Bonds Fund, whenever moneys for said fund shall be received.

SEC. 8. For the payment of bonds herein authorized and the interest thereon, according to the strict terms thereof, the faith of the State of Idaho is hereby solemnly pledged; and for the payment of the interest thereon, as same shall accrue on the bonds thereby authorized in lawful money of the United States, the Treasurer shall reserve any and sufficient funds in his hands, at the least possible cost, in preference to all other claims whatsoever, except the other bonds authorized by the Legislature of Idaho.

SEC. 9. The Treasurer shall commence negotiations for the issuance and sale of the bonds herein provided for immediately upon the passage and approval of this Act.

SEC. 10. That at any time after ten (10) years from the issuance of said bonds, whenever there shall be Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) of said sinking fund, the Treasurer of the State shall make a call by publication for sixty (60) days in some daily newspaper of this State, notifying all the parties interested that certain bonds of the Idaho State Sanitarium Building Bonds provided by this Act; giving their number, will, at a certain date, be paid at the office of said Treasurer, and the bonds so called shall cease to bear interest from and after the date in said call specified.

SEC. 11. That for the purpose of erecting, equipping and managing the said Idaho State Sanitarium, there is hereby created a Board of Directors. Said Board shall consist of three (3) persons appointed by the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, and shall hold office for a term of six years, or until their legally appointed successors are qualified; Provided: That the members of the first Board shall be appointed for two (2), four (4) and six (6) years, respectively. In case of vacancy in said Board during the recess of the Senate, the Governor shall nominate some fit person to fill such vacancy until the next meeting of the Senate. Before entering upon their official duties, the Directors shall each take and subscribe to the official oath required by law.

SEC. 12. The said Board of Directors shall elect a President, who shall be one of their number, and a Secretary. The President shall preside at meetings and sign all contracts. The State Treasurer shall be an ex-officio treasurer of said Board of Directors. The secretary shall keep a full record of the proceedings of the Board in a book provided for that purpose, and an itemized statement of all accounts and of all expenditures authorized by said Board, and shall perform such other duties as shall pertain to the office and

as shall be required by the Board. A majority of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time. No member of said Board of Directors shall participate in any proceedings in which he or she shall have personal or pecuniary interests. Every vote and official act of said Board of Directors shall be entered on record.

SEC. 13. That the said Board of Directors shall nave power to advertise and receive bids for the building of said Sanitarium, and to let contracts for all work to be done in the erection, construction and equipping of said building, and to hire help and purchase material necessary for the construction, equipment, operation and maintenance of said Sanitarium. They shall keep a strict and accurate account of all moneys disbursed by them in the construction, furnishing and equipping of said Sanitarium, and shall make a report thereof, and of all their contracts and transactions, to the Governor, at the time and manner specified by law, who shall transmit the same to the next succeeding session of the Legislature. Said Sanitarium shall be constructed of brick or stone at a cost to the State not to exceed Twenty-five Thousaind Dollars ($25,000), including the purchase of necessary lands, buildings and equipment thereof.

SEC. 14. The Board of Directors of the Idaho State Sanitarium is hereby authorized and directed to make requisition upon the Warden of the Idaho State Prison for prisoners to labor upon the grounds of said Sanitarium, in clearing, grading, excavating and preparing them for the purposes of the institution, and all other work which may be deemed practicable, and for all brick or stone work necessary to be used in constructing the buildings thereon. The Warden of the Idaho State Prison is hereby authorized and instructed to furnish as many prisoners as may be necessary or practicable to work on said grounds and to manufacture and burn all brick that may be required in the construction of the various buildings as provided in this Act, using prisoners from the penitentiary to perform all labor. The said prisoners shall be under the sole custody and direction of the authorities of the Idaho State Prison while engaged in such labor, and the expenses of extra guards and any other extra expense made necessary by reason of such labor shall be paid for from the appropriation made by this Act.

SEC. 15. Said Board of Directors shall hold four (4) meetings at said Sanitarium annually, but special meetings may be called by the President of the Board, sending written notices, of at least ten (10) days before such meetings,

to each member. The natural and necessary personal expenses for mileage and board incurred by the members of said Board of Directors in carrying out the provisions of this Act shall be paid on proper certificates out of any funds belonging to said Sanitarium in the hands of the Treasurer. SEC. 16. All funds appropriated for the use and benefit of said Sanitarium from every source shall be under the control and direction of said Board of Directors, subject to the provisions herein contained. The Treasurer of the Board of Directors shall pay out of such funds all orders or drafts for money to be expended under the provisions of this Act. Such orders or drafts shall be drawn by the State Auditor upon certificates of the Secretary, countersigned by the President of the Board of Directors, and shall be approved by the State Board of Examiners. No such certificates shall be given except on accounts audited and allowed by said Board of Directors.

