The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-31

the votes cast upon the question be in
favor of establishing such county hos
pital the board of commissioners
shall proceed at once TO appoint five
90 trustees chosen from the citi-
zens at large with reference to their
fitness for such office, two 90 of
whom may be m all residents
of the county. not more than three
Oh of said trustees to be residents of
the city. town Or village in which said
hospital is to be located. who shall
constitute a board of trustees for
said public hospital. The said trus-
tees shall hold their Offices until the
next following general election. when
five (5) hospital trustees shall be
elected and hold their offices. one
(1) for two ca years, two (2) for
four ca years. two (2) for six CD
years. and who shall by lot determine
their respective terms. AT each sub
sequent general election the Offices
of the trustees whose terms of office
are about to expire shall be filled by
the nomination and election OF hos
pital trustees in the same manner as
other officers are elected, none OF
whom shall be practicing physicians.
Sec. 4. The said trustees shall
within ten days after their appoint
ment or election qualify by taking
the oath of civil officers and organize
as a board OF hospital trustees by the
election of one of their number as
chairman, one as secretary and by
the election of such other officer as
they may deem necessary. but no
bond shall be required of them. The
county treasurer of the county in
which such hospital is located shall
be treasurer of the board of trus-
tees, The treasurer shall receive and
pay out all the moneys under the CON
troll of the said board, as ordered by
1t. but shall receive no compensation
from such board. No trustee shall
receive any compensation for his
services performed. but he may re-
ceive reimbursement for any cash ex-
penditures actually made for person
al expenses incurred as such trustees
and an itemized statement of all
such expenses and money paid out
shall be made under oath by each Of
such trustees and filed with the sec
rotary and allowed only by the af-
lrmative vote of all the trustees pres.
ent at a meeting of the board. The
board of hospital trustees shall make
and adopt such bylaws, rules and
regulations for their own guidance
and for the government of the hos.
pital as may be deemed e%xpedient for
the economic and equitable conduct
thereof. not inconsistent with this
act and the ordinances of the city or
town wherein such public hospital Is
located. They shall have the exclu-
siye control of the expenditures of
all the moneys collected TO the credit
of the hospital fund and of the pur.
chase of site or sites, the purchase OF
construction of any hospital building
or buildings, and of the supervision
care and custody of the grounds,
rooms or buildings purchased, con
structed, leased or set apart for that
purpose. provided, that all moneys
received for such hospital shall be
deposited in the treasury of the coun-
ty to the credit of the hospital fund
and paid out only upon warrants
drawn by the auditor of said county
upon the properly authenticated
vouchers of the hospital board. Said
board of hospital trustees shall have
power to appoint a suitable superin-
tendent Oh matron. or both. and nee
essary assistants and fix their COM
pensations. and shall also have the
power TO remove such appointees:
and shall in general carry out the
spirit and intent of this act in estab-.
fishing and maintaining a county
public hospital with equal rights to
all and special privileges to none.
Such board of hospital trustees shall
hold meetings at least once each
month, shall keep a complete record
of all its proceedings, and three CD
members of such board shall consti-
tute a quorum for the transaction of
business. One of said trustees shall
visit and examine said hospital at
least twice each month and the board
shall during the first week in Janu-
airy of each year file with the board
OF commissioners of said county a re-
port Of their proceedings with refer
ence TO such hospital and a statement
OF all receipts and expenditures dur
ing the year. and shall at such time
certify the amount necessary to MAIN
tain and improve such hospital for
the ensuing year. No trustees shall
have a personal pecuniary interest
either directly or indirectly in the
purchase of any supplies for said hos
pital, unless the same are purchased
by competitive bidding.
Sec. s. Vacancies in the board of
trustees occasioned by removals. res
ignations or otherwise. shall be re-