N.Y. Social Services Law § 474: Reports to supervisors of appointments and committals to charitable institutions

§ 474. Reports to supervisors of appointments and committals to

charitable institutions. 1. Every judge, justice, superintendent or

public welfare official or other person who is authorized by law to make

appointments or commitments to any state charitable institution, in

which the board, instruction, care or clothing is a charge against any

county, town or city, shall make a written report to the clerk of the

board of supervisors of the county, or of the county in which any town

is situated, or to the city clerk of any city, which is liable for any

such board, instruction, care or clothing, within ten days after such

appointment or commitment, and shall therein state, when known, the

nationality, age, sex and residence of each person so appointed or

committed and the length of time of such appointment or commitment.

2. This and the two following sections shall apply to each of the

asylums, reformatories, homes, retreats, penitentiaries, jails or other

institutions, except public homes, in each of the counties of this state

except the county of Kings, in which the board, instruction, care or

clothing of persons committed thereto is, or shall be, a charge against

any county or town therein.