L. 1874, ch. 446, tit. III, § 27, tit. IV, § 8; R. S., 8th ed., p. 2167, L. 1879, ch. 45; R. S., 8th ed., p. 2178, L. 1879, ch. 280, §§ 7, 18; R. S., 8th ed., p. 2178, L. 1887, ch. 375, § 2; R. S., 8th ed., p. 2190, Subdivision 1, L. 1887, ch. 375, § 2; R. S., 8th ed., p. 2190, without change in substance. Subdivision 2, L. 1874, ch. 446, tit. III, § 9; R. S., 8th ed., p. 2163, L. 1879, ch. 280, § 17; R. S., 8th ed., p. 2182, L. 1887, ch. 357, § 2; R. S., 8th ed., p. 2190, Subdivisions 3, 6, 7, L. 1874, ch. 446, tit. III, § 13; R. S., 8th L. 1879, ch. 280, § 17; R. S., 8th ed., p. 2182, L. 1887, ch. 375, § 2; R. S., 8th ed., p. 2190, without change in substance. Subdivision 4, L. 1874, ch. 446, tit. III, § 12; R. S., 8th ed., p. 2164. L. 1887, ch. 375, § 2; R. S., 8th ed., p. 2190, without change in substance. Subdivision 5, new, L. 1874, ch. 446, tit. III, § 14; R. S., 8th ed., p. 2164, L. 1887, ch. 375, § 5; R. S., 8th ed., p. 2191, without change in substance.] § 34. Appointments of officers by managers.- Each of such boards shall continue to appoint for its hospital, as often as vacancies occur therein: 1. A superintendent, who shall be a well-educated physician and a graduate of an incorporated medical college, of at least five years' actual experience in an institution for the care and treatment of the insane. The superintendents and all assistant physicians of homeopathic hospitals for the insane shall be homeopathic physicians, but such homeopathic physicians shall not be eligible to appointment in or transfer to state hospitals that are not for homeopathic treatment. 2. A treasurer, who shall keep all the books, records and papers pertaining to his official duties, in an office situated where the board of managers may direct, who shall give an undertaking to the people of the state for the faithful performance of his trust, with sureties to be approved by the county judge of the county or a justice of the supreme court of the judicial district in which such hospital is located, and in such amount as the comptroller of the state shall name. Such superintendent or treasurer may be removed by a vote of a majority of the board of managers for cause stated in writing, an opportunity having been given them to be heard, and such action shall be final. [L. 1874, ch. 446, tit. III, § 3; tit. IV, § 3; tit. V, § 3; tit. VI, § 4; tit. VII, § 7, as amended by L. 1893, ch. 247; R. S., 8th ed., p. 2164, L. 1879, ch. 280, § 8, as amended by L. 1892, ch. 276; R. S., 8th ed., p. 2180, L. 1887, ch. 375, § 3; R. S., 8th ed., p. 2190, L. 1893, ch. 214, § 2, L. 1894, ch. 707, § 4, L. 1895, ch., 628, § 6. There is no substantial change in this proposed re-enactment. The provisions that the superintendent should be a physician of five years' experience in an institution for the treatment of the insane is contained in none of the statutes, except that establishing the Long Island State hospital. The provision that such officers may be removed by the board is new, although under the present law, the power of appointment may include the power of removal.] § 35. General powers and duties of superintendent. - The superintendent of each hospital shall be its chief executive officer, and in his absence or sickness, the first assistant physician or other officer designated by the superintendent shall perform the duties and be subject to the responsibilities of the superintendent. Subject to the by-laws and regulations established by the board of managers, the superintendent shall have the gen eral superintendence of the buildings, grounds and farm, together with their furniture, fixtures and stock, and the direction and control of all persons therein, and shall: 1. Personally maintain an effective supervision and inspection of all parts of the hospital and generally direct the care and treatment of the patients. To this end the superintendent shall personally examine the condition of each patient, within five days after his admission to the hospital, and shall regularly visit all of the wards or apartments for patients at such times as the rules and regulations of the hospital shall prescribe. 