Title of Act:

An Act providing for the admission of children to, and their education and maintenance in, and their discharge from the Scotland School for Veterans' Children; prohibiting discharging children or taking children from said school, or children from leaving the same without an order of the Board of Trustees of the Scotland School for Veterans' Children; and prescribing penalties. As amended 1951, May 24, P. L. 351, § 1.

§ 2696. Duration of education and maintenance

Children so admitted shall be educated and maintained in the Scotland School for Veterans' Children until they shall severally become nineteen years of age, unless sooner discharged for cause by order of the board: Provided, That the board may at its discretion extend the time of the discharge of any child until the end of the school year during which such child reaches the age of nineteen years. For the purposes of his proviso the school year shall be deemed to commence the first day of September of each year. As amended 1951, May 24, P. L. 351, § 1.

Effective June 1, 1951.

§ 2697. Discharging children

No child admitted to the Scotland School for Veterans' Children shall be discharged therefrom, or leave the same, or be taken therefrom by any person, except on order of the board of trustees. In discharging a child from the school, or in permitting a child to leave or be taken from the school, the board of trustees shall be governed by the best interests of the child or the best interests of the other children in the school, as the case may be. As amended 1951, May 24, P. L. 531, § 1.

Effective June 1, 1951.

§ 2698. Taking child, assisting child to leave, or leaving by child; penalties

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Whoever takes any child from the Scotland School for Veterans' Children, or assists any child to leave the same, without an order from the board permitting such taking or leaving, and any child who leaves said school without permission so to do, shall, upon summary conviction hereof be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00), and default of the payment thereof and costs, shall undergo imprisonment not to exceed ten days, or in the case of a minor, subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile courts, shall be dealt with by such court as in other cases of juvenile delinquency. As amended 1951, May 24, P. L. 351, § 1.

Effective June 1, 1951.

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GENERAL LAWS, RHODE ISLAND, 1938, CHAPTER 654, VETERANS' HOMES

CHAPTER 654

(Gen. Laws, 1923, Ch. 116.)

THE RHODE ISLAND SOLDIERS' HOME, AND THE RELIEF OF HONORABLY DISCHARGED SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AND MARINES

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1. Home to be managed by director of public welfare and chief of division of soldiers' relief.

2. Director and division chief may accept donations; soldiers' home fund.

3. General powers and duties.

4. Commandant of home, appointment of.

5. Prosecution of pension claims.

6. Division of soldiers' relief to have office in Providence; appropriations; how drawn

8. Honorably-discharged soldiers to be preferred as employees.

9. Officers to be sworn, and bonds may be required.

10. Soldier may be required to become an inmate of the home, when.

88 11-12. Cities and towns may appropriate money, to assist families.

SS 13-14. Money from national government, how applied.

15. Admission to the home, how restricted.

16. Director to report annually to general assembly.

17. Advisory council serve without compensation; but to be allowed travelling expenses incurred in performance of duty.

$ 18. Property of deceased inmates not disposed of to become property of state. 19. Who may be admitted to soldiers' home.

20. Who shall enforce provisions of chapter.

§ 1. The management and control of the Rhode Island Soldiers' Home, established in this state for those men who served in the army or navy of the United

States in the war of the rebellion and were honorably discharged therefrom, who, by reason of wounds, disease, old age, or other infirmities, are unable to earn their living and have no adequate means of support, shall be in the director of public welfare and the chief of the division of soldiers' relief. (P. L., 1935, Chap. 2250, §§ 50, 55, amending P. L., 1919, Chap. 1752.)

§ 2. The said director of public welfare is hereby authorized and empowered to take and receive in the name of the state any grant, devise, gift or bequest of real or personal property that may be made for the use and benefit of the Rhode Island Soldiers' Home or the inmates or purposes thereof. All money so received, and all money received under the provisions of § 18 hereof, shall be paid over to the general treasurer and shall be kept by him as a special fund to be known as the "Soldiers' Home Fund." The director, with the approval of the governor, may sell and dispose of any real or personal property received under this section, and any property received under § 18 hereof, and the proceeds of such sale shall be paid over to the general treasurer to be made a part of said fund. The said fund shall be used to provide clothing, comforts and conveniences for the inmates of said home not otherwise provided for by law, and the state budget director and comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his orders upon the general treasurer for payments from such fund, for the purposes provided for in this section, as may from time to time be required, upon receipt by him of proper vouchers approved by the said director and chief. (P. L., 1921, Chap. 2035.)

