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board of managers for the government, discipline and management of said hospital, and the employees and inmates thereof. He shall make and enforce such further rules, regulations and orders as he may deem necessary, not inconsistent with law, or with the rules, regulations and directions of the board of managers.

3. Appoint such employees as he may think proper and necessary for the efficient performance of the business of the hospital, and prescribe their duties; and for cause stated in writing, after an opportunity to be heard, discharge any such employee at his discretion.

4. Cause proper accounts and records of the business and operations of the hospital to be kept regularly from day to day, in books and on forms provided for that purpose; and see that such accounts and records are correctly made up for the annual report to the governing board, as required by subdivision seven of section one hundred and twenty-eight of this chapter, and present the same to the board of managers, who shall incorporate them in their annual report to the said governing board.

5. Receive into the hospital, under rules established by the board of managers, any person in the town, city or village who is sick or maimed or injured and who is in need of hospital care, irrespective of whether such person is able to pay for his care or not; and may also receive persons from without the town, city or village, provided there is a vacancy in the hospital, and provided the reception of such persons does not interfere with the proper care and treatment of persons received from the town, city or village.

6. Cause to be kept proper records of the admission of all patients, their name, age, sex, color, marital condition, residence, occupation, place of last employment and the names and addresses of their nearest relatives or friends. He shall also cause a careful examination to be made of the physical condition of all persons admitted to the hospital; and shall cause a record to be kept of the condition of each patient when admitted, and from time to time thereafter.

7. Discharge from said hospital any patient who is found to have recovered from his illness sufficiently to be no longer in need

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of hospital care, or who shall wilfully or habitually violate the rules thereof, or who for any other reason is no longer a suitable patient for treatment therein; and shall make a full report thereof at the next meeting of the board of managers.

8. Collect and receive all money due the hospital, keep an accurate account of the same, report the same at the ensuing monthly meeting of the board of managers, and transmit the same within ten days after such meeting to the treasurer of the town, city or village by which the hospital is maintained.

9. Give a bond before entering upon the discharge of his duties, in such sum as the board of managers may determine, to secure the faithful performance of such duties.

(Added by chapter 558 of the Laws of 1910.)

§ 130. Admission and maintenance of patients. Whenever a patient shall have been admitted to such hospital, the superintendent shall cause to be made such inquiry as he may deem necessary, relative to the ability of such patient, or of the relatives of such patient legally liable for his support, to pay for his care and treatment. If he find that such patient, or said relatives, are able to pay for his care and treatment in whole or in part, an order shall be made by the superintendent directing such patient, or said relatives, to pay to the treasurer of such hospital for the support of such patient a specified sum per week, in proportion to their financial ability, but such sum shall not exceed the actual cost of maintenance. The superintendent shall have the same power and authority to collect such sums from the patient, or his relatives legally liable for his support, as is possessed by an overseer of the poor in like circumstances. If the superintendent find that such patient, or said relatives, are not able to pay, either in whole or in part, for his care and treatment in such hospital, the unpaid cost of his maintenance shall become a charge upon the town, city or village by which the hospital is maintained; provided, however, that in case such patient is not a resident of said town, city or village, the cost of his maintenance shall be a charge. upon the civil division of the state upon which he would be a charge as a poor person. No employee of such hospital shall accept from any patient thereof any fee, payment or gratuity whatsoever for his service. (Added by chapter 558 of the Laws of

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§ 131. Training school for nurses. agers of any hospital under this act may establish and maintain in connection therewith and as a part of the public hospital a training school for nurses. The board may, in its discretion, appoint an advisory board for such training school and define the functions of such advisory board. (Added by chapter 558 of the Laws of 1910.)

§ 132. Room for detention and examination of persons who are suspected of being insane. The board of managers may provide a suitable room for the temporary detention, observation and care of persons who are suspected of being insane and shall do so upon the direction of the governing board or of the state commission in lunacy; provided, however, that the state commission in lunacy before making such direction shall give to both the board of managers and the governing board due notice and opportunity to be heard thereon. (Added by chapter 558 of the Laws of 1910.)

