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[page 61] what is wrong about it, and no other person than themselves can have any interest in it; that what is said is entered out of enmity against some body. To a party visiting a hospital everything is all fixed, floors oiled, patients all in order, attendants around, or near by. Everything seems all straight, and the wonder will come and the question is often asked, "how does it happen that you can keep things in such fine order. It seems to me to be almost wonderful" There is no difficulty at all about that. In the first place, I wish to speak of the law which governs the officers. Chap. 151 of the laws of 1873 provide that: "the superintendent shall be a physician; reside constantly at the hospital, have the general superintendence of the hospital and grounds; receive all persons legally sent to the hospital unless the number exceeds its accommodations, and have the charge of them and the direction of all persons therein, subject to the regulations of the board of ^trustees "This law also ^provides that the steward shall be treasurer. Under the advice and disdain of the superintendent and trustees make all the necessary purchases of supplies and provisions, hire attendants and other laborers, see to the proper cultivation of the farm and grounds ^ and have the care and oversight of the patients when employed therein."