§ 1932. What children may be admitted to the home.-Under such rules and regulations as they adopt, the trustees shall receive into the home such children of deceased, permanently disabled or indigent soldiers, sailors, marines and nurses who served honorably in the military or naval forces of the United States during any war, as are destitute of means of support and education. Provided, however, that no such child shall be admitted to the home, unless said child, and the parent, or the person having the legal custody and control of said child, shall have been a legal resident of the state of Ohio for at least one year immediately prior to the filing of the application for admission. Admission of an ex-soldier to the United States National Military Home, from another state shall not constitute the child of such soldier eligible for admission into the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home. (112 v. 164; R. S. § 676. Eff. July 26, 1927.)

Ohio, 16 et seq.

§ 1932-1. Admission of children of members of O. N. G., naval, militia or of organized reserves, etc.-That the board of trustees of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, Xenia, Ohio, are hereby authorized and directed to receive into such home the children of all members of the Ohio national guard or naval militia, or of the organized reserves or officers' reserve corps whose lives were lost, or who were permanently disabled at any time in the course of active duty in the service of the state of Ohio or of the United States or those who, if living at the time of application for admission of their children, are destitute of means and not able to properly support and educate said children. (112 v. 164; 106 v. 435, § 1. Eff. July 26, 1927.)

Military, 7 et seq.

§ 1933. Retention, support and education.-Unless for good cause sooner discharged any child admitted to the Ohio soldiers' and sailors' orphans' home shall be supported and educated until eighteen years of age, and any child not eighteen years of age, at the opening of any school year, may be retained until the close of that school year.

Except that if in the opinion of the board of trustees a child will benefit by further educational training, he may be retained in the home for a longer period of time or his or her expenses may be paid to attend another educational school so as to afford him or her the equivalent of a high school or trade school education. In no case will custody be retained past the age of twenty-one years. (118 v. 147, § 1; 112 v. 164; R. S. § 676. Eff. July 10, 1939.)

Infants, 5 et seq.

Under G. O. § 1933 and its related sections, the board of trustees of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors Orphans' Home may discharge a child admitted thereto for the purpose of permitting said child to be adopted, if in the judgment and discretion of said board said action is for the benefit of the child. 1931 O. A. G. No. 3376.

§ 1934. Apportionment admitted from each county. In the admission of children, each county shall be entitled to its proportion, according to population, of the entire number the home accommodates, and no more, unless other counties fail to apply within a reasonable time for the admission of their respective quotas. (R. S. § 677.)

Counties, 1 et seq.

§ 1935. Repealed, 112 v. 166, § 2. (112 v. 166, § 2; 103 v. 533; R. S. § 692. Eff. July 26, 1927.)

§ 1936. What schools shall be established and maintained.—The trustees shall establish and maintain schools for such literary, technical, industrial, art and other education of all pupils therein as is practicable, and make necessary arrangements therefor. Within the grounds of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, the trustees shall establish and maintain shops wherein suitable trades may be taught and practiced in a thorough and comprehensive manner. Subject to the regulations of the board of trustees, the superintendent of the home shall employ all teachers and instructors for such schools, and said superintendent shall have the right to dismiss and discharge any teacher, or instructor, when in his opinion such action is for the best interests of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, and is ratified by the board of trustees. (112 v. 165; R. S. § 678. Eff. July 26, 1927.)

Ohio, 16 et seq.

G. C. §§ 1936 and 1946, as amended by Am. S. B. No. 162, effective on and after July 26, 1927, confer upon the board of trustees of the Ohio soldiers' and sailors' orphans' home complete control and supervision of the Home and vest in such board the power and duty to select and employ a superintendent, a chaplain, superintendent of schools, instructors

and such other officers, assistants and employes, including teachers, as may be required or as the board deems necessary, and constitute the superintendent of the home the agent or active arm of the board to carry its mandates with respect to the employment and dismissal of all employes into execution. 1927 O. A. G. No. 557.

§ 1937. Curriculum of studies. The curriculum of studies for pupils more than thirteen years of age shall be such as to assist them most effectively in their future pursuits. The division and assignment into schools and classes shall be so arranged that pupils may receive instruction in approved literary branches at the most practicable hours, whether in evening or half-time schools or in schools during certain seasons only. (R. S. § 696.)

Schools and School Districts, 118.

§ 1938. The institution to be made a model school.-Any branch or industry introduced shall be taught and practiced in so thorough and comprehensive manner that the institution shall be considered a model school for these particular branches. (R. S. § 697.)

