custody and superintendence. The provisions for the safe keeping and employment of such women shall be made for the purpose of teaching such women a useful trade or profession and improving their mental and moral condition. Such board of managers may credit such women with a reasonable compensation for the labor performed by them, and may charge them with the necessary expenses of their maintenance and discipline, not exceeding the sum of two dollars per week. If any balance shall be found to be due such women at the expiration of their terms of commitment, such balance may be paid to them at the time of their discharge. To secure the safe keeping, obedience and good order of the women committed to any such institution, the superintendent thereof, has the same power as to such women, as keepers of jails and penitentiaries possess as to persons committed to their custody. § 152. Clothing and money to be furnished discharged inmates. The board of managers of any such institution may, in their discretion, furnish to each inmate of such institution who shall be discharged therefrom, necessary clothing not exceeding twelve dollars in value, or if discharged between the first day of November and the first day of April to the value of not exceeding eighteen dollars, and ten dollars in money, and a ticket for the transportation of one person from such institution to the place of conviction of such inmate, or to such other place as such inmate may designate, at no greater distance from such institution than the place of conviction. § 153. Board of managers Bedford reformatory to notify county clerks of completion thereof. As soon as the Bedford reformatory for women is completed and ready for the reception of inmates, the board of managers thereof shall notify the county clerks of Westchester and New York counties and furnish such clerks with suitable blanks for the commitment of women to such institution. Such county clerks, on the reception of such notification, shall transmit a copy thereof to the several magistrates of such counties. ARTICLE X. THOMAS ASYLUM FOR ORPHAN AND DESTITUTE INDIAN CHILDREN. Section 160. Establishment of asylum. 161. Board of managers. 162. Powers and duties of the board. 163. Officers; salaries. 164. Superintendent, powers and duties. 165. Treasurer, powers and duties. Section 160. Establishment of asylum.- The Thomas Asylum for Orphan and Destitute Indian Children, established on the Cattaraugus reservation in the county of Erie, is hereby continued. Such asylum may sue and be sued in the corporate name of "Thomas Asylum for Orphan and Destitute Indian Children," and service of process and papers may be made upon the superintendent or any manager of such asylum. § 161. Board of managers.- Such asylum shall be under the control and management of a board of managers, consisting of ten members, three of whom shall be Seneca Indians. Such managers and their successors shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, and shall hold their office for six years, and until others are appointed in their stead, subject to removal for cause by the governor. If any manager fails, without being excused by vote of the board, for one year, to attend the regular meeting of the board of which he is a member, his office shall become vacant. A certificate of every such failure shall forthwith be transmitted by the board to the governor, and all vacancies caused by removal or expira. tion of office or otherwise shall be filled by the governor, by and with the consent of the senate. - § 162. Powers and duties of board of managers. The board of managers shall have the general direction and control of all the property and concerns of such asylum, not otherwise provided for by law. They may acquire and hold, in the name of and for the people of the state of New York, property, by grant, gift, devise or bequest, except reservation lands, which may be held by those managers who are Seneca Indians, to be applied to the maintenance of orphan and destitute Indian children, and the general use of the asylum. They shall not receive any compensation for their services, but shall receive actual and necessary traveling expenses for attending the regular meetings of the board, as prescribed by the by-laws of said asylum. They shall: 1. Adopt, with the approval or consent of the state board of charities, by-laws for the regulation and management of said asylum, and regulating the appointment and duties of officers, assistants and employes of the asylum, and ordain and enforce a suitable system of rules and regulations for the internal government, discipline and management of the same. 2. Take care of the general interests of the asylum, and see that its design is carried into effect according to law, and its by-laws, rules and regulations. They shall, on application, receive destitute and orphan Indian children from any of the several reservations located within this state, and shall furnish them such care, moral training, and education, and such instruction in husbandry, and the arts of civilization as shall be prescribed by their by-laws, rules and regulations. 3. Keep in a book provided for that purpose, a fair and full record of their doings, which shall be open at all times to the inspection of the governor, the state board of charities or any person appointed to examine the same by the governor, the state board of charities, or either house of the legislature. 4. Maintain an effective inspection of the asylum, for which purpose a committee of the board, consisting of at least four members thereof, shall visit the asylum at least bi-monthly, and the whole board at least twice a year, and at such other times as may be prescribed by the by-laws. 5. Enter in a book kept by them for that purpose, the date of each visit, the condition of the asylum and the children therein, and its property, and all such managers present shall sign such entries. 6. Make, annually, on or before the fifteenth day of January, a report to the legislature of the condition of said asylum, including a true account, in detail, of the receipts and disburse ments of all moneys that shall come into their hands, or under their control, the number, age and sex of such destitute orphan children in said asylum, with the name of the reservation to which they belong, and the proportion of the year each has been maintained and instructed in said asylum, and such sug gestions and recommendations as they may deem proper, or which may be required of them by the state board of charities. § 163. Officers; salaries.- Such board shall appoint for the asylum, as often as necessary, and for cause, after an oppor tunity to be heard, remove: 1. A superintendent, a matron, and a well-educated physician, who shall be a graduate of an incorporated medical college. 2. A treasurer, who shall give a bond to the people of the state for the faithful performance of his trust, with such sureties, and in such amount as the comptroller of the state. shall approve. The superintendent, matron, and other assistants shall constantly reside in the asylum, or on the premises, and shall be designated the resident officers of the asylum. The physician shall visit said asylum at such times, and perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the by-laws, rules and regulations of the asylum. Such board shall also, from time to time, with the approval of the state board of charities, fix the annual salaries and allowances of such officers. Such salaries shall be paid in equal monthly installments by the treasurer on the warrant of the board of managers, countersigned by the superintendent thereof, and certified as correct. § 164. Superintendent, powers and duties. The superintendent shall be the chief executive officer of such asylum, and in his absence or sickness, the matron shall perform the duties, and be subject to the responsibilities of the superintendent. Subject to the by-laws, rules and regulations established by the board of managers, such officer shall have the general superintendence of the buildings, grounds, and farm, together with their furniture, fixtures and stock, and shall: 1. Daily ascertain the condition of all the children and prescribe their conduct. 2. Appoint, with the approval of the board of managers, the other resident officers, assistants and employes not otherwise provided for, that he may think necessary for the economical and efficient performance of the business of the asylum, and prescribe their duties, and he may discharge them at his discretion. 3. Cause full and fair accounts and records of all his doings, and of the entire business and operation of the asylum to be kept regularly, from day to day, in books provided for that purpose. 4. See that all such accounts and records are justly made up for the annual report to the legislature, as required by this act, and present the same to the board of managers, who shall incorporate them into their report to the legislature. 5. Keep in a book, in which he shall cause to be entered at the time of the reception of any child, his name, age, residence, and the names of his parents (if any), to what reservation and tribe he belongs, and the date of such reception, and by whom brought, and the condition of the general health of such child. § 165. Treasurer, powers and duties. The treasurer shall have the custody of all moneys, obligations and securities belonging to the asylum. He shall: 1. Open with some good and solvent bank, conveniently near the asylum, an account in his name as such treasurer, and deposit all moneys, upon receiving the same, therein, and draw from the same in the manner prescribed by the by-laws, speci fying the object of payment. 2. Keep a full and accurate account of all receipts and pay. ment in the manner directed by the by-laws, and such other accounts as the board of managers shall prescribe, render a statement to the board of managers whenever required by them. ARTICLE XI. Section 170. Laws repealed. 171. When to take effect. Section 170. Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto annexed, that portion specified in the last column is repealed. |