Temporary commission. Selection and ac quisition of site. Appropri ation. Not to be expended for per-: gonal service. " contracted as a part of the aggregate annual debt authorized by section fifteen of article seven of the constitution, and in the manner provided by section fourteen-a of the state finance law." § 2. The state office site and building commission, constituted as provided by chapter five of the laws of nineteen hundred and. twenty-six, is hereby continued as a temporary commission to carry out the provisions of this act. Such commission shall select and may acquire for the state a site for a new state prison, in such locality as, in the judgment of the commission, will best serve the needs of the state. The commission may purchase the real property embraced in the site selected or may acquire it by appropriation in the manner provided in sections two to eight inclusive of chapter five of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, which shall apply to the acquisition herein authorized. § 3. The sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is hereby appropriated from the proceeds of the sale of bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of section fifteen of article seven of the constitution and section fourteen-a of the state finance law for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, including payment of the purchase price of such real property or of any judg ments or awards of the court of claims, or agreed compensation, in case of acquisition under chapter five of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-six. § 4. No part of the moneys appropriated by this act shall be expended for personal service. 5. This act shall take effect immediately. Creation of state debt authorized. Manner of Limitation of cost. AN ACT authorizing the creation of a state debt and making an appropriation: for the construction of buildings at the New York state reformatory at Elmira, New York Became a law February 28, 1927, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present, The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: 1. Section 1. The creation of a state debt to the amount of eightyeight thousand dollars ($88,000) is hereby authorized to provide: moneys for the construction of a new shop building at the New York state reformatory, at Elmira, such debt to be contracted as a part of the aggregate annual debt authorized by section fifteen. 14 debt authorized by section fifteen of article seven of the constitution in the manner provided by section fourteen-a of the state finance law. § 2. The commissioner of correction is hereby authorized and empowered to execute the necessary contracts in behalf of the people of the state of New York for the construction of a new shop building at the New York state reformatory, at Elmira, or to have such work performed in the manner provided by section eighteen of the public buildings law, or partly in the manner provided by such section and partly by contract, at a cost not to exceed eighty eight thousand dollars ($88,000)-,.. to se unhe upm nfl not tions and §3. Drawings and specifications for such building shall be pre- Specificspared, and any contract or contracts let and payments made, pur- contracts. suant to the provisions of the public buildings law. ation. § 4. The sum of eighty-eight thousand dollars ($88,000) is Approprihereby appropriated from the proceeds of the sale of bonds hereby authorized to be issued pursuant to the provisions of section fifteen of article seven of the constitution and section fourteen-a of the state finance law for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act. how § 5. The moneys so appropriated shall be paid out of the state Moneys, treasury on the audit of the comptroller on vouchers audited and paid. approved in the manner provided by law. 6. This act shall take effect immediately. ་ །, CHAPTER 58 AN ACT authorizing the creation of a state debt and making an appropriation for the acquisition of real property to extend the grounds of the Wassaie state school for mental defectives Became a law February 28, 1927, with the approval of the Governor, Passed, three-fifths being present The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows; of state Section 1. The creation of state debt to the amount of seven- Creation teen thousand dollars ($17,000) is hereby authorized to provide debt aumoneys for the acquisition of real property adjoining the grounds thorized. of the Wassaic state school for mental defectives, for the uses and purposes of such institution, such debt to be contracted as a part of the aggregate annual debt authorized by section fifteen of artiele seven of the constitution, and in the manner provided by section fourteen-a of the state finance law. commis § 2. The state office site and building commission, constituted as Temporary provided by chapter five of the laws of nineteen hundred and sion. twenty-six, is hereby continued as a temporary commission to carry out the provisions of this act. Such commission is hereby author- Purchase ized to purchase for the state such real property adjoining the property grounds of the Wassaic state school for mental defectives as in its authorized. judgment should be so acquired for the uses and purposes of such institution. of real ation. § 3. The sum of seventeen thousand dollars ($17,000) is hereby Appropriappropriated from the proceeds of the sale of bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of section fifteen of article seven of the constitution and section fourteen-a of the state finance law for paying the purchase price of the real property authorized by this act to be acquired. The moneys appropriated shall not be available until When the attorney-general shall have certified to the comptroller his approval of the title of such property and of the conveyance to the state. No part of the moneys appropriated by this act shall be Not to be expended for personal service. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.. available. expended for personal service. L. 1924, amended. to amend chap teen of the laws of nineteen hundred and de for the pathe "An authorizing provide a state and the issuance and sale or bozing the creation of bonuses to honorably discharge soldiers, sailors and marines of the world War, who were actual residents of the state at the time of their enlistment or induction into the military or naval service of the United States, in Porrelation the time within which application for state bonus must be made Became a law March 1, 1927, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present bom bobbins &crobioz ך, TT TO The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section fourteen of chapter nineteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An act authorizing the creation of a debt of the state and the issuance and sale of bonds to provide for the payment of bonuses to honorably dis"charged soldiers, sailors and marines of the world war who were "actual residents of the state at the time of their enlistment or induction into the military or naval service of the United States," bas amended by chapter one hundred and eighty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-six,' is hereby amended to read as follows: 1 § 14. Time within which application for the state bonus must be made. The commission created hereunder shall neither receive applications from nor make any awards or payments of bonus to any applicant whose application for such bonus shall not have been filed with the commission or with the adjutant-general as its successor before the first day of May,2 nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, and any right to such state bonus accruing to any applicant aforesaid by reason of the provisions of this act on and after the first day of May,2 nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, shall cease, terminate and be forever void. AN ACT to aments law, in relation to the state architect 1 the public buildings law to conform to the state depart Became a law March 1, 1927, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present do The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, enact as follows: ............ I 1909, Section 1. Section eight of chapter forty-eight of the laws of ch, 48 nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act relating to public amended, buildings, constituting chapter forty-four of the consolidated 1 The amendments effected by this act are so numerous and extensive that it is impracticable to indicate the changes made. 2 laws," as s amended by chapter one hundred and eleven of the laws of nineteen hundred and fourteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: ་ ་། § 8. General powers and duties of the division of architecture. The division of architecture in the department of public works shall continue to have the custody of all plans, specifications, apparatus, books and records in such department which pertain to architecture. Whenever plans and specifications for state buildings are executed by architects not connected with the division of architecture in the department of public works, they must be approved by the superintendent of public works through, such division. The superintendent of public works, through such division, shall prepare the drawings and specifications for and supervise the construction of all new buildings erected at the expense of the state, except as otherwise provided by law; shall also prepare the drawings and specifications for all additions to existing buildings, and for the alteration or improvement thereof, except when such work is done by an institution or inmate labor or both upon special fund estimates, and shall see that the materials, furnished and the work performed in constructing, altering or improving any such building are in accordance with such drawings and specifications, and that the interests of the state are fully protected. No municipality of the state shall have power to modify or change plans or specifications for the erection, alteration or improvement of state buildings, or the construction, plumbing, heating, lighting or other mechanical branch of work necessary to complete the work in question, nor to require that any person, firm or corporation employed on any such work shall perform said work in any other or different manner than that provided by said contract and specifications, nor to obtain any other or additional authority or permit from such municipality, department or person as a condition of doing such work, nor shall any condition whatever be imposed by any such municipality in relation to the work under the supervision of such division of architecture, but such work shall be under the sole control of such division in accordance with the drawings, plans, specifications and contracts in relation thereto; and the doing of any such work for the state by any person, firm or corporation in accordance with the terms of such contract, plans or specifications shall not subject said person, firm or corporation to any liability or penalty, civil or criminal, other than as may be stated in such contract and specifications or incidental to the proper enforcement thereof. The superintendent of public works, el 21 through such division of architecture, shall prepare, necessary forms of contracts, to be approved by the attorney-general, which shall be used in all work let by contract and no payment shall be made on any such contract except upon official certificate of such superintendent after audit by the comptroller. silding 20 " amended § 2 Sections nine, ten and eleven of such chapter, as added by 9-11 chapter four hundred and forty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred and ten, are hereby amended to read as follows: to . 1919 Previously amended by L. 1910, ch. 448. §§ 14-16, amended. § 9. Selection of architects by competition. The superintendent of public works, through the division of architecture in the department of public works, is hereby authorized, with the written approval of the governor, or upon his request, to obtain designs, plans and specifications by competition among architects for the erection of public buildings for the state of New York. All such competitions shall be under the supervision of such superintendent, and on such terms and conditions as he may prescribe subject to the written approval of the governor. In each competition not less. than five competitors shall be invited by the governor, each of whom shall receive a fee as hereinafter provided, and other architects so desiring, who furnish satisfactory proof to the board of award of possessing the requisite skill and ability to execute the work, shall be allowed to compete without invitation." § 10. Board of award. The designs shall be submitted to a board. of award consisting of three members, one being the head of the division of architecture, one appointed by the governor, who shall be a representative of the board or commission under whose jurisdiction the building is to be erected, and one an architect to be selected by the superintendent of public works from a list of six or more chosen jointly by the invited competitors. The board of award shall examine all plans submitted and shall select therefrom its first choice, and the selection so made shall be certified to the superintendent of public works, and the action of the said board of award shall be final. § 11. Employment of architect. The competitor submitting the designs selected as the first choice of the board of award shall be employed by the superintendent of public works as the architect for the buildings. He shall prepare the complete plans and specifications and when directed by the superintendent of public works shall locally supervise the construction, and for services rendered he shall receive a fee not greater than that now established by the schedule of charges of the American institute of architects. The general supervision of the work, and the approval of all drawings and specifications shall be exercised by the superintendent of public works, who shall perform all duties which now pertain to his office except as herein otherwise provided. The drawings submitted in the competition by competitors receiving fees or prizes shall become the property of the state, and the successful competitor shall file with the department of public works a copy of all drawings and specifications used during the course of construction. § 3. Sections fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, eighteen, nineteen and nineteen-c of such chapter, as added by chapter one hundred and eleven of the laws of nineteen hundred and fourteen, are hereby amended to read as follows: § 14. Contracts. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of public works, through the division of architecture in the department of public works, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, to prepare specifications and drawings for all work and materials to be contracted for upon and in connection with the erection of new buildings for the state and of additions, alterations and improvements thereto, and such specifications and drawings |