§ 3. The chief of the division of soldiers' relief shall have the general supervision over and shall prescribe rules for the government and management of said home. He shall make all needful by-laws and regulations governing the admission, maintenance and discharge of the inmates of said home, which shall not be inconsistent with the spirit and intent of this chapter, and generally may do all things necessary to successfully carry into effect the purposes hereof.

§ 4. Said chief may appoint a commandant for said home, who shall hold office during his pleasure and whose duties shall be defined by him. Said chief may also appoint and employ all subordinate officials and persons needed for the proper management of the institution.

§ 5. Said chief shall look after and prosecute all pension and bounty claims of former soldiers, sailors and marines of the United States Army or Navy, and of all widows and other dependents of deceased soldiers, sailors and marines of said army or navy, who may be entitled to relief under the provisions of this chapter, but without expense to such claimants.

§ 6. The division of soldiers' relief shall have offices in the state house. The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sums as they may deem necessary for the support of the soldiers' home in the town of Bristol and for the relief of the union soldiers, sailors and marines of the civil war, and the widows and dependent children of deceased soldiers, sailors and marines, and known as the "Soldiers' Relief Fund," and for the relief of worthy dependent soldiers, sailors and marines, and the dependent worthy families of such soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the army or navy of the United States, either as a regular or volunteer in the Spanish American war, the insurrection in the Philippines, or the China relief expedition and were honorably discharged from such service, and for such clerical assistance as may be required in connection with the administration of such relief; and the state budget director and comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his order upon the general treasurer for the payment of such sums as may be from time to time required, upon receipt by him of proper vouchers approved by the director of public welfare. (P. L., 1930, Chap. 1555, amending P. L., 1927, Chap. 960.)

§ 7. The division of soldiers' relief, in addition to having the control and management of the soldiers' home, shall take the place of, and shall have custody of all records prepared and kept by the commission appointed under the provisions of chapter 488 of the public laws, passed at the January session in the year 1885, inquiring into the needs of worthy dependent soldiers and sailors of the then late war, and the needs of dependent worthy families of such deceased soldiers and sailors, residing within the State of Rhode Island, and also to assist such cases as examination proves worthy of aid, and in such sums of money and by such methods as will, in the judgment of said division chief, best relieve the needs of such worthy applicants for assistance.

§ 8. In the appointment and employment of all persons under the provisions of this chapter, honorably-discharged Union soldiers, sailors and marines, of the Civil War shall be preferred; but no person shall be appointed to any official position under the provisions of this chapter, who holds any city, town or state office for the dispensing of public charities to paupers.

§ 9. All officials appointed under the provisions of this chapter shall be duly sworn to the faithful performance of their duties. And the director of public welfare may, in his discretion, require of all officials, subordinate to him, bonds for the faithful performance of their duties.

§ 10. Said chief may, in his discretion, require any soldier, sailor or marine who has no parents, wife or children dependent upon him, and who desires relief as provided in this chapter, to become an inmate of the soldiers' home in order to enjoy the benefits of this chapter.

§ 11. Hereafter the several cities and towns are authorized to appropriate and raise money for the purpose of rendering assistance to the families and dependents of those who may be mustered into the army or navy of the United States from this state to serve under any of the calls which have been heretofore made, or which may hereafter be made, upon this state by the president of the United States, to an amount not exceeding $4.00 per week to the family of any one man.

§ 12. Nothing in the preceding section contained shall be construed to affect any contract, to render aid to his family, which has heretofore been made by any city or town with any person who, before June 2, 1898, had enlisted in the service of the United States.

§ 13. The general treasurer is hereby directed to receipt to the board of managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for such sum or sums of money as may from time to time be allowed as aid to the Rhode Island Soldiers' Home, which said sum or sums of money are hereby appropriated for the said soldiers' home fund.

§ 14. The unexpended balance of such sum or sums of money as are received and appropriated as provided in the preceding section for the soldiers' home fund, remaining in the treasury at the close of each fiscal year, shall be continued to and is hereby annually appropriated for the same fund for the ensuing year.

