in the acts fixing such compensation, and as if said acts had provided for the payment thereof to the institution last-mentioned, and the bills therefor properly authenticated by the principal or one of the officers of the said last-mentioned institution shall be paid to said institution by the counties respectively from which such children were severally received, and the county treasurer or chamberlain, as the *So in original

case may be, is hereby directed to pay the same on presentation, so that the amount thereof may be borne by the proper county.

SUPERVISORS MAY GRANT PERMISSION TO ATTEND SCHOOLS FOR DEAF.

AN ACT relative to the care and education of deaf-mutes.

Chapter 253, Laws of 1874.

Section 1. Application by parent, guardian, etc.; duty of supervisor. Any parent, guardian or friend of any deaf-mute child within this state, over the age of six years and under the age of twelve years, may make application to the supervisor of the town or city where such child may be, for a permit or order to place such child in the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb or in the Institution for the Improved Instruction of Deaf-Mutes, or in any of the deaf-mute institutions of this state, and it shall be the duty of such supervisor, if in his judgment the means of the child, or the parents or parent of such child, will not enable them to defray the expense in a public institution, to grant such permit or order and to cause said child to be received and placed in such one of the institutions of this state for the education of deaf-mutes, as the said supervisor shall select.

WESTERN NEW YORK INSTITUTION FOR DEAF-MUTES

ROCHESTER.

AN ACT in relation to the Western New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes.

Chapter 331, Laws of 1876.

Section 1. Reception of pupils.-The Western New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes, at Rochester, is hereby authorized to receive deaf and dumb persons between the ages of twelve and twenty-five years, eligible to appointment as state pupils, and who may be appointed to it by the superintendent of public instruction, and the superintendent of public instruction is authorized to make appointments to said institution in the same

manner and upon the same conditions as to the New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb.

§ 2. Powers of supervisors, etc.-Supervisors of towns and wards and overseers of the poor are hereby authorized to send to the Western New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes, deaf and dumb persons between the ages of six and twelve years, in the same manner and upon the same conditions as such persons may be sent to the New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, under the provisions of chapter three hundred and twenty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixtythree.

NORTHERN NEW YORK INSTITUTION FOR DEAF-MUTES,

MALONE.

AN ACT in relation to the Northern New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes, at Malone, New York.

Chapter 275, Laws of 1884.

Section 1. Institutions may receive pupils, etc.-The Northern New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes at Malone, is hereby authorized to receive deaf and dumb persons, between the ages of twelve and twenty-five years, eligible to appointment as state pupils, and who may be appointed to it by the superintendent of public instruction, and the superintendent of public instruction. is authorized to make appointments to the aforesaid institution.

§ 2. Supervisors, etc., may send pupils under provisions of law named. Supervisors of towns and wards and overseers of the poor are hereby authorized to send to the Northern New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes, deaf and dumb persons between the ages of six and twelve years, under the provisions of chapter three hundred and twenty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-three, as amended by chapter two hundred and thirteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five. Provided that before any pupils are sent to said institution the board of state charities shall have made and filed with the superintendent of public instruction a certificate to the effect that said institution has been duly organized and is prepared for the reception and instruction of such pupils.

NEW YORK STATE HOSPITAL FOR THE CARE OF CRIPPLED AND DEFORMED CHILDREN.

Chapter 369, Laws of 1900.

Section 1. Establishment of the New York state hospital for the care of crippled and deformed children.

2. Board of managers, appointment of.
3. Powers and duties of board of managers.
4. Powers and duties of the surgeon-in-chief.
5. Salaries and compensation for services.
6. Powers and duties of the treasurer.
7. Official oath.

8. Who may receive judgment.

9. Donations.

10. Managers' report of receipts.

11. Appropriations for maintenance of hospital.

Section 1. Establishment of the New York state hospital for the care of crippled and deformed children.-A state hospital, to be known as the New York state hospital for the care of crippled and deformed children, that shall be 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, shall be established in the city of New York or within a reasonable distance of said city of New York. 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 chapter three hundred and ninety-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two entitled "An act to provide for better security of freedom of worship in certain institutions."

§ 2. Board of managers, appointment of.-The governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint five citizens of this state who shall constitute the board of managers of the New York state hospital for the care of crippled and

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