§ 2773.

statement of

statement

6. The treasurer shall, from time to time, before such orders. become due, present to the auditor of state a statement of all orders drawn and then unpaid, giving Treasurer's the date and number and amount of each order, unp'd orders. and the person to whom payable, which shall be signed and sworn to by the treasurer and certified to by the president of the boards; and the auditor of state shall thereupon draw an order for the amount, in favor of such treasurer, upon the treasurer of state, who shall pay the amount out of any money in his hands subject to such payment. The auditor of state shall open and keep an account with the treasurer of each of said institutions, and shall charge him with the orders so drawn upon the state treasurer. The treasurer of said institutions shall, at the close of each month, return to the auditor of state an itemized statement of the orders paid by Itemized him and the amounts thereof, signed and sworn to necessary. as being correct, and, with such statement, shall return to the auditor the orders so paid; the auditor of state shall thereupon credit the said treasurer with the amounts so paid out by him, and shall carefully preserve all such orders and statements. 7. The board of each of said institutions shall appoint a superintendent thereof, who may reside in the institution; and the superintendents, with the approval prin of the board, may appoint such subordinate officers, secretaries, assistants, physicians, teachers, attendants, and employes as may be necessary; but the board shall prescribe the number to be employed, and provide rules for their government and control, and fix the amount of compensation for their services, including the superintendent, who shall not be paid more than two thousand dollars per annum. Such superintendent shall be skilled and qualified, by education and practice, to take charge of the institution for which he is appointed, and shall give a bond for the faithful performance of his duties and for the payment of all damages arising from their non-performance. Such bond shall be payable Bond payable to the state of Indiana, in such sum as required by the board and to their approval; and suit may be brought thereon by the state, or by the state on the relation of any person injured. The superintendents shall take personal charge and supervision of their respective institutions and of

§ 2774. Superintendent and sub

ordinates.

to state.

Attendants

the inmates therein, and of the subordinate officers, teachers, attendants, and employes connected therewith, subject to the rules and regulations prescribed and to the orders and general control of the board of trustees. He may, for good cause, discharge any of such subordinates and employes, and and employes appoint other competent persons in their places; which appointment shall continue only until the next meeting of the board, at which time the superintendent shall report all such changes, and the causes therefor; and the board may confirm such appointments; and, if not confirmed, he shall make other suitable appointments, subject to the confirmation of said board.

Purchase of

8. The superintendent shall, at or about the close of each 82775 month, make out, for the information of the board, supplies. an itemized statement and estimate of the amount and kind of purchases required for the next succeeding month; and it shall be the duty of the board of trustees to solicit competition among dealers for the sale of such articles and goods. as may be required, by publication or otherwise; and to this end they shall keep such statement and estimate open to public inspection, and shall give personal attention to the bids for and the purchase of such articles and goods, and use their best endeavors to obtain them at the lowest public prices. The superintendents shall also make out and file with the

Individual expense of each lunatic necessary.

board, at each regular meeting, an itemized statement of all moneys paid out or expenses incurred for each of the inmates since the last report, showing the counties to which the inmates belong, and the total amount chargeable to each county. Such statement shall be filed with the treasurer of state, who shall charge the same to the proper county, and collect the amount due from such county at each settlement with the treasurer thereof; and such moneys shall be covered into the general fund of the state treasury. The superintendent shall also, at each regular meeting, make out and file with the board, a complete and itemized statement of all money received, since his last report, from the sale of hides, tallow, farm or garden products, or flowers, and from any and all other sources whatever, stating the date and transaction, and from whom the money was received.

Money

matters.

Such money shall be, by him, at that time, paid over to the treasurer of the institution, who shall

give his receipt therefor, and shall immediately pay the same over to the treasurer of state, who shall give his receipt therefor, and cover and transfer the amount into the general fund of the treasury; and all moneys payable, by law, to or for the benefit of either of said institutions, except the appropriations made therefor, shall, in all cases, be paid over to the state treasurer, who shall cover and transfer the same into the general fund of the treasury.

