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county almshouse in the same manner and on the same terms and conditions as the poor of other towns in the county of Ontario.

Cohoes, Albany County.

(Note. Commissioner of charities appointed by the mayor for a term of two years at an annual salary of $1,000.)

Chapter 130, Laws of 1915.

ARTICLE XI.

Department of Charities.

Section 175. Commissioner; overseer of poor.

176. Powers and duties of commissioner.
177. Powers and duties of district physicians.
178. City owner of supplies.

179. Liability of city.

180. Power to purchase and distribute supplies.

§ 175. Commissioner; overseer of poor. The commissioner of charities shall be the overseer of the poor. In case of the absence or disability of the commissioner or of a vacancy in the office, the mayor may appoint a deputy who shall discharge the duties of the office until the commissioner returns, his disability ceases or the vacancy is filled. The commissioner and deputy, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of their respective offices, shall each execute and file with the city clerk an official undertaking in such penal sum as may be prescribed by the common council.

§ 176. Powers and duties of commissioner. The commissioner of charities shall have the general care, management, administration and supervision of the charities, almshouses, hospitals, houses of correction, orphan asylums and all other similar institutions, the control or government of which belongs or is entrusted to the city. He shall make regulations for the expenditure of the moneys appropriated for the support or relief of the poor and for the general supervision of such expenditures. He shall investigate fully the circumstances of all persons alleged to be destitute or without proper means of support, or without proper

guardianship, or who are in danger of becoming or are a public burden in any respect; and also the circumstances of their relatives or other persons whose duty it is to relieve or maintain them or contribute to their support; also to institute and prosecute any and all actions and proceedings authorized by law to compel any and all persons liable for the care, maintenance, education or support of any such destitute or dependent persons to contribute thereto, and to indemnify the city and public against any expenditures on account thereof. He shall also prosecute any and all bonds, undertakings or recognizances given for any of the pur poses herein mentioned or in any manner relating thereto. Any and all moneys recovered in any such suit, action or proceeding or otherwise paid to or received by the said commissioner on ac count of the care, maintenance, relief, education or support of any such persons shall be deposited by the commissioner with the treasurer as a trust fund, and the same shall be applied and expended by the said commissioner for the purpose on account of which the same were paid. Any surplus remaining in said fund at the close of the fiscal year shall be treated as an unexpended balance of money appropriated for such department. The commissioner shall furnish to and file with the comptroller a monthly statement in detail of all receipts and expenditures, including the aid and relief granted by him, with the names and addresses of all recipients. The commissioner shall possess all the power and authority of overseers of the poor in the several towns of the county of Albany and be subject to the same duties, obligations and liabilities. The commissioner and his assistants shall have the power to examine under oath any person applying for relicf.

§ 177. Powers and duties of district physicians. The three district physicians shall be persons duly licensed and admitted to practice medicine and surgery in this state by the laws of the state of New York, and shall have had at least three years' practice as such. It shall be their duty, under the direction of the commissioner of charities, to attend and give medical and surgical care and relief and furnish medicines to indigent persons within the city of Cohoes and to make a report to said commissioner not later than the fifth day of each month of all calls made,

services rendered and medicines furnished during the previous month as such physicians.

§ 178. City owner of supplies. The city shall continue to be the owner of supplies furnished to any poor person or applicant for relief until the same are consumed. If any person to whom the same shall be furnished shall sell or exchange the same for money or intoxicating liquors or in any way dispose of the same other than in the manner directed, such conduct shall be deemed a misdemeanor.

§ 179. Liability of city. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to make the city liable for the support or relief of any poor person when it is not otherwise so liable.

§ 180. Power to purchase and distribute supplies. The common council, with the approval of the board of estimate and apportionment, shall have power by ordinance to authorize and direct the board of contract and supply to purchase for the temporary relief of the poor of said city provisions, articles and fuel in such quantities as shall be designated by such ordinance and to provide rules and regulations for the delivery to and distribution thereof by the commissioner of charities and it shall be the duty of said board of contract and supply to advertise for proposals and award contracts for the supplies as directed by any such ordinance of the council.

Corning, Steuben County.

(Note. Overseer of the poor appointed by the mayor with the consent of the common council for a term of two years at a salary of $480.)

Chapter 142, Laws of 1905.

TITLE IV.

Powers and Duties of Officers.

§ 41. The overseer of the poor shall have and exercise within said city the same powers and discharge the same duties as overseers of the poor of the towns of Steuben county. He shall receive a salary of four hundred and eighty dollars per annum,

payable monthly, and no other fee or reward. He shall have power to administer an oath to and examine under oath any person applying to him for relief, and false swearing upon or at such examination shall be deemed wilful perjury.

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§ 45. It shall be the duty of the city physician to give such surgical and medical attendance and medicine to the poor of the city as may be required of such officer by the overseer of the poor or the mayor. Such officer shall receive a salary of four hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly, and no other fee or reward.

(Note.

Cortland, Cortland County.

Commissioner of charities appointed by the mayor and common council for the term of two years at an annual salary of $400.)

Chapter 160, Laws of 1900.

TITLE VIII.

Department of Charities.

Section 140. Appointment of commissioner.

141. Powers and duties of commissioner of charities.

142. Monthly report of commissioner.

143. Common council to audit accounts.

144. Commissioners not to be interested in purchases.

Section 140. Appointment of commissioners. On or before the first day of February after the passage of this act and in each alternate year thereafter, there shall be appointed in the manner provided by this act a commissioner of charities, who shall hold office for two years from the first day of February following his appointment.

§ 141. Powers and duties of the commissioner of charities. Except as provided by this act, the commissioner of charities of the city of Cortland shall, within the city of Cortland,

have and exercise the same powers and discharge the same duties, to the exclusion of any other officer, as overseer of the poor in towns. The commissioner of charities of the city of Cortland shall also by virtue of his office, possess all the powers and authority of overseers of the poor of the several towns of the state in relation to the support and relief of indigent persons, the binding out of children, the care of habitual drunkards, the support of bastards and proceedings to charge the fathers and mothers of such bastards, and shall have all such other powers as are conferred on overseers of the poor in the respective towns of this state, and shall be subject to the same duties, obligations and liabilities. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to visit the poor of said city at their several places of abode and examine into their circumstances, and ascertain to what extent they are or may be in need and entitled to permanent or temporary relief, or medical attendance. No physician other than the city physician shall be employed by the commissioner of charities to attend the poor of said city, unless otherwise authorized or directed by the common council. The commissioner of charities shall have power to administer oaths to, and examine under oath, any person applying to him for relief, and false swearing during such examination shall be deemed wilful perjury. For all purposes relative to the maintenance and support of the poor, the city of Cortland shall be deemed one of the towns of Cortland county. The commissioner shall issue written orders for all meals, provisions and supplies furnished to the poor of said city.

§ 142. Monthly report of commissioner. The commissioner of charities, at the first regular meeting of the common council in each month, shall under oath report in detail to the common council all appropriations, expenditures, temporary relief, medical attendance, and allowance made by him as such commissioner during the month preceding, which report shall specify the name and place of abode of each person relieved, the quantity and price per pound, or otherwise as the case may be, of each article furnished or ordered, and from whom obtained; said report shall also contain the names and places of abode of all persons to whom meals or lodgings have been furnished, the number of such meals and lodgings, from whom obtained, or whom furnished,

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