2. Appoint such resident officers, including a woman physician, and such employes as he may think proper and necessary for the economical and efficient performance of the business of the hospital and prescribe their duties and discharge any of such employes in his discretion. The number of such resident officers and employes shall be determined by the commission. The superintendent may remove any resident officer for cause stated in writing, after an opportunity to be heard, and such action of the superintendent shall be final. Upon any such removal he shall make a record thereof, with the reasons therefor, under the appropriate head in one of the books of the hospital. The superintendent, assistant physicians, including the woman physician, steward and matron shall constantly reside in the hospital, or on the premises, and shall be designated the resident officers of the hospital. The assistant physicians, including the woman physician, shall be graduates of an incorporated medical college, and shall possess such other qualifications as may be required by law. 3. Transmit, by mail, to the commission in lunacy, within five days after any such discharge, information of such discharge, and of the cause thereof. The commission shall preserve the name of such officer, or employe, with the facts relating to his discharge, in a book provided for that purpose. 4. Appoint such number of special policemen as may be determined, whose duty it shall be, under the orders of the superintendent, to arrest and return to the hospital insane persons who may escape therefrom, and to preserve peace and good order in such hospital and to fully protect the grounds, buildings and patients. Such policemen shall possess all the powers of peace officers on the grounds and premises of such hospital and to the extent of one hundred yards beyond such grounds. The appoint. ment of special policemen, in pursuance hereof, shall not be deemed to supersede, on the grounds and premises of such hospital, the authority of peace officers of the jurisdiction within which such hospital is located. 5. Give such orders and instructions as he may deem best calculated to insure good conduct, fidelity and economy in every department of labor and expense. 6. Maintain salutary discipline among all who are employed in the institution and enforce strict compliance with his instructions and uniform obedience to all rules and regulations of the hospital. 7. Establish and supervise a training school for attendants and nurses, under rules and regulations of the hospital. 8. Cause full and fair accounts and records of all his doings and of the entire business and operations of the hospital, to be kept regularly, from day to day, in books provided for that purpose. 9. See that all such accounts and records are fully made up to the last day of September in each year, and that the principal facts and results, with his report thereon, be presented to the managers within thirty days thereafter, who shall incorporate it in their report to the commission. 10. Keep a book, in which he shall cause to be entered at the time of reception of any patient, his name, residence and occupation, and the date of such reception, by whom brought and by what authority and on whose petition committed, and an abstract of all orders, warrants, requests, petitions, certificates and other papers accompanying such person. [L. 1874, ch. 446, tit. III, §§ 10, 20; tit. IV, § 4; tit. V, § 3; tit. VI, § 4; tit. VII, § 7; R. S., 8th ed., p. 2164ff, L. 1879, ch. 280, § 12; R. S., 8th ed., p. 2180, L. 1887, ch. 375, §§ 4, 10; R. S., 8th ed., p. 2191, L. 1890, ch. 273, § 17; R. S., 8th ed. (supp.), p. 5440, L. 1893, ch. 214, § 2, L. 1894, ch. 707, § 5, L. 1895, ch. 628, §§ 8, 9, L. 1895, ch. 693, 1. The first paragraph is a re-enactment without material change. Subdivision 1 is a re-enactment without change. Subdivisions 2 and 3 are the same as contained in the acts establishing the several hospitals, except that the superintendent is here given absolute power of appointment and discharge without the concurrence of the board of managers. This is now the law as to the Long Island State hospital (L. 1895, ch. 628, § 8.). The provision relating to women physicians is taken from L. 1890, ch. 243. Subdivision 4 is a re-enactment without change. Subdivision 5 is L. 1890, ch. 273, § 16, without change. Subdivision 6 is taken from L. 1874, ch. 446, tit. I, § 35, as amended by L. 1895, ch. 855, with only slight changes in language. The remainder of this section is re-enacted without change in substance.] § 36. The general and medical superintendents of the Long Island and Manhattan state hospitals.-There shall be a general superintendent of the Long Island state hospital and a general superintendent of the Manhattan state hospital, each of whom, as often as vacancies occur, shall be appointed by the board of managers of each such hospital. General superintendents shall be subject to removal by a vote of a majority of such board for cause stated in writing, after an opportunity to be heard, and such action shall be final. Such general superintendent shall possess the same qualifications as the superintendent of other state hospitals, and shall have the same general powers and duties as provided by section thirty-five of this chapter. The general superintendent of the Long Island State hospital shall appoint two medi |