Expenses, re

discharging

9. The board of trustees shall have power to make allowances for the payment of any money required or § 2776. authorized by law to be paid, or for the improve- port; nepotment, preservation, and care of their several insti- ism forbidden. tutions, and the grounds and property connected therewith, and the expenses thereof, the payment of employes and other expenses; but such allowances shall only be made upon an itemized statement of the superintendent, showing the cause and necessity therefor; and all payments shall be made only by orders drawn on the treasurer of such institution in the manner herein provided. They shall severally make a report to the governor, at the close of each fiscal year, giving Receiving and a full statement of their receipts, disbursements, and of inmates. operations during the year preceding; the number of inmates received, discharged, and then in the institution; the cost per capita for the year; the estimated cost for the next succeeding year; and all things necessary to show the condition and management of the same, together with any recommendations or suggestions they may deem proper for the better and more efficient government and welfare thereof; which reports the governor shall transmit to the general assembly, with his message, at each regular session thereof. In such reports they shall show what amount has been expended for repairs upon the buildings and for permanent improvements, in Money exa separate account from the ordinary expenses of improvement. the institution. They shall not appoint, nor allow to be appointed, any relative of their own, or of either of them, either by blood or marriage; and they shall not allow any of the relatives or members of the family, except the wife and children of such officers whose regular home has been and is with him, of any superintendent or other subordinate or employe to be kept, maintained or supported in the institution, without

pended on

charging to such persons the full value of such maintenance and support, unless such relative or member of the family be regularly employed and paid, as one of the subordinates or employes thereof.

§ 2777.

Unexpended

10. The treasurer of state shall, biennially, cover and transfer into the general fund of the treasury all moneys balances. appropriated and unexpended at the close of the fiscal year, immediately preceding each regular session of the general assembly.

$ 2778. Salaries.

§ 2779. Restriction on officers.

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11. The president of the boards shall receive, as compensation for his services, a salary, payable quarterly, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum; and the trustees of the insane asylum shall, in like manner, be paid salaries at the rate of six hundred dollars to each; * * * said salaries to be paid on the warrant of the auditor out of any money in the treasury subject to such payment. 12. It shall be unlawful for any person connected with said institutions as president, trustee, superintendent, subordinates, or employes, to be pecuniarily interested in any contract for or purchase of supplies or materials, or to make or receive any profits, percentages, or deductions, or any reward or benefit whatever out of the management or operation, or business of the said institutions, other than the fees and compensation for his services established and allowed by law. 13. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonPenalty; vio- ment in the state prison for a period not less than imprisonm'nt. six months and not more than five years, and shall be fined in any sum not more than five thousand dollars.

§ 2780.

lation of laws;

§ 2781. Borrowing

14. It shall be unlawful for the board of trustees of any benevolent, scientific, reformatory, or educational forbidden. institution of the state to borrow money upon the credit of the state, or to contract any indebtedness on the credit of the state, or to make expenditures for improvements for said institutions in any way, unless the said loans or expenditure of money are first authorized by an act of the general assembly for such purposes.

15. Any trustee or trustees, of any such institution who shall violate the provisions of the foregoing section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and,

$ 2782. Penalty.

upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less than five hundred dollars, and shall forfeit his office upon conviction; which forfeiture shall be part of the judgment of the court.

Duties

16. The trustees shall be intrusted with the general control and management of the hospital. They shall pre- $2835 of scribe by-laws for the government of the same, and trustees. conduct its affairs agreeably to the laws in force and such bylaws as they may establish. They shall have authority to appoint a superintendent to take charge of the patients and hospital, and to appoint a matron and such assistant physicians, stewards, and other principal officers as may Appointment be needed for the efficient and economical adminis- of officers. tration of the affairs of the institution. They shall, in their by-laws, prescribe the duties of their respective officers, their tenure of office, and determine their salaries, except as otherwise provided by law. The trustees may, at their pleasure, remove from office any officer of said institution, except the superintendent; and they may remove the superintendent for incompetency, wilful neglect, or refusal to discharge any of his duties, or for any misconduct on his part which might render it improper for him to continue longer in his said office.

17. Two of the trustees shall visit the hospital together, monthly; a majority of them together, semi-annu- § 2836. Visiting hosally; and all the trustees together, shall make at pital. least one visit during the year. An annual meeting of the trustees shall be held on the second Tuesday of November. 18. The trustees shall keep a full account of their proceedings in a book to be provided for that purpose. The $287. officers of the institution shall make reports to the report. trustees as they may from time to time require. The superintendent and treasurer shall severally make full reports to them at their annual meeting; and the trustees, at that meeting, shall make a full report to the general assembly, accompanying the same with the annual reports of the superintendent and treasurer.

Proceedings,

Property in

19. The trustees may take, and hold in trust for the hospital, any lands conveyed or devised, and any money or $238. other personal property given or bequeathed, to be trust. applied to any purpose connected with the institution.