purpose of such subsistence so much of the products of the school farm and all departments thereof as are necessary therefor, which shall be paid for out of such capital fund at the current market prices of such products less such discount as may be jointly agreed upon and prescribed by the trustees of said school and the state comptroller, and may purchase out of said capital fund such other supplies as are needed for such subsistence, and until July first, nineteen hundred and nineteen, for subsistence of farm animals or for instructional purposes, wherein the supplies from the school farm are insufficient therefor. Any surplus products of the farm or the operation of any departments thereof not thus required or required for the operation of the farm or not consumed for the instructional purposes of the school shall be sold at current market prices and the proceeds thereof paid into the state treasury, as required by the state finance law, or prior to July first, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and subject to audit of the state comptroller, so much of the proceeds may be used for the purchase of animals, materials or appliances as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the school. The trustees shall fix and collect from the students and employees thus subsisting at the refectory such monthly uniform rates of reimbursement for their maintenance as will cover the cost of food supplies, labor and other necessary expenses of operation of such dormitories and refectory. All such collections and any miscellaneous receipts of such operation shall be credited to the capital fund. Vouchers for all purchases, including purchases of products of the school farm, shall be submitted to the state comptroller and be subject to his audit. All persons employed by the trustees for the purpose of such operation shall be taken from the regular civil service lists of the state. No employee receiving compensation from the school shall receive any additional compensation out of such capital fund for services rendered after July first, nineteen hundred and nineteen. Separate books shall be kept of the accounts of the capital fund operations and the trustees shall render to the state comptroller on the fifth day of each month a full statement of receipts and expenditures of such fund for the preceding month in such form as the comptroller shall prescribe and shall file a copy of such statement with the commissioner of education. At the close of each fiscal year of the state, any surplus cash in such capital fund over and above the sum of five thousand dollars and any outstanding liabilities due and payable therefrom shall be paid to the treasurer of the state and at such L. 1908, ch. 418, § 2, as amended by L. 1910, ch. 419, and L. 1917, ch. 191, amended. Compensa mileage of supervisors. time an inventory of all the property and assets of the capital fund shall be filed with the comptroller. In the event of the termination of the school or of the operation of the dormitories and refectory, the cash balance of such capital fund shall be paid into the treasury of the state. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 469. AN ACT to amend chapter four hundred and eighteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and eight, entitled "An act to regulate the sessions of the board of supervisors in Oneida county and to fix the compensation of the members thereof," in relation to duties and compensation of the chairman. Became a law May 6, 1918, 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. Section two of chapter four hundred and eighteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and eight, entitled "An act to regulate the sessions of the board of supervisors in Oneida county and to fix the compensation of the members thereof," as amended by chapter four hundred and nineteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and ten and chapter one hundred and ninety-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 2. Each supervisor elected or appointed for any town or tion and ward shall receive for his services as a member of the board of county canvassers and as supervisor the annual salary now allowed by law, mileage at the rate of eight cents per mile for once going and returning from his residence to the place where the sessions of the board shall be held, for attending each regular session, and the fees now allowed by law for copying or extending the assessment-roll, and no supervisor, except the chairman of the board,' shall receive any other or greater compensation, fee, charge, i allowance, perquisite or emolument of any kind or nature except for services which are by law a town charge and except when 1 Words "except the chairman of the board," new. limited. employed and actually rendering service on any committee of said board by its direction, when said board is not in session, for which services he shall receive three dollars for each day's service thus actually performed and his actual necessary expenses. Pro- Amount vided that no one member of the board, except the chairman,2 shall receive in any one year for such services more than two hundred dollars, and provided that the total amount, exclusive of the amount paid the chairman,3 paid to all the members of the board in any one year for such services shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars. to be in weekly; compensa expenses. *The chairman of the board of supervisors shall be required to Chairman be in his office at least twice weekly, vacations excluded, and shall once twice receive for said service the sum of five dollars per day in addi- additional tion to the annual salary now provided by law, not to exceed, tion and however, when added to the salary now provided by law, the sum of eight hundred dollars per year. The chairman of the board shall also receive in addition his actual and necessary expenses in going to and from his residence to his office in the county building when the board of supervisors is not in session. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 470. AN ACT to amend the military law, relative to the military training of boys. Became a law May 6, 1918, 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: L. 1909, 27, as d'ed by ch. 566, and Section 1. Section twenty-seven of chapter forty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act in relation to the militia, constituting chapter thirty-six of the consolidated L. 1916. laws," as inserted by chapter five hundred and sixty-six of the laws amended by of nineteen hundred and sixteen and amended by chapter forty- ch.49. nine of the laws of nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 Words "except the chairman," new. 3 Words "exclusive of the amount paid the chairman," new. 4 Remainder of section new. L. 1917, amended. 8 27. Physical and disciplinary training in schools; military training. (1) The military training commission shall advise and confer with the board of regents of the university of the state of New York as to the courses of instruction in physical training to be prescribed for elementary and secondary schools as provided in the education law. In order to more thoroughly and comprehensively prepare the boys of the elementary and secondary schools for the duties and obligations of citizenship, it shall also be the duty of the military training commission to recommend from time to time to the board of regents the establishment in such schools, of habits, customs and methods best adapted to develop correct physical posture and bearing, mental and physical alertness, self-control, disciplined initiative, sense of duty and the spirit of co-operation under leadership. (2) After the first day of September, nineteen hundred and sixteen, all boys above the age of sixteen years and not over the age of nineteen years, except boys exempted by the commission, shall be given such military training as the commission may prescribe for periods aggregating not more than three hours in each week 'during the school or college year, in the case of boys who are pupils in public or private schools or colleges, and for periods not exceeding those above stated for forty-one weeks in each year in the case of boys who are not such pupils. Such training periods, in the case of pupils in schools and colleges, shall be in addition to prescribed periods of other instruction therein and outside the time assigned therefor. Such training shall be conducted under the supervision of the military training commission by such male teachers and physical instructors of schools and colleges as may be assigned by the boards of education or trustees of such schools or governing bodies of such colleges and accepted by the commission, and by officers and enlisted men of the national guard and naval militia selected by the commission and detailed for that purpose or such officers and enlisted men of the United States army as may be available. The officers and enlisted men of the national guard and naval militia so detailed shall, while in the actual performance of the duties of the detail, receive 1 Remainder of sentence substituted for words "between September first of each year and the fifteenth day of June next ensuing." 2 Words selected by the commission and," new. 3 Words "by the major general commanding the national guard," omitted. 4 Formerly read: "officer." such percentage of the pay authorized by this chapter for officers and enlisted men of the national guard and naval militia of their respective grades and length of service as may from time to time be fixed by the commission. Teachers and instructors assigned. from schools and colleges shall be paid such compensation as the commission may determine out of moneys appropriated for carrying out the provisions of this article. Such requirement as to military training, herein prescribed, may in the discretion of the commission be met in part by such vocational training or vocational experience as will, in the opinion of the commission, specifically prepare boys of the ages named for service useful to the state, in the maintenance of defense, in the promotion of public safety, in the conservation and development of the state's resources, or in the construction and maintenance of public improvements. 3(3) The military training commission shall cause to be issued to each boy above the age of sixteen years and not over the age of nineteen years, who complies with the requirements of this article, a certificate in such form and in such manner as the commission shall prescribe, stating that such boy is enrolled for military training and is meeting the requirements of the law as to such military training. (4) No boy above the age of sixteen years and not over the age of nineteen years shall be permitted to continue in attendance upon instruction in any public or private school or college within the state unless such boy is in possession of a certificate issued as herein before provided, or unless such boy has been exempted by the commission from military training as provided by law and the rules and regulations of the commission. It shall be the duty of the principal or other officer or person having and exercising supervision and control over any such school or college to exclude such boys from attendance upon instruction thereat unless they possess such certificate or are exempted by the commission as herein provided. If the principal or officer in charge of a private school shall fail to comply with the provisions of this subdivision, such school shall not receive any apportionment from public school moneys or academic funds appropriated by the state legislature for the aid of such schools; and if the officer or person in charge of a college shall fail to comply with the provisions of this subdivision, such college shall not be recognized as one of the col 5 Remainder of section new. |