The National tribune., 1910-06-16
VETERANS IN NEW YORK.

lnere became u law AprlI ~. l9Iu,
yth the approval of the Governor o..
Wv York, a measure entitled For the
.isr of Soldiers. Sailors and Marines
.al Their Families" Important sec
.pa5 of this bill read:
Sec. so. Relief of soldiers, sailors and
marines. and their families. No poor
or INDECENT soldier, sailor or marine
who has served in the military or naval
service of the United States. nor his
:. family nor the families of any who may
be deceased. shall be sent to any aims
house, but shall be relieved and pro-
vided for at their homes in the city or
town where they may reside. so far as
practicable, provided such soldier, sailor
or marine or the families of those de-
ceased are and have been residents of
the State for one year; and the proper
Auditing Board Of such city or town or
in those Counties where the poor are a
County charge, the Superintendent, IL
but one, or Superintendents of the Poor,
, as such Auditing Board in those Coun-
ties, shall provide such sum or sums
of money as may be necessary to be
drawn upon by the Commander and
Quartermaster of any Post of the Grand
. Army of the Republic or of any Camp
of the United Spanish War Veterans of
the city or town, made upon the written
recommendation of the Relief Commit
be no Post or Camp in town or city in
which it is necessary that such relief
should be granted, upon the like re-
quest of the Commander and Quarter
master and recommendation of the Re-
lief Committee of a Grand Army Post
or Camp of the United Spanish War
Veterans, located in the nearest town
or city to the town or city requested to
so furnish relief. and such written re-
quest and recommendation shall be a
sufficient authority for the expenditures
so made.
Sec 81. Post or Camp to give notice
that it assumes charge. The Command
er of any such Post or Camp which
siall undertake to supervise relief of
poor veterans or their families, as here
in provided. before his acts shall be-
come operative in any town. city or
County. shall file with the Clerk of such
town, city or County notice that such
Post or Camp intends to undertake such
supervision of relief, which notice shall
contain the names of the Relief Com
mittee, Commander and other officers
of the Post or Camp, and also an un-
dertaking to such city, town or County,
with sufficient and satisfactory sureties
for the faithful and honest discharge
of his duties under this article; such
undertaking to be approved by the
Treasurer of the city or County or the
Supervisor of the town from which such
relief is to be received. Such Com
mander shall annually thereafter, dur
ing the month of October, file a similar
notice with said City or Town Clerk
with a detailed statement of the amount
of relief requested by him during the
preceding year, with the names of all
persons for whom such relief shall have
been requested, together with a brief
statement in each case, from the Relief
Committee. upon whose recommends
yn6 daI
however, that in cities of the first class
said notice and said detailed statement
shall be filed with the Comptroller of
such city, and said undertaking shall
be approved by him: and provided, fur
ther, that in any city of the first class
which Is now or may hereafter be di-
vided into boroughs. duplicate of such
notice and of such detailed statement
shall be filed with the Commissioner of
Charities for the borough in which the
headquarters Of such Post or Camp Is
situated. and II shall be the duty Of
such Commissioner to annually include
in his estimate of the amount necessary
for the support of his Department such
sum or sums of money as may be nee
essary to carry into effect the provi-
siOns of Secs. 80, 81, SO, "a and 85 of
this chapter, and the proper officers
charged with the duty of making the
| budget of any such city shall annually
money as may be necessary for that
purpose. Moneys actually laid out and
| expended by any such Post or Camp
for the relief specified in Sec. 80 of this
chapter shall be reimbursed monthly to
such Post or Camp by the Comptroller
on vouchers duly verified by the Com
mander and Quartermaster of said Post
| or Camp, showing the date and amount
of each payment, the certificate of the
Post or Camp Relief Committee, signed
| by at least three members, none of
whom shall have received any of the
relief granted by the Post for which
reimbursement is asked. showing that
the person relieved was an actual resi-
dent of such city, and that they recon-
mended each payment, and the receipt
of the recipient for each payment. or in
case such receipt could not be obtained
son why such receipt could not be OBJ
tanned. Such vouchers shall be made
in duplicate on blanks to be supplied
by the Comptroller. and shall be pre-
sented to the Commissioner of Charities
for the borough in which the headquar-
ters OF the Post or Camp is situated.
and If such Commissioner is satisfied
that such moneys have been actually
expended as in said voucher stated, he
| Snail approve the same, and flle one of
said duplicates in his office and forward
the other to the Comptroller, who shall
pay tne same Dy warrant drawn to
the order of the said Commander. And
provided, further, that in any city,
County or borough in which Grand
Army Posts or Camps have organized
or may organize Memorial and Execu-
| tive Committee, the latter shall be re-
garded as Post Of the Grand Army of
the Republic or Camp Of the United
Spanish War Veterans. And the Chair
man, TREASURER or Almoner and Bureau
of Relief or Relief Committee referred
to shall exercise the SAME privileges and
powers as the Commander, Quartermas-
ter and Relief Committee of Post or
Camp, on complying. with the require
ments of this and the preceding section.
Wilful false swearing to such voucher
shall be deemed perjury and shall be
punishable as such.
The remaining sections provide that
Posts or Camps in cities Of less than
100000 Inhabitants, and where there
are more than one Post or Camp, may
constitute joint Relief Committee, con-
sisting of one member from each or
ganiZation, to which all orders for re-
lief shall be referred and which shall
approve them before they are effective
Another section provides that soldiers,
sailors and marines who have no fami-
lies or friends may be sent to a SOL
diers' Home or an insane asylum, as
alton of the Commander of any Post or
Camp. Still another section provides
for headstones for the grave of any
deceased soldier, sailor or marine of
any of the wars in which this country