Schools and School Districts, 121 et seq.

§ 1939. Purchase of books, tools, etc.; disposition of products.-The trustees, and, under their regulations, the superintendent, may purchase necessary books, material, tools and machinery, and dispose of the productions of the pupils to the best advantage and account for such proceeds and expenditures in the annual report. The trustees may make all necessary arrangements to carry into effect the purposes of this chapter. (R. S. §§ 679, 697.)

Ohio, 16 et seq.

§ 1940. Payment of pupils for work authorized; selection of trade or occupation. Under such rules and regulations as it may adopt, the board of trustees of the Ohio soldiers' and sailors' orphans' home may cause the children to be paid for work done for the institution, this payment to be made under such rules and regulations as will tend to teach the students the economic principles of life. Pupils working inside the home, on their discharge shall receive the remainder of their net earnings to be computed by the board of trustees, or under its regulations, by the superintendent. In no case shall the earnings of any pupil be computed at less than fifty dollars. Each pupil may select a trade or occupation in which said pupil desires to engage, but any pupil remaining in the said home after the completion of his or her sixteenth year must devote himself or herself for the time remaining to one of the courses of instruction or trade provided in said home, except in cases of disability or ill health. (118 v. 147, § 1; 112 v. 165; R. S. § 680. Eff. July 10, 1939.)

Schools and School Districts, 108 et seq.

§§ 1941, 1942. Repealed, 112 v. 166, § 2. (112 v. 166, § 2; 81 v. 96, §§ 1, 2. Eff. July 26, 1927.)

1943. Information concerning discharged pupils.-When pupils are discharged, the trustees through the superintendent, so far as practicable, shall keep in communication with them to enable the trutsees to report to the governor and general assembly in regard to these children of the state.

Holding of annual reunions of ex-pupils.-To that end the trustees or superintendent shall encourage and provide for the holding of annual reunions of the ex-pupils at the Home and invite them to attend as the guests of the Home and state, and keep a record showing the names, addresses and occupations of those who attend. Such reunions shall be held during the children's regular vacation season, when the holding thereof will not interfere with the management of the Home, and the ex-pupils who attend shall be under the same control and receive the same accommodations as the children and officers of the Home. (106 v. 103; R. S. § 680.)

Schools and School Districts, 108 et seq.

§ 1944. Trustees may place inmate in private family.-When, in the opinion of the trustees, the best interests of pupils would be subserved thereby, they may secure homes for them in private families upon such terms as they agree upon, reserving the right to replace them in the home if they deem it for their best interests. (R. S. § 679.)

Ohio, 16 et seq.

§ 1945. Support of children entitled to admission outside of institution.-The trustees may contract with the proper officers of any of the children's homes authorized by law, in this state, for the support of such children as are by law entitled to admission to the soldiers' and sailors' orphans' home, including those which have become inmates of county infirmaries. In such contracts the trustees shall reserve the right to visit and examine into the condition and treatment of such children in such homes. By such contract, the cost per capita shall not exceed the current expense cost of supporting the children at the soldiers' and sailors' orphans' home. The expenses of their transportation from the infirmaries to the home to which they are assigned shall be paid by the county to which they belong. (84 v. 174, § 1; 83 v. 173, § 1.)

Ohio, 16 et seq.

As to effect of proviso in act 78 v. 201, amending act 77 v. 187 (repealed 84 v. 174), State v. Ohio S. &. S. O. Home, 37 0. S. 275, 278.

§ 1946. Board shall have complete control and supervision of the home, select and employ superintendent and employes.-The board of trustees shall have complete control and supervision of the home and shall select and employ a superintendent, a chaplain, superintendent of schools, instructors and such other officers, assistants and employes as may be required or as they may deem necessary, and shall fix their compensation.

The board may require the superintendent or other employes to furnish bond in such amount as it may deem adequate. Such bond shall be conditioned on the faithful performance of the duties of their office or position, and upon approval by the attorney-general shall be filed with the secretary of state.

No person, unless he shall have been in the actual military or naval service of the United States and shall have received an honorable discharge therefrom, shall be eligible to hold the position or office of superintendent. Provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not affect the tenure of the position or office of the present superintendent. (112 v. 165; 108 v. Pt. 1, 617; 104 v. 170; R. S. § 695. Eff. July 26, 1927.)

Officers, 73.

SS 1946-1, 1946-2. [Omitted; appropriation act.]

§ 1946-3. Superintendent shall be the guardian of the estate of all minors; liability; final account.