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§ 133. Visitation and inspection. Members of the board. of managers shall be admitted to every part of the hospital and premises, and shall have access to all books, papers, accounts and records pertaining to the hospital and shall be furnished with copies, abstracts and reports whenever required by them. hospitals established or maintained under the provisions of sections one hundred and twenty-six, one hundred and twenty-seven, one hundred and twenty-eight, one hundred and twenty-nine, one hundred and thirty, one hundred and thirty-one, one hundred and thirty-two, one hundred and thirty-three and one hundred and thirty-four of this act shall be subject to inspection by any duly authorized representative of the state board of charities, of the state charities aid association, and of the governing board of the town, city or village by which the hospital is maintained; and the resident officer in charge shall admit such representatives into every part of the hospital and premises, and give them access on demand to all records, reports, books, papers and accounts pertaining to the hospital. (Added by chapter 588 of the Laws of 1910.)

§ 134. Existing town, city or village public general hospitals. Wherever a town, city or village has, previous to the

passage of this act, established a public general hospital, the governing board of said town, city or village may by resolution provide that thereafter such hospital shall be controlled and maintained in accordance with the provisions of this act. Any public general hospital which may hereafter be established by any governing board of any town, city or village shall be subject to all the provisions of sections one hundred and twenty-six to one hundred and thirty-four, inclusive, of this chapter. (As amended by chapter 558 of the Laws of 1910.)

§ 135. Application of preceding sections. Sections one hundred and twenty-six to one hundred and thirty-four, both inclusive, shall not apply to the city of New York. (As amended by chapter 558 of the Laws of 1910.)

§ 135-a. Workshops in connection with tuberculosis hospitals. Any municipal corporation maintaining a hospital or a sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis may establish and maintain workshops in connection therewith for the production of articles or supplies required by such hospital or sanatorium, or by any other institution or department of such municipality. Except in a supervisory capacity no person shall be employed in such workshop or workshops unless he is or shall have been a patient suffering from tuberculosis in such hospital or sanatorium. The appropriate municipal authorities may appropriate or provide funds for the establishment and maintenance of the said workshops in the same manner as for the establishment and maintenance of such hospitals or sanatoria. Notwithstanding the provisions of the prison law in relation to the sale of articles manufactured in the state prisons, the products of such workshop may be used in such hospital or sanatorium or by any other institution or department of such municipality. Such workshops shall be under the direction and control of the municipal authority having direction and control of the hospital or sanatorium to which they may be attached. (As added by chapter 341 of the Laws of 1913.)

§ 136. Establishment of colonies for inebriates. The governing board of any city of the first or second class may by resolution determine that there shall be established by said city a

hospital and industrial colony for the care, treatment and occupation of inebriates. In any such city in which a board of estimate and apportionment or other board is required to approve appropriations for public purposes, the resolution of the governing board to establish a hospital and industrial colony shall be effective only after the necessary appropriation for lands and buildings for such hospital and industrial colony shall have been approved by said board of estimate and apportionment or other board, in the same manner and by the same vote by which it is required by law to approve other appropriations for public purposes. When the governing board of any city shall have voted to establish a hospital and industrial colony, and the estimated expenditure for lands and buildings shall have been approved as herein above authorized, such governing board shall have the following powers:

1. To purchase and lease real property therefor within or without the city, or acquire such real property and easements therein by condemnation proceedings in the manner prescribed in the condemnation law.

2. To cause to be assessed, levied and collected such sums of money as shall have been approved as herein above authorized for suitable lands and buildings, and as it shall deem necessary for equipment and improvements for said hospital and industrial colony, and for the maintenance thereof, and for all other necessary expenditures therefor; and to borrow money for the purchase of a site and for the erection and equipment of such hospital and industrial colony on the credit of the city of which it is the governing board, and issue obligations therefor, in such manner as it may do for other city purposes.

3. To accept and hold in trust for the city of which it is the governing board any grant or devise of land, or any gift or bequest of money or other personal property, or any donation to be applied, principal or income, or both, for the benefit of said hospital and industrial colony, and apply the same in accordance with the terms of the gift.

(Added by chapter 700 of the Laws of 1911.)

§ 137. Appointment and terms of office of board of inebriety. When the governing board of a city shall have determined to establish a hospital and industrial colony for the care,

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