The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-29

any causesshall be filled for the un- expired terms by appointment by the Governor of members appointed by him and by the Medical Association of Alabama in the offices elected by 1t. Sec. B. The Trustees shall elect Superintendent of the Sanatorium, who must be a learned physician of skill and experienced, and who shall re- | side in the Sanatorium and give his whole time< to the management of the work and affairs of the Sanatorium, l and receive such salary as may be fixed | by the Trustees, and who shall hold office for the term prescribed by the | Trustees, and be removed by them | whenever, in their Judgment, the best | interests of the Sanatorium require 1t. Sec. 4. The Superintendent shall. with the approval of the Trustees, elect | such assistants as may be necessary, who are learned and skilled physi- clans, who shall under the direction | of the Superintendent, make research | and investigation of and concerning | tuberculosis, It's nature. treatment. and | cure, and shall also select such agents | and servants as the Trustees may deem | necessary to properly carry on the | work of the Sanatorium, and the Trus- | tees shall fix the time and terms of | their employment and their compensa- | tion and shall remove any or all or | | terests of the Sanatorium and its work | require their removal.
 | Sec. 5. The Trustees shall select and l buy a tract of land of not less than l one hundred and sixty Q60) acres, in | a healthful locality, with good natural | drainage and an abundant supply or | good water, and shall cause to be | erected thereon the necessary build | lngs for residences, laboratories, store | rooms, barns, stables, cottages for pa | tients, and all and every structure or | thing necessary for fhe proper con- I duct of the Sanatorium, and shall take | the title thereto in the name or The | State of Alabama" and until the State | insures the property, the trustees | shall insure such building as may be | erected on property bought by them in I the name of the "State of Alabama, l for the use of the Alabama Sanato- rum"
 Sec. $ 1-2. Should a suitable loca-- | ton be found on land already owned ! by the State, the Governor Is herepy authorized in his discretion to permit | the Sanatorium to be established upon | such land.
 Sec 6. When the buildings con structed under the provisions Of this | Act are so far completed that. in the | opinion of the Trustees, they may De | properly used for the purpose Tor | which said Senatorium Is designed, the | Governor shall issue proclamation announcing 1t opened TOT the Eecep l tion of patients.
 Sec, I. The Superintendent shall em- ploy. direct and control all help serv- | ing about said Sanatortum. In addl- | tion to the other duties herein pre- I scribed. said Trustees shall from time l to time cause to be issued ana pro | mulgated through the Secretary, pul- | letins setting forth neediui ana propSs I information to the public as 10 the | character of tuberculosis, and as now hest to combat and control its dissem- ination. and the best modes or US I treatment.
 Sec. 8. Cases of Tuberculosis shall l be divided into three classes, naneiy' | C1) curable cases; CD cases of ques- tionable durability; (S) incuraole eases. Patients belonging to the nrst elass l shall be admitted to the Sanatorium. | those belonging to the second class nav he admitted if. after careful ex- | animation, it is believed that the ais |. ease can be either arrested or cured in such cases; patients belonging to the | third class shall not be admitted. Sec. g. The Trustees of the Sanato- rfum shall arrange the cottages for the occupancy of patients so that those | for negro patients shall be entirely senarate from those for white pattents, and if the topography of the land Will l permit it. must be placed out or slght | Of those occupied by white patients. | The cottages for men and women or each race shall be separate and apart 1 from each other, and if the surface or | the earth and the trees thereon do not | furnish natural barriers and screens' l they must be grown out or strong | quickly growing hedge plants and or namental vines.
 Sec 10. The Trustees, in selecting location for the Sauatorium, may have. regard to fertile farm land lying ad- | joining or within conv9nient distance and must buy enough df said land to | establish and maintain a dairy farm | thereon to supply the Sanatorium with
 milk, eggs. poultry, fresh meats ana
 vegetables.
 Sec. II. The charges to such inmates | of the Sanatorium as are able to pay | for the same or of such as have per sons. or kindred, bound, by law. or | otherwise to maintain them. shall be | paid by such inmates. by such person | or such kindred, at rate to be deter | mined by the Board of Trustees or said sanatorium. The Trustees may, | in their discretion, receive other pa | tfents who have no means to pay for | treatment, and the board of all such
 patients shall be paid from the treas | ury of the State provided that the
 board of all such patients does not ex- | oeed s42O per week for each of such indieent patients Said payments
 shall be made on the first days of De-
 tober, January, April and July of each
 wear; and the Auditor shall issue his
 warrant for that amount upon certi- | ficates of said~Board of Trustees. Sec. 12. The trustees shall. when | the Sanatorium is declared open for | the reception of patients, advise and
 urge the physicians and health officers 1 of the State to endeavor to so educate | the people in regard to the advantages l and purposes of the institution as to | induce any who may be laboring un- | der tuberculosis and whose cases are l in the proper stage to avail themselves | of the benefits of the institution. The | admissibility of a patient must be set | tied as far as can be done by corre- spondence with the Superintendent be- | fore the patient leaves home. subject, | however, to review upon the arrival or the patient at the Sanatorium.
 Sec. IS. There is hereby appropri- ate out of any moneys in thel State | Treasury the sum of forty thousand l dollars to buy the land, and to build l thereon the necessary and suitable buildings, machinery, water works,
 sewers, apparatus. etc, and to supply | the necessary tools, vehicles and live stock. Twenty thousand dollars of said sum appropriated shall be paid by or before the S0th day of September. | 1907: ten thousand dollars by or be- | Aha 9nfh dav OF SPDtember 1908.