§ 15. Except as otherwise provided in § 19 of this chapter, no applicant shall be admitted to the soldiers' home or be entitled to any relief under the provisions of this chapter, unless he was an actual resident of the State of Rhode Island on April 23, 1889, or unless he served in a Rhode Island regiment or was accredited on the quota of said state, not including such as are already in the national home: Provided, that a Rhode Island soldier, sailor or marine, who has been honorably discharged from the national home and is unable to gain re-admission because of the amount of United States pension he is receiving, may be admitted to the Rhode Island Soldiers' Home.

§ 16. The director of public welfare shall make an annual report to the general assembly at its January session, setting forth in detail the condition of the soldiers' home, and in general the character of the work of soldiers' relief; and shall render in said report a faithful account of all moneys received and expended by him and by the division of soldiers' relief, in the execution of the provisions of this chapter, excepting the names of persons to whom they have furnished relief, which shall be omitted.

§ 17. No member of the advisory council, provided for by the Administrative Code Act, Chap. 5, § 36, shall, as such member, receive any compensation for his services; but every member shall be paid out of the state treasury his necessary travelling expenses incurred in the performance of his duties under this chapter.

§ 18. All goods, chattels, property, money, and effects of a deceased inmate of the Rhode Island Soldiers' Home, which have not been otherwise disposed of by him, shall upon his decease become the property of the state of Rhode Island, and shall, by the chief of the division of soldiers' relief, be applied to the uses and purposes of said Home: Provided, however, that said division chief may in his discretion deliver to any surviving relative of said deceased member any article or articles of such property or effects as may serve as a memento of said deceased inmate.

§ 19. In addition to the use of the Rhode Island soldier's home heretofore authorized, the director of public welfare may admit to and maintain in said home, under such rules and regulations as said director may prescribe, any person who has served in the army or navy of the United States during any foreign war in which the United States shall have been engaged, or in any expedition or campaign for which the United States government issues a camnaign medal: Provided, that no applicant shall be admitted to said home unless he was a resident of Rhode Island at the time of his enlistment or was accredited to the quota of said state, or shall have been a resident of this state for 5 consecutive years previous to the date of application for admission to said home,

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and shall have been honorably discharged from such service, and at the time of his admission to said home shall be, by reason of wounds, disease, old age or other infirmities unable to earn his living and shall have no adequate means of support. (P. L., 1933, Chap. 2025, amending P. L., 1919, Chap. 1751.)

§ 20. The chief of the division of soldiers' relief of the department of public welfare shall enforce the provisions of this chapter, under the supervision of the director of public welfare. (P. L., 1935, Chap. 2250, § § 50, 55.)

VETERANS HOMES, RHODE ISLAND ACTS, 1939, CHAPTER 660, §§ 80, 85, 89

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE

SEC. 80. There shall be a department of social welfare. The head of the department shall be the director of social welfare who shall carry out, except as otherwise provided by this act, the provisions of chapters 50 to 66 inclusive, 69, 70, 71, 184, 370 to 374 inclusive, 419, 420, 422, 423, 424, 425, 616, 619, 627 and 655 of the general laws of 1933 and of all other general laws and public laws heretofore carried out by the existing director of public welfare and department of public welfare.

SEC. 85. The director of social welfare, with the approval of the governor, shall appoint three assistant directors: (a) one of said assistant directors shall administer the functions of parole, probation, and of correctional services, except those relating to the training schools known as the Sockanosset school for boys and the Oaklawn school for girls; (b) one of said assistant directors shall administer the functions required to carry out the present and future public assistance and social service policies of the state, the child placing and other child welfare services including the operation of the training schools known as the Sockanosset school for boys and the Oaklawn school for girls, and this assistant director shall be responsible for the operation of the state hospital, the state infirmary, the Exeter school, the state home and school, and the Rhode Island soldiers' home; (c) one of said assistant directors shall administer the functions of office management, research and statistics and shall be responsible for the central service organization required for the repair and maintenance of all institutional and other buildings and property in custody of the department.

