NEW YORK STATE ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL

LEGAL ENACTMENTS OF 1924

CREATED BY CHAPTER 615, LAWS OF 1924

AN ACT

Providing for the construction of a free public education building as a memorial to Theodore Roosevelt, and making an appropriation for expenses therefor to be incurred in the year commencing July first, nineteen hundred and twenty-four.

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. As a tribute to the memory of Theodore Roosevelt there shall be erected, at a cost to the state of not exceeding two million five hundred thousand dollars, in the city of New York upon a site provided by the authorities of such city, adjacent to the American Museum of Natural History in such city, an education building, chiefly for the benefit of the youth of the state, which shall hereafter be known as and become the New York State Roosevelt Memorial. Such city is hereby authorized to dedicate to the state the site therefor.

§2. In such memorial, which shall hereafter be kept and maintained by the state of New York from funds hereafter appropriated, there shall be provided and installed such memorabilia relating to the life of Theodore Roosevelt as shall be selected and determined by the board of trustees constituted pursuant to the next section.

§3. The erection, construction and maintenance of such memorial shall be in charge and under the supervision of a board of state trustees consisting of not less than five nor more than seven citizens of the state of New York who shall be appointed by the governor and who shall serve for a period of three years, and until their successors are appointed. The governor and comptroller of the state shall be ex-officio members of such board in addition to those appointed. The trustees of such memorial shall receive no compensation for the performance of their duties under this act, but shall be paid their actual and necessary expenses incurred in connection therewith. Such trustees shall render an annual report of their operations to the legislature.

§4. The trustees shall select an architect or architects from a list admitted by the State Roosevelt Memorial Commission, and shall adopt plans for such construction on the recommendation of such commission.

§5. The state architect, acting under the instructions of the board of trustees, shall serve in a supervisory capacity during the erection of the memorial and shall make such inspections as are necessary for the proper construction of such memorial.

§6. The trustees shall have authority, within the limit of appropriations made therefor, to appoint and to employ such secretarial and other assistants as they may deem necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act.

§7. The sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the state treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenses made necessary by this act during the year commencing July first, nineteen hundred and twenty-four. Such moneys shall be paid by the state treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller, upon vouchers verified by two members of the board of trustees and countersigned by the chairman.

§8. This act shall take effect immediately.

VII. PENSION AND INSURANCE

TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

PENSION BOARD

OF

THE AMERICAN MUSEUM

OF NATURAL HISTORY

FOR THE YEAR 1924

To the President and Trustees of The American Museum of Natural History and to the Subscribers to the Fund:

In accordance with the Rules and Regulations, I have the honor to submit herewith for your consideration the Twelfth Annual Report of the activities of the Pension Fund and of its financial operations for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1924.

HE operations of the Pension Board during the past year may in general be confined to two chief topics:

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(1) General Administration, including:

(a) Recommendations that all employees undergo a physical examination upon entering the service of the Museum, (b) Status of membership, and (c) Investments.

(2) Recommendations for the revision of existing Rules and Regulations.

Heretofore the physical examination of employees has not been exacted until the Director indicated that the employee's services were satisfactory and he would become permanent in his relation to the work of the Museum. Under this system, it was often found that an employee was unable to pass the required examination satisfactorily, which was necessary in order to become a subscriber to the Pension Fund. This is in accordance with the provision that all permanent employees must contribute to the Pension Fund. When, upon examination, it developed that the applicant had some physical impairment which would prevent his participation in the Fund, it became necessary for him to seek other employment. This method was felt to be unfair, both to employer and to employee. To correct this difficulty, the Pension Board recommended to the Trustees that the Rules be changed to the extent that applicants for a position also present, with their credentials, a satisfactory health certificate. The Trustees accepted this recommendation, and it is worthy of mention that the exaction of this rule has served as a solution of many vexatious problems.