SEC. 17. That when the Idaho State Sanitarium is ready for the reception of inmates, the privileges, powers, duties and obligations of the said Board of Directors herein named, and the mode of government, shall be as follows:

(1) To make by-laws, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, for their own government and the government of the Sanitarium;

(2) To hold stated meetings at the Sanitarium for the transaction of business quarterly, and they may provide in their by-laws for calling special meetings when necessary; (3) To keep a record of their proceedings open at all times during office hours to the inspection of any citizen; (4) To elect a Medical Superintendent, to hold his office during the pleasure of the Board;

(5) To receive, take and hold property, both real and personal, in trust for the State and for use and benefit of the Sanitarium;

(6) To visit the Sanitarium once in three (3) months, and keep themselves constantly advised of all items of labor and expense, and the condition of the buildings and the property of the Sanitarium, and they shall have power to make such improvements as, in their judgment, are actually necessary for the care of the inmates. The Board have discretionary power, in case of absolute necessity, to remove patients to the nearest possible safe and appropriate place;

(7) To cause the accounts of the Sanitarium to be so kept and reported as to show the quality, quantity, cost and vendor of every article purchased;

(8) To examine and audit the expenditures for salary of employees, and all other expenses incident to the conduct

of the Sanitarium, and care and maintenance of the patients, and, if approved by them, to certify the same to the Auditor;

(9) To make regulations and fix the terms for the admission of feeble-minded or epileptic persons who are not indigent or who are not residents of the State. All receipts from such source must be paid into the State Treasury;

(10) To make diligent inquiry into the departments of labor and expenses, the condition of the Sanitarium and its property.

SEC. 18. Upon the receipt of each report from the Superintendent of provisions, fuel, and clothing required as hereinafter provided, the Board of Directors must advertise in two (2) newspapers published in the State, for four (4) successive weeks, for contracts for furnishing said supplies, or so much thereof as they deem necessary. The Board may reject any and all bids, and no more than the market price must be paid for any article purchased for the Sanitarium. All contracts awarded must be to the lowest bidder upon his giving satisfactory security for the faithful performance of his contract. Nothing in this Session prevents the Board from purchasing contingent supplies at the lowest market rate until the next semi-annual letting.

SEC. 19. No Director, Superintendent, or employe must be pecuniarily interested in any contract for supplies furnished for the Sanitarium.

SEC. 20. The Directors must each be paid Five Dollars ($5.00) for each day actually employed, which must include the time employed in traveling to and from the Sanitarium; Provided: That no Drector shall receive more than One Hundred Dollars ($100) per annum for diem service, and in performing the necessary visitations required by this Act, and must be re-imbursed for all the necessary expenditures incurred in their official duties; such accounts to be allowed and paid as other accounts against the Sanitarium are allowed.

SEC. 21. The Medical Superintendent must be a graduate in medicine and must have practiced his profession five (5) years after the date of his diploma.

SEC. 22. He must reside at the Sanitarium and give his entire time and attention to promote the best interests of the inmates. His duties, not specified in this Act, must be prescribed by the Board of Directors in their by-laws.

SEC. 23. The Medical Superintendent shall be the chief executive officer of the Sanitarium, with powers and duties as follows:

(1) To control the patients, prescribe the treatment, and

prescribe and enforce the sanitary regulations of the Sanitarium;

(2) With the consent of the Board of Directors, to fix the number and compensation of, and appoint, control and remove the attendants, assistants and teachers;

(3) To prescribe and enforce the performance of the duties of the attendants, assistants and teachers;

(4) To ascertain and report to the Board of Directors the amount, character and quality of provisions, fuel and clothing required for the six (6) months ending on the first of June and December in each year;

(5) With the consent of the Board of Directors to make any expenditure necessary in the performance of his duties, except for provisions, fuel and clothing;

(6) To receive and pay to the State Treasurer all moneys found upon the feeble-minded and epileptic persons persons received into the Sanitarium;

(7) To keep a daily record of his official acts in mode prescribed by the by-laws;

(8) To make up his annual accounts to the first of July in each year, and, as soon thereafter as possible, to report a statement thereof, and of the general condition of the Sanitarium to the Board of Directors;

(9) He must estimate quarterly in advance, the probable expenses of the Sanitarium, and submit such estimate to the Directors at their stated meetings for their consideration and approval.

SEC. 24. The salary of the Medical Superintendent must be fixed by the Board of Directors.

SEC. 25. He must execute an official bond in the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5000), with two (2) or more sufficient sureties, conditioned that he will faithfully discharge his duties as such officer.

SEC. 26. The salaries and compensation fixed by the provisions of this Act must be paid quarterly.

SEC. 27. The Official bonds required by the provisions of this Act must be approved by the Board of Directors and filed in the officer of the Auditor.

SEC. 28. Feeble-minded or epileptic persons received into the Sanitarium must, upon recovery, be discharged therefrom.

SEC. 29. Feeble-minded or epileptic convicts must be received into the Sanitarium and returned to the State Prison again as provided in the Penal Code for the like disposition of insane persons.

SEC. 30. No person laboring under any contagious or in