Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-25
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and the voter shall make a cross (X)
against the answer he desires to give.
Such ballots shall be prepared BY the
county clerk and furnished to the town
clerks in such county at least five days
before the annual meeting.
Sec. 4. The town clerks of the sew
eral towns shall, within five days, GER
tify to the county clerk the result of
such vote Within fifteen days after such
annual town meeting. the county clerk
OF the county shall canvass such vote
and report the result thereof to the clerks
the votes is in favor of establishing suc,
hospital, the county clerk shall so re-
port to the governor.
Sec. S. The governor shall thereupon
appoint from the residents of such coun-
|ty three trustees, not more than one of
whom shall be physician. The terms
OF the trustees first appointed shall be
for one, two and three years, respect
lively, and annually thereafter the gov
ernor shall appoint one trustee for
term of three years.
Sec. 6. Said trustees shall be q cor
poration BY the name of the trustees of
the tuberculosis hospital of the county
for which they are chosen and shall
possess the usual powers of q corpora
ton for public purposes, and may re-
ceive and hold real and personal prop
erty by gift, devise or purchase.
Sec. 2. Said trustees shall receive
from the state four dollars per day for
time necessarily spent and their actual
expenses, but such per diem and cx
penses shall not exceed one hundred dol
lars year each.
Sec. g 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 equipping such hospital
Sec. 9. A hospital established under
the provisions of this act shall be subject
to the regulations prescribed by the trus-
tees, with the advice and consent of the
state board of health, and shall, subject
to such regulations, receive and treat
persons suffering from tuberculosis, and
be open to the public.
Sec TO- To meet the cost incident to
the establishment of hospital under the
provisions of this act, county may issue
to exceed seventy thousand dollars. Such
bonds shall be in serial form, payable
at the rate of two thousand dollars per
year, and shall bear interest at a rate
not 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. H.. For the purpose of retiring
bonds and paying the interest thereon,
there shall annually be assessed, for a
period not to exceed fifty years, a tax
of three cents on a dollar of the grand
| list
Sec IL. 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 treasurers 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. 10. The expense of caring for
patients receiving treatment in such hos
pital 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
proper for the admission of private pa
tients and patients able to pay a part
of the expense only, payment of the re-
mainder to be under the provisions of
No. 2Io of the acts of 1912, and amend
ments thereto; and provided further
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 out and forward to the auditor of
accounts sworn statement of the num-
Der of patients treated and the number
of weeks such patients received treat
mcnt during the preceding quarter, and
the auditor shall draw an order in favor
of such trustees.
Sec. H. Two or more counties may
unite for the purpose of providing such
a hospital to care for persons residing
therein. When one hundred voters OF
each of such counties join in petition
in duplicate or triplicatc, as the case may
be. addressed to the county clerks OF
such counties, provision for voting on
the question shall be made and the vot-
ing done as prescribed in sections two
vote the ballot shall read as follows
ties jointly establish tuberculosis hos
pital and issue their joint bonds there
for in accordance with the provisions
of an act of the General Assembly OF
1917, entitled IAN Act to Provide for
the Establishment of a County Hospital
for tuberculosis? The ballots pro
Ivided for in section three of this ac,
shall be prepared by the respective coun-
ty clerks and furnished to the town
clerks in their respective counties al
least five days before the annual meet
ing If a majority of the votes in each
of such counties is in favor of establish
ing such hospital, the governor shall
appoint five trustees, residents of such
counties. not more than two of whom
shall be physicians, whose term shall be
the same as designated in section five OF
this act. Sections 4, 6. 7, s, O. 10
II, IL and IS of this act shall apply to
such union of counties, except that
each county shall be liable, as between
It and the other counties in the union
for such proportion of the bond issue
as its grand list bears to the total grand
list OF the counties so voting Bonds
issued by such a union of counties shall
be signed by the county clerks of such
counties and countcrsigned by the assist
ant judges of the respective count,
courts.
Sec IS This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved March 81, 1917.
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