200 - Powers and duties of the commissioner of public welfare in relation to the public farm.

§  200.  Powers  and  duties  of the commissioner of public welfare in  relation to the public farm. If the legislative body of a public welfare  district shall authorize the maintenance of a public farm in  connection  with the public home, the commissioner of public welfare shall    1. be responsible for the management of the public farm,    2.  utilize the labor of such of the inmates of the public home as may  in the judgment of the attending physician be able to work on the farm,    3. make all purchases necessary for the operation of the  public  farm  unless such powers have been vested in some other purchasing agency,    4