The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-03

AN ACT to enable cities of the second
lish and maintain public hospitals, to
levy, in addition to other taxes pre-
seribed by law, tax therefor, elect hos
pital trustees, maintain training schools
for nurses, and empowering the trustees
to provide the regulations and rules for
hospitals.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
the mayor and commissioners, of any city
of the second class may levy, in addition
to 0 0tfee taSss ts% @ by LAW tax
Of assessed valuation of all property in
said city, for the purpose of acquiring a
provided, that before such tax shall be
levied a petition fixing the amount of the
levy, the cost of the site, and the cost of
the building, signed by not less than forty
per cent of the electors of such city, as
shown by the official vote cast at the
last preceding general election in said city,
shall be presented to such mayor and coun-
ell. or mayor and commissioners, asking
and upon receipt of such petition and the
approval thereof by the mayor and coun-
Gil, or the mayor and commissioners there
and commissioners shall pass n resolution
approving such petition and declaring such
ns that the tn lew of said tax sba n be e
The said resolution shall be published for
not less than three consecutive weeks in
the official newspaper published in said
city. And provided further, that no petit
ton signed by forty per cent of the cleo
tors of said city demonstrating against the
acquiring of said site, the building of said
hospital, and the levying of said tax. shall
be presented to said mayor and council or
days from the date of the passage of the
resolution hereinbefore provided for; and
monstrance petition demonstrating against
the levy of such tax shall be presented to
said mayor and council, or mayor and COM
missioners within the time aforesaid, the
mayor
commissioners, shall submit the PROPOSE
ton to make such levy, stating the amount
electors of the city at an election called
for that. purpose, which said election
shall be held at date to be fixed at not
more than ninety days from the date of
the filing of such remonstrance petition.
A majority of the qualified voters of the
city voting at such election, voting in ia
vor of the levying of the tax, the mayor
and council or mayor and commissioners
shall at once proceed to make the levy.
Sec. 2. Upon the establishment of
hospital in a city of the second class the
mayor and council or the mayor and com
missioners shall levy annually, in addition
to other taxes prescribed by law, tax
for, the purpose Of eqqipping, maintaining
exceed one mill on each dollar of the as
sessed valuation of all property within the
Sec. s. A hospital having been estab-
lished in said city, the mayor and coun:
proceed at once TO appoint three trustees,
chosen from the citizens of said city with
reference to their fitness for such office,
who shall constitute a board of trustees
for said hospital The said trustees shall
hold their offices until the next following
/ city election. when three trustees shall be
elected and hold their offices, one for one
| year. one for two years and one for three
years. At each subsequent city election.
| the trustee whose term is about to expire
shall be filled by the nomination and cleo
ton of hospital trustee in the same manner
| as other officers are elected, none Of whom
Sec. 1. The said trustees shall, within
| ten days after their appointment or cleo
ton, qualify by taking the oath of civil
officers, and organize a board of hospital
trustees by the election Of one of their
number as chairman. one as secretary and
one as treasurer: bnt no bond shall be re-
qJired of any of them save the treasurer.
who, before entering upon his duties. shall
give an official bond. to be approved by
the mayor and council or mayor and com
missioners, in sum approximating twice
the amount of the funds that may be con-
fided to his care at any one time. signed
by sureties approved by the mayor and
| council or mayor and commissioners, and
filed in the office of the city clerk The
| treasurer shall receive and pay out all the
nrdarS b bmt sba racaire no
| sation from such board. No trustee shall
receive any compensation for his services
performed, but he may receive reimburse
ment for any cash expenditures actually
made for personal expenses incurred a,
such trustee. and an itemfzed statement Of
all such expenses and money paid out shall
be made under oath by each of such trus
tees and filed with the secretary. and al
lowed only. by the affirmative vote of
majority of the board. The board Of hos
pital trustees shall make and adopt sucl
bylaws. rules and regulations for thei
own guidance and for the government o
the hospital may be deemed expedien
for the economical and proper conduc
thereof not Inconsistent with this act am
the ordinances of the city. They shall hav
the exclusive control of the expenditur
of all moneys collected to the credit of tn
hospital fund and the purchase of site o
sites. the purchase or construction of an,
hospital building or buildings, and of tn