for the state a gift, grant, devise or bequest of money or other property, and apply the same to any purpose not inconsistent with the general purposes of the school, which may be prescribed in the instrument by which such gift, grant, devise or bequest is made. [New.] § 431. School entitled to public documents.-The school is entitled to receive copies of all books and other publications which are distributed gratuitously by the state. [L. 1867, chap. 744, § 17, rewritten.] § 432. Annual report of local board.-The local board shall annually on the first day of July transmit to the state superintendent in such form as he may prescribe, a report showing in detail its receipts and expenditures on account of the school during the preceding school year, the condition of the school, and such other facts as the state superintendent may require. [L. 1865, chap. 587, § 14, and L. 1867, chap. 744, § 18, rewritten and changed so that the annual report shall be made to the state superintendent instead of the legislature, and also changing the date of making such report from the first day of January to the first day of July, the beginning of the school year.] § 433. Report of school authorities.-The school authorities of each city or district shall annually on the thirtieth day of June, report to the state superintendent in such form as he may prescribe the name, age and residence of each blind child of school age, residing therein, and whether such child has attended a school for the blind during the preceding school year, and if so the name of the school. Such information may be included in the annual report of the school authorities to the commissioner, or in. a separate report as may be required by the state superintendent. If it is contained in the report to the commissioner, he shall in clude such information in his report to the state superintendent. [New.] § 434. Application, to whom presented.-An application for theadmission of a pupil to a school for the blind must be addressed to the state superintendent of public instruction, and presented to the school authorities of the district or city in which the child. resides. The application must be verified, and may be made by either parent or the guardian or other relative of the child. It shall state the name, residence and occupation of the applicant, the name, age and residence of the child, and his relationship to the applicant, and whether he has ever attended a school for the blind or received instruction elsewhere, and if so where such instruction was received. It shall also contain such other information as may be required by the state superintendent. The school authorities shall immediately transmit the application to the state superintendent, who shall inquire into the matter and determine whether the child can be accommodated in a school for the blind, and whether he is entitled to receive instruction therein. [New.] § 435. Order of state superintendent.-If the superintendent determines that the child can and should be sent to a school for the blind, he shall make an order to that effect, and deliver it to the superintendent of the school or institution designated therein, who shall provide for the transportation of such child to the school. § 436. Removal and transfer of children.—A child who has been received into a school may, with the approval of the state superintendent, be removed therefrom and returned to his parents or guardian or other applicant, or may be transferred to another state school for the blind or a school authorized to receive and instruct blind children under a contract with the superintendent, or otherwise. [New.] § 437. Expenses of transportation, how paid.—The expense of transporting a blind child to or from a school for the blind, and of his instruction, support, care and maintenance therein, shall be paid by the state. A non-resident pupil or a pupil above school age, must pay his expenses, to be determined by the state super intendent. [L. 1867, chap. 744, § 13, but mostly new.] § 438. Clothing, how furnished; expenses, how paid.—The persons liable for the support of a child may furnish clothing for him while in attendance at a school under this article, under regulations prescribed by the state superintendent. If clothing is not so furnished, it shall be furnished by the school, and the expense thereof shall be paid on the audit and certificate of the state superintendent by the treasurer of the local board of a state school, and otherwise by the state treasurer. The state superintendent shall make rules relating to this subject, and may in any case, for good cause, direct that all or any part of the expense of clothing a child named in the order be paid by the state. Such persons, or the estate, if any, of the child, shall be liable for such clothing furnished by the school. The local superintendent shall, at such stated periods as the rules prescribe, present to the persons liable for the support of the child, a verified account of such clothing, and if the account is not paid within thirty days thereafter, he may sue for and recover the amount thereof in his name of office for the benefit of the school. This section applies to a school or institution with which a contract is made by the state superintendent. [New. Substitute for L. 1867, chap. 744, § 13, L. 1852, chap. 333, § 3, as amended by L. 1871, chap. 146.] § 439. Contracts for the instruction of the blind.-The state superintendent may contract with the trustees or managers of a school or institution for the blind, for the instruction therein of resident blind children of school age who, in his judgment, cannot be accommodated at a state school. Such a contract cannot be made by the superintendent for a period extending beyond his term of office. If a contract is made, blind children may be sent to such a school or institution under regulations prescribed by the superintendent; but in granting applications for admission of blind children, preference shall be given to a school for the blind owned and wholly maintained by the state, if such school has sufficient accommodations; except that children residing in a county where a school or institution with which a contract is made is located, or in an adjoining county, shall be sent to such school or institution, if it has sufficient accommodations, otherwise they may be sent to a state school. A school or institution with which a contract is made under this section becomes a school for the blind, under this chapter, and subject to all its provisions, so far as practicable. A contract may be made under this section with The New York Institution for the Blind in The City of New York. [New.] § 440. Contracts for the instruction of deaf-mutes.-A contract for the instruction of deaf-mutes may be made by the state superintendent with one or more of the following schools or institutions: New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, in New York; Le Couteulx St. Mary's Institution for the Improved Instruction of Deaf-Mutes, in Buffalo; The Institution for the Improved Instruction of Deaf-Mutes, in New York; St. Joseph's Institute for Improved Instruction of Deaf-Mutes, in Fordham; The Central New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes, in Rome; Western New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes, in Rochester; The Northern New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes, in Malone, and the Albany Home School for the Oral Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, in Albany; but such a contract shall not be made unless the superintendent is satisfied that the school or institu |