§ 1946-3. The superinendent of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home shall be, by virtue of his office, the guardian of the estate of all minors duly admitted in said home, who have no other duly appointed legal guardian. The superintendent shall be liable on his official bond for the conduct of the guardianship and shall not be required to give additional bond. When any minor whose estate is under the guardianship of the superintendent is discharged from the home, the superintendent shall continue as such guardian until such minor reaches the age of twenty-one years, unless another guardian of the estate of such minor shall be appointed, in which case said superintendent shall turn over the estate to such newly appointed guardian and shall file his final account as guardian with the probate judge of the county in which the home is situated, and no fees or compensation shall be charged by said superintendent or probate judge for the filing of said account and discharge of guardian. (121 v. 601. Eff. Oct. 12, 1945. 112 v. 166; 106 v. 497.)

Guardian and Ward, 32 et seq.

§ 1946-4. Repealed, 112 v. 166, § 2. (112 v. 166, § 2; 106 v. 497, § 2. Eff. July 26, 1927.)

VETERANS HOMES, OHIO CODE ANNO 1956, POCKET SUPPLEMENT § 5907.04 $5907.04 Admission

All male members of the armed forces, who served in the regular or volunteer forces of the United States or the Ohio national guard or male members of the naval militia during the war with Spain, the Philippine insurrection, the China relief expendition, the Indian war, the Mexican expedition, World War I, World War II, or during the period beginning June 25, 1950, and ending July 19, 1953, said period being known as the Korean conflict, who have been honorably discharged or separated under honorable conditions therefrom, and who have been citizens of Ohio five consecutive years or more at the date of making application for admission, who are disabled by disease, wounds, or otherwise, and who

are by reason of such disability incapable of earning their living, and all male soldiers of the Ohio national guard, or male members of the naval militia who have lost an arm or leg, or their sight, or become permanently disabled from any cause, while in the line and discharge of duty, and are not able to support themselves, may be admitted to the Ohio soldiers' and sailors' home under such rules and regulations as its board of trustees adopts.

*History: 126 v S 298, § 1. Eff. 8-30-55.

VETERANS HOMES, OKLAHOMA LAWS, 1949, CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 6-CONFEDERATE HOME

SENATE BILL NO. 221

An ACT establishing and creating Oklahoma Veterans Home, designating the location thereof and fixing eligibility and requirements for admittance thereto; placing management and control thereof under the War Veterans Commission of Oklahoma, prescribing its powers, duties and functions, and transferring certain property thereto for the use of said Home; accepting Federal laws providing for payment of funds to states for care of disabled soldiers, sailors and marines; creating a revolving fund and specifying moneys and funds to be placed therein and purposes for which disbursements may be made therefrom; making appropriations to the War Veterans Commission of Oklahoma for the purpose of repairing, furnishing, equipping and remodeling the buildings and grounds that are to be used and occupied by said Oklahoma Veterans Home; transferring funds referred to in Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8, Twenty-First Legislature repealing Chapter 32. Title 70, Oklahoma Session Laws 1945, except Section 8 thereof, and other conflicting laws; fixing effective date of Act; and declaring an emergency.

Be it enacted by the people of the State of Oklahoma:

Section 1. Oklahoma Veterans Home. There is hereby established and created at Ardmore, Oklahoma, on the site of the Oklahoma Confederate Home and the Southern Oklahoma Hospital, a State Institution to be known as the Oklahoma Veterans Home, which shall be a home for honorably discharged male soldiers, sailors and marines of the United States who served in World War I and World War II, or in any war in which the United States participated as a belligerent, and who are disabled by age, disease or otherwise and by reason of such disability are incapable of earning a living, and who have resided in the State of Oklahoma for at least ten (10) years, two (2) years of which must have been spent in the State of Oklahoma immediately preceding their admission to said institution.

Section 2. War Veterans Commission-Management.—The Oklahoma Veterans Home shall be under the Management and control of the War Veterans Commission of Oklahoma which shall (a) make all necessary rules and regulations for the government of such institution and for admittance thereto, and the welfare of the inmates thereof; (b) appoint and fix the duties and compensation of a Superintendent and other necessary employees: (c) furnish necessary clothing, food, maintenance and care to all inmates, including medicine and medical attendance; (d) provide a place of burial and bury deceased inmates whose relatives do not claim their bodies; and (e) discharge any inmate who refuses to observe the rules and regulations governing such institution.