SEC. 89. The director of social welfare shall appoint a commandant for the Rhode Island soldiers' home. There shall be an advisory council for the Rhode Island soldiers' home consisting of five qualified electors of the state who are veterans of wars of the United States and who shall be appointed by the governor as herein provided. In the month of February 1940 and in the month of February in each year thereafter the governor shall appoint one member of said council to hold office until the first day of March in the fifth year after his appointment and until his successor is appointed and qualified, to succeed the member whose term will next expire.

When this act shall take effect the governor shall thereupon appoint one member of said council to serve until the first day of March 1940, one member to serve until the first day of March 1941, one member to serve until the first day of March 1942, one member to serve until the first day of March 1943, and one member to serve until the first day of March 1944 and until their respective successors are appointed and qualified. The members of said council at their first meeting shall elect one of their number as chairman and thereafter shall elect a chairman upon the appointment of any new member for a full term and whenever the office may become vacant.

Any vacancy which may occur in said council shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the remainder of the unexpired term. Secretarial service for said council shall be provided by the director of the department. Said council shall make suggestions to and shall advise the director of social welfare and the commandant concerning the policies, rules, and regulations of the Rhode Island soldiers' home, provided, however, that said advisory council shall have no administrative power.

RHODE ISLAND ACTS, VETERANS HOMES, 1939, CHAPTER 679

CHAPTER 679

AN ACT In amendment of section 85 of chapter 660 of the Public Laws, 1939, known as the "Administrative Act of 1939."

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 85 of chapter 660 of the public laws, 1939, known as the "Administrative act of 1939," is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 85. The director of social welfare, with the approval of the governor, shall appoint three assistant directors: (a) one of said assistant directors shall administer the functions of probation, and of correctional services, except those relating to the training schools known as the Sockanosset school for boys and the Oaklawn school for girls; (b) one of said assistant directors shall administer the functions required to carry out the present and future public assistance and social service policies of the state, the child placing and other child welfare services including the operation of the training schools known as the Sockanosset school for boys and the Oaklawn school for girls, and this assistant director shall be responsible for the operation of the state hospital, the state infirmary, the Exeter school, the state home and school, and the Rhode Island soldiers' home; (c) one of said assistant directors shall administer the functions of office management, research and statistics and shall be responsible for the central service organization required for the repair and maintenance of all institutional and other buildings and property in custody of the department.

"The functions of parole, as defined in section 17 of chapter 63 of the general laws, entitled 'Reformatories and the state reform school,' shall hereafter be administered by a board of three citizens of this state, one of whom shall be a qualified member of the department of social welfare. The members of said board shall be appointed by the director of social welfare, with the approval of the governor. In the month of February 1940 and in the month of February in each year thereafter the director, with the approval of the governor, shall appoint one member of said board to hold office until the first day of March in the third year after his appointment and until his successor is appointed and qualified, to succeed the member whose term will next expire.

"When this act shall take effect the director, with the approval of the governor, shall thereupon appoint one member of said board to serve until the first day of March 1940, one member to serve until the first day of March 1941, and one member to serve until the first day of March 1942, and until their respective successors are appointed and qualified. The members of said board at their first meeting shall elect one of their number as chairman and thereafter shall elect a chairman upon the appointment of any new member for a full term and whenever the office may become vacant.

"Any vacancy which may occur in said board shall be filled by appointment by the director, with the approval of the governor, for the remainder of the unexpired term. The members of said board shall be chosen with due regard to their knowledge of social or welfare problems and the director of the department shall designate some person to act as secretary of said board."

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

VETERANS HOMES, RHODE ISLAND ACTS, 1940, CHAPTER 852

CHAPTER 852.

AN ACT In relation to social welfare: Amending section 85 of chapter 660 of the Public Laws, 1939, known as the "Administrative Act of 1939," as amended, and in amendment of sections 2 and 12 of chapter 58 of the General Laws, as amended, chapter 68 of the General Laws, section 21 of chapter 69 of the General Laws, as amended, and section 1 of chapter 616 of the General Laws, as amended.

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 85 of chapter 660 of the public laws, 1939, known as the "Administrative act of 1939," as amended by chapter 679 of the public laws, 1939, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 85. The director of social welfare shall, with the approval of the governor, appoint a probation and parole administrator, a public assistance administrator and a business management administrator.

"The functions of parole, as defined in section 17 of chapter 63 of the general laws, entitled 'Reformatories and the state reform school,' shall hereafter be