Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-25

and the voter shall make a cross (N)
against the answer he desires 10 give
Such ballots shall be prepared by the
county clerk and furnished 10 the town
clerks IN such county at least tVe days
before the annual meeting.
Sec l. The town clerks OF the sew
/ eral towns shall. within five DAYS, Ger
ltify TO the county clerk the result OF
such vote. Within fifteen days after such
annual town meeting, the county clerk
lof the county shall canvass such vote
/ and report the result thereof TO the clerks
4 of the several towns. If a majority OF
the votes Is in favor of establishing such
+ hospital, the county clerk shall so re-
port 10 the governor.
i Sec :. The governor shall thereupon
appoint from the residents of such coun-
~ three trustees, not more than one OF
whom shall be a physician. The terms
OF the trustees first appointed shall be
/ for ono, two and three years, respect
lively, and annually thereafter the gov
lernor shall appoint one trustee tor a
term of three years.
| Sec. 6. Said trustees shall be a cor
operation by the name OF the trustees OF
the tuberculosis hospital of the county
for which they are chosen and shall
lpossess the usual powers OF corpora
ltion for public purposes. and may re-
Iceive and hold real and personal prop
erty by gift, devise or purchase.
Sec. :. Said trustees shall receive
from the state four dollars per day for
time necessarily spent and their actual
Expenses, but such per diem and eN-
lpenses shall not exceed one hundred dol
lars a year each.
Sec. s. The trustees, with the advice
and consent of the governor and the
approval of the state board of health,
shall determine upon the location of such
Hospital, the plans therefor and the
amount, not to exceed seventy thousand
dollars, to be expended. The trustees
shall make all necessary contracts for
establishing and equIpp1ng such hospital.
Sec. O. a hospital established under
the provisions OF this act shall be subject
to the regulations prescribed by the tTus-
tees, with the advice and consent OF the
state board of health, and shall, subject
to such regulations, receive and treat
lpersons suffering from tuberculosis, and
be open to the public.
Sec 10 To meet the cost incident to
the establishment of hospital under the
provisions of this act, a county may issue
its negotiable bonds for an amount not
to exceed seventy thousand dollars. Such
bonds shall be in serial FORM payable
at the rate OF two thousand dollars per
wear. and shall bear interest at rate
mot to exceed four and half per cent.
Such bonds shall be signed by the county
clerk and countersigned by the assistant
Judges of the county court.
Sec II For the purpose of retiring
bonds and paying the interest thereon
: there shall annually be assessed, for a
period not to exceed fifty years, tax
OF three cents on a dollar of the grand
, list.
Sec. u. Such tax shall be collected
; by the several towns of the county in the
manner now provided by law for the col
lection of town taxes and shall be paid
over by the treasuTeTs of the several
: towns. on or before the first day OF
December IN each year, to the treasurer
, OF the county maintaining such hospital
! Sec. Is. The expense of caring for
patients receiving treatment III such hos
lpital shall be met by payments under
the provisions of No. 2Io of the acts OF
: 1912, and amendments thereto, provided
however. that the board of trustees may
, make such regulations as they deem
iproper for the admission of private pa
tients and patients able to pay a par
of the expense only, payment of the re
mainder to be under the provisions o.
: No. 2Io of the acts of 1912, and amend
mentS thereto; and provided furtheI
that the payments by the state for The
care of any patient shall in no case eX
coed ten dollars per week. The trus
tees of such hospital shall quarterly
make oft and forward to the auditor o.
iaccounts a sworn statement of the mum
Der of patients treated and the number
of weeks such patients received treat
, Iment during the preceding quarter, anC
' the auditor shall draw an order in favot
OF such trustees.
Sec. Il Two or more counties ma,
+, unite for the purpose Of providing sucl
i hospital to care for persons residing
+, therein. When one hundred voters o
! each of such counties join in petition
: IN duplicate or triplicate, as the case ma,
E be- addressed to the county clerks o
! such counties, provision for voting OF
Z the question shall be made and the vot
: ing done as prescribed in sections TIVE
and three of this act. except that III sucl
vote the ballot shall read as follows
Shall ........ and ......... cOun
{ ties Jointly establish tuberculosis hos
: pital and issue their joint bonds there
for IN accordance with the provision
of an act Of the General Assembly o
1917, entitled An Act to Provide 70
the Establishment Of a County Hospita
for Tuberculosis :" The ballots pro
FlQed Tor III SectlOn tnTee OF tliS &C
z shall be prepared by the respective coun
) ~ clerks and furnished to the tow
: clerks III their respective counties a
least FIVE days before the annual meet
ing. Il majority Of the votes in eacl
Il OF such counties is in favor Of establish
ing such a hospital, the governor shal
d lappoint FIVE trustees, residents Of sue
e counties, not more than two Of whor
: shall be physicians. whose term shall b
; the same as designated III section five 0
IS this act Sections 4, 8, 7, s, 9, Il
,r II, II and I3 OF this act shall apply (
such union Of counties, except tina
each county shall be liable, as betwee
it and the other counties in the unior
for such proportion Of the bond issu
Is its grand list bears to the total gran
List Of the counfies 50 votino BOND