money. rate. sale. to carry such proposals into effect, in the same manner as in the case of the levy of a tax and the expenditure of money for a county, city or village purpose. The board of supervisors of such county or the appropriate corporate authorities of any such city or village therein, may in their discretion borrow money for the pur- Borrowing pose of carrying into effect such proposals, for a period not exceeding ten years and at a rate of interest not exceeding six per Interest centum, and may issue and sell the bonds of said county, city or Bonds; isvillage and provide for the payment thereof by tax, in the same suance and manner as in the case of other bonds of said county, city or village. If the proposal of any city or village is accepted it shall be Approprialawful for the board of supervisors of such county to appropriate buildings. such sum or sums as to it shall seem proper toward the erection of the buildings thereon, and to borrow money and issue bonds Bonds for therefor, such bonds to be serial in form, bear such rate of interest, Interest not to exceed six per centum, as the board of supervisors shall by rate. resolution determine, and be due and payable within fifteen years Time of from the date of first issue. For that purpose the erection of such buildings in any city or village shall be deemed to be for county purposes as well as for a city or village purpose. tions for buildings. payment. establishing managers. Appoint 8 3. When the board of regents shall have accepted proposals Rosolution and determined the site and location of said school, they shall school. adopt a resolution locating and establishing such school, and there- Board of upon their powers and duties under this act shall cease. There shall be a local board of managers of such school, consisting of not less than three nor more than thirteen persons, to be determined by the commissioner of education. The members of such board shall be appointed by the commissioner of education and shall ment. hold office during the terms and have the powers prescribed by Terms, article thirty-two of the education law. Upon the appointment Deed of and qualification of the members of such board, deeds of the lands designated as a site of said school shall be executed and delivered to the said board in behalf of the people of the state. Before the Deeds; apacceptance of such deeds they shall be submitted to the attorney-attorneygeneral for his consideration and approval. If he approve the same, they shall be accepted by the board. Such board of managers Gifts, deshall also have the power and authority to receive and accept gifts bequests. and devises or bequests for the purpose of such normal school. site. proval of general. vises or 4. Upon the acceptance of the proposals, the establishment Buildings; of the school and the appointment of a board of managers as here- erection. inbefore provided, there shall be erected upon the site so selected suitable buildings for the use of such normal and training school Plans. Contracts Manage ment of school. Erie canal; towing facilities. Oswego canal; towing facilities. Rules and whenever the board of regents shall certify to the legislature the advisability of the construction of such buildings and whenever the legislature shall have made appropriation therefor. Such buildings shall be erected under the direction of the board of managers of such school, in accordance with plans and specifications to be approved by the commissioner of education. When such plans are approved, contracts may be made for the construction of such buildings within the amounts available for such purpose, which contracts shall not be effective until approved by the commissioner of education and by the comptroller in the same manner as other contracts for the construction of state works. § 5. Such school, when completed, shall be managed and controlled in the same manner as other state normal schools and shall be subject to the provisions of the education law relative to such schools. § 6. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 237. AN ACT to authorize the superintendent of public works to provide towing facilities on certain canals of the state and making an appropriation therefor. Became a law April 20, 1917, 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. The superintendent of public works, pending the entire completion of the improvement of the state canals, as provided by chapter one hundred and forty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred and three and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, is hereby authorized to provide suitable facilities for the towing of boats over the Erie canal during the season of navigation of nineteen hundred and seventeen. He may also from time to time provide towing facilities for boats on the Oswego canal between its junction with the Erie canal and Oswego, if in his judgment the conditions of traffic on said Oswego canal necessitate the furnishing of such service by the state. § 2. Such towing service shall be furnished by the superinregulations tendent of public works to boats under such rules and regulations as he shall adopt, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to impose and collect for the furnishing of such service such fees Fees. as will in his judgment provide to the state a fair and reasonable return for the moneys expended under this act and encourage and foster the use of the state canals for the transportation of freight, provided, however, that such fees shall in no event exceed a charge of twenty cents per boat for each mile, or fraction thereof over one-half, that such boat is towed, and the tables of distances Table of on file in the office of the superintendent of public works shall be conclusive evidence in computing distances on the canal. The Disposition moneys so collected shall be deposited in the state treasury by the superintendent of public works, pursuant to the provisions of the state finance law. distances. of fees. tion. 3. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of Appropriathis act the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, payable by the treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller to the order of the superintendent of public works. 4. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 238. AN ACT creating the hospital development commission, defining its powers and duties, authorizing contracts for new buildings in connection with the Utica state hospital and the Middletown state hospital, and making appropriations for such purpose and for the expense of the hospital development commission. Became a law April 23, 1917, 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. Hospital development commission created. A commission is hereby created consisting of the state engineer, the chairman of the state hospital commission, the state architect, the chairman of the senate finance committee, the chairman of the assembly ways and means committee, two members to be appointed by the governor1 and one member of the legis 1 Words "two members to be appointed by the governor," new. lature who shall also be a minority member of one of the financial committees of the legislature to be named by the minority leaders of the senate and assembly. The appointment of the last named member of the commission shall be evidenced by certificate duly executed by said minority leaders of the legislature and filed in the office of the secretary of state. § 2. Powers and duties of hospital development commission. Such commission shall 1. Examine each site of hospital development in the state, together with such other sites as the state now owns or which in the future may be developed for hospital purposes; 2. Make a complete investigation of the capacity of the present state hospital buildings; 3. Consider future policy of the state for the care of the insane, and whether advisable to make it part custodial and part hospital; 4. Adopt a general plan of hospital development taking into consideration proximity to centers of population, transportation of supplies, patients and their relatives and friends, healthfulness, water supply and drainage facilities; 5. Devise and adopt a plan to provide for the proper accommodation of the present surplus of patients, both in the civil hospitals and in the hospitals for the criminal insane the normal increase and a moderate surplusage of accommodations at its completion at the end of ten years; 6. Estimate the probable cost of such plan in detail; 7. Consider each hospital site as an entity and submit a comprehensive plan for its development to a predetermined capacity, showing location, size and character of each building proposed; 8. Recommend to the legislature of each year on the date on which it convenes, an expenditure equal to one-tenth of the cost of the entire hospital plan when completed stating in detail which buildings coming within such appropriation in cost are most immediately necessary for relieving congestion for the proper care of patients and attendants and for the symmetrical and efficient development of the entire plan. 9. Investigate the problem of the proper care of the feebleminded in the state with the purpose of devising a plan for its solution and when this problem is under consideration the fiscal supervisor of state charities shall take the place of the chairman of the state hospital commission on the commission hereby created and the secretary of the state board of charities shall take the place of the state engineer. 3. Expenses of commission; assistants. The members of the hospital development commission shall not be entitled to any compensation for their services, but shall be allowed their necessary traveling and hotel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Such commission may employ such assistants as may be needed, and may authorize the employment by the state engineer and state architect of such additional employees as may be needed in such offices for the purposes of this act. 84. Contracts for new buildings at Marcy site. The state hospital commission is hereby authorized to enter into a contract or contracts, in the manner provided by section sixty-five of the insanity law, for the construction and equipment of new buildings on the Marcy site in connection with the Utica state hospital, including necessary heating, water supply and sewage disposal systems, at a cost of not exceeding one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($1,250,000). The hospital development commission shall determine the character of development and buildings first to be constructed on such site pursuant to this act. The sum of two hundred and ninety-nine thousand two hundred and fifty-four dollars and eighty-five cents ($299,254.85), being the unexpended balance of the sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000), appropriated by chapter seven hundred and thirteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and fifteen for the construction and equipment of the Mohansic state hospital, is hereby reappropriated and made available for commencing the work of construction at Marcy. The new buildings constructed by the hospital development commission on the Marcy site shall be known as Utica state hospital -Marcy division. 5. Contracts for new building at Middletown. The state hos pital commission is hereby authorized to enter into a contract or contracts, in the manner provided by section sixty-five of the insanity law, for the construction and equipment of a new building at the Middletown state homeopathic hospital, including necessary heating, water supply and sewage disposal system, at a cost not exceeding three hundred and sixty-nine thousand dollars ($369,000); but no such contract shall be entered into by the hospital commission until the character of the building to be constructed shall have been determined by the hospital development commis sion created by this act. The sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) is hereby appropriated for the purposes of this section. |