Chap. 23. AN ACT to legalize the proceedings of the village of Fultonville, relative to the sale and issuance of sewer and paving bonds of said village in the aggregate amount of nineteen thousand dol lars. Became a law March 3, 1910, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: sewer legalized. Section 1. All the acts and proceedings of the village of Fulton sale of ville had and done by its board of trustees, officers and agents bonds, leading up to and including the sale and award of the bonds of said village in the aggregate amount of seventeen thousand dollars for the purpose of constructing a sewer system therein, consisting of seventeen bonds of the denomination of one thousand dollars each, dated as of December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and nine, and payable respectively one bond each year in five to twenty-one years from the date thereof, are hereby legalized, ratified and confirmed, notwithstanding any defect or irregularity, or the omission of any lawful requirement, in such acts and proceedings, and said bonds when paid for and delivered shall be valid and binding obligations of said village. paving legalized, § 2. All the acts and proceedings of the village of Fultonville Sale of had and done by its board of trustees, officers and agents leading bonds, up to and including the sale and award of the bonds of said village in the aggregate amount of two thousand dollars for the purpose of paving Main street in said village, consisting of four bonds of the denomination of five hundred dollars each, dated as of December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and nine, and payable one bond each year in one to four years from the date thereof, are hereby legalized, ratified and confirmed, notwithstanding any defect or irregularity, or the omission of any lawful requirement, in such acts and proceedings and said bonds when paid for and delivered shall be valid and binding obligations of said village. authorized. § 3. In case the purchaser of said bonds shall for any reason te Resale fuse to consummate the purchase thereof, the board of trustees of said village hereby are authorized and directed to sell the same Pending actions. in the manner prescribed in section one hundred and twenty-nine of the village law.1 § 4. This act shall take cffect immediately but shall not affect any action or proceeding pending in any court at the time it takes effect. L. 1909, ch. 63, § 154 amended. Chap. 24. AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to the compensation of town auditors. Became a law March 5, 1910, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section one hundred and fifty-four of chapter sixtythree of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act relating to towns, constituting chapter sixty-two of the consolidated laws," is hereby amended to read as follows: 154. Compensation of town auditors. Each of such town auditors shall be entitled to receive for his services three dollars for each day, not exceeding ten days in any one year, except in towns having a population of twelve thousand and upwards, in which towns each of such town auditors shall be entitled to receive for his services three dollars for each day, but not to exceed thirty days in any one year, and except that in towns having a population of twenty thousand and upwards, in which towns each of such town auditors shall be entitled to receive for his services three dollars for each day, but not to exceed sixty days in any one year,1 actually and necessarily devoted by him to the services of the town, in the duties of said office. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 1 L. 1909, 64. 1 Provision for towns having population of twenty thousand and upward, new. Chap. 25. AN ACT making an appropriation for reimbursement of sheriffs and deputy sheriffs. Became a law March 5, 1910, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: tion for animal tines. Section 1. Eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000), or so much Appropriathereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any expenses of moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the com- quaranmissioner of agriculture to pay the sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the different counties for expenses incurred prior to May fifteenth, nineteen hundred and nine,' by such sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, which have not been paid, in enforcing the provisions of quarantine notices duly issued by the commissioner of agriculture under the provisions of the agricultural law2 for the prevention and suppression of infectious or contagious diseases of domestic animals. But no part of the money hereby appropriated shall be used to pay or repay any such expenses so incurred or any part thereof which have been heretofore paid either by a county or by the state. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 26. AN ACT creating a commission for the government and contro, of a municipal hospital for the city of Buffalo for the care and treatment of persons affected with incipient tuberculosis, and defining the powers and prescribing the duties of said commission. Became a law March 5, 1910, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. Accepted by the City. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: how com Section 1.3 There is hereby created a commission for the govern- Commission, ment and control of a municipal hospital for the city of Buffalo posed. 1 See L. 1909, ch. 352, amending agricultural law, § 96, which provides for payment of such expenses, since that date, by the counties. See also People ex rel. Smith v. Board of Supervisors, 134 App. Div. 12. 2 See L. 1909, ch. 9, art. 5. 3 Section 1 amended by L. 1910, ch. 405, post. Commissioners' terms. for the care and treatment of persons affected with incipient tuber- five years; B. M. Love, two years; William A. Douglas, well Park, three years; Maria Daniel J. Kenefick, one year. city of Buffalo, the president of its common council and its commissioner of public works shall also be members of said commission by virtue of their respective offices. The respective terms of office of the commissioners herein before named shall begin on the day when this act becomes of force. Their successors shall be appointed by the mayor and shall hold office for the term of six years each. There shall always be at physicians. least one woman upon said commission. There shall also be at Vacancies. all times upon said commission two physicians. Vacancies in said commission, whether by death, resignation or disability, shall Appointment. Woman and Compensation. be filled by the mayor. Vacancies caused by death, resignation or disability shall be filled for the unexpired term. Each of said commissioners shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to receive his actual disbursements for expenses in visiting said hospital or in discharging any of the necessary duties devolving upon him as such commissioner. Said comCommis- mission shall be designated the board of trustees of the municipal designated. hospital for the care and treat:nent of persons affected with incipient tuberculosis. sion, how Organiza tion of commission. § 2. Within thirty days after this act takes effect, each of the members of said commission shall take the constitutional oath of office,2 to be administered by the city clerk of Buffalo. Five of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the Powers and transaction of business. The said commission shall have full and exclusive power to make rules and by-laws for the orderly transaction of its business; to govern, manage and control, subject to the provisions of law3 relating to hospitals for the care and treatment of persons affected with incipient tuberculosis the said tuberculosis hospital of Buffalo and such other municipal hospitals as duties. 1 See L. 1909, ch. 115. 2 See constitution, art. 13, § 1; public officers law (L. 1909, ch. 51), § 10. 3 See general city law (L. 1909, ch. 26), §§ 140-142; public health law (L. 1909, ch. 49), §§ 319-332. may be hereafter established by said city for the exclusive care and treatment of persons affected with tuberculosis; to appoint and employ, and at pleasure remove, subject at all times to the civil service law and the rules and regulations of the municipal civil service commission of the city of Buffalo, such physicians, nurses, attendants, clerks and other employees, and at such compensation as shall be authorized and provided by ordinance duly enacted by the common council of said city, and to define the duties of such employees. Said commissioners shall visit and inspect such hospital or hospitals at least once every month, and shall from time to time appoint a committee of their number who shall visit and inspect said hospital as often as may be necessary. With the authority of the commission, any member thereof may Expendi expend such money as may be necessary to the efficient discharge of the duties of the commission and the conduct and government of the hospital, provided that in no case shall the disbursements in any fiscal year exceed the sums appropriated by the city for such year for the government and maintenance of said hospital, unless and until such excess of funds shall have been provided by the common council in the form and manner prescribed by the charter of said city. No contract creating a liability in excess of five hundred dollars shall be authorized or entered into by said commission without the authority of the common council expressed by resolution. tures. grant. ment of § 3. The common council of the city of Buffalo shall every Annual year grant to the said commission for specifically stated purposes, such sum of money as to the common council shall appear reasonable and just for the government, maintenance or improvement of the said hospital or hospitals, and the money granted pursuant to this section shall be paid out of the general fund of the city. At least thirty days prior to the granting of such money each Stateyear, the said commission shall submit to the common council money a statement showing in detail the specific purposes for which money will be required by the commission during the next year, and a duplicate of said statement shall be filed with the comptroller at the same time; and the money granted by the common council shall be used only for the specifically stated purposes for which it shall be granted. And no expenditure shall be made, Expendiindebtedness incurred, contract entered into or order given which money quired. ture of granted, re 4 L. 1909, ch. 15. L. 1891, ch. 105. |