Section 3. Transfer of Property.-All real estate, buildings, furniture, equipment, livestock and other property that have been or that are now owned or held by the Board of Trustees of the Oklahoma Confederate Home or by the Southern Oklahoma Hospital, or by the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma for the Southern Oklahoma Hospital, are hereby transferred to and placed under the management and control of the War Veterans Commission of Oklahoma for the use of the Oklahoma Veterans Home; and the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma shall, not later than ten (10) days after this Act becomes effective, deliver a complete inventory of all such property to the War Veterans Commission of Oklahoma which shall, upon verification of such inventory by an actual inspection of the property listed therein, acknowledge receipt and delivery of such property.

Section 4. Acceptance of Congressional Act.-The State of Oklahoma accepts the provisions of the Act of Congress of August 27, 1888, as amended (25 U. S. C. A. Paragraph 134), and of any other Federal Law or Act of Congress providing for the payment of funds to States for the care or support of disabled soldiers and sailors in State homes. All such funds received from the Federal Government for the care of disabled soldiers, sailors and marines in the Oklahoma Veterans Home shall be deposited in the Revolving Fund hereinafter created for the Oklahoma Veterans Home.

Section 5. Revolving Fund.-There is hereby created in the State Treasury a Revolving Fund for the Oklahoma Veterans Home. All funds and moneys received by the Oklahoma Veterans Home, or by the War Veterans Commission of Oklahoma, from the United States or any Federal Agency for the care or support of disabled soldiers, sailors or marines who have been admitted and cared for in the Oklahoma Veterans Home shall be deposited in such Revolving Fund, and all earnings and profits from the conduct and management of any dairy, farm, truck garden, livestock and other industry at the Oklahoma Veterans Home, shall also be placed in such Revolving Fund.

The Revolving Fund herein created shall be used by the War Veterans Commission of Oklahoma to pay the general maintenance expenses of the Oklahoma Veterans Home, including the payment of salaries and wages of officials and employees, including the technical staff of said institution and farm and industry personnel, and for the purchase of materials, food, clothing, supplies and equipment and livestock. All expenditures from said Revolving Fund shall be made on claims approved by the Superintendent of said institution and filed with the Budget Director for payment.

Section 6. Appropriation.-There is hereby appropriated to the War Veterans Commission of Oklahoma from any surplus funds accruing to the credit of the Emergency Appropriation Fund in the State Treasury for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1948, (a) the sum of Ninety-eight Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($98,500.00) for the purpose of repairing and reconditioning the buildings and grounds that are to be used and occupied by the Oklahoma Veterans Home under the provisions of this Act, and (b) the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) for the purpose of furnishing and equipping said buildings that are to be used and occupied by the Oklahoma Veterans Home. Such appropriations shall not be subject to fiscal year limitations and after the effective date of this Act may be contracted against and expended by the War Veterans Commission of Oklahoma to and including the constitutional lapse of thirty (30) months from the passage of this Act.

Section 7. Priority of Applications.-The War Veterans Commission is hereby required to give priority to those applicants who are presently confined in State Institutions.

Section 8. Cancellation and Transfer of Appropriations.-The funds referred to by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8 of the Twenty-first Legislature, Session Laws of Oklahoma 1947, Page 716, in the amount of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00), are hereby cancelled from the original appropriation Acts (House Bill 101, 20th Leg., and other Acts) and other Acts continuing and reappropriating said funds to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (Senate Bill 67, 21st Leg., and other Acts), including any reappropriation Act reappropriating said funds passed by the Twenty-second Session of the Legislature (House Bill 365, and other Acts). The cash accumulated to the credit of said cancelled appropriations is hereby transferred to the Emergency Appropriation Fund in the State Treasury and shall be credited to the surplus accruing to said Emergency Appropriation Fund for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1948. The appropriations made by this Act shall be financed from said transferred funds and any remainder thereof shall be used to finance other appropriations made out of 1948 surplus funds.

Section 9. Use of Funds-Federal Agencies.-The funds herein appropriated to the Oklahoma Veterans Home for the construction, repair and equipping of buildings and improvements, may be used and expended in conjunction or cooperation with any Federal agency or instrumentality under such terms and conditions as may be necessary to obtain grants of Federal aid and assistance in constructing any such buildings or improvements, and it shall be the duty of the War Veterans Commission to make a bona fide attempt to obtain Federal aid and assistance before constructing any such buildings or improvements or providing equipment therefor.

Section 10. Repealing Clause.-All of Chapter 32 of Title 70, Oklahoma Session Laws 1945, except Section 8 thereof, and all other laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Approved May 31, 1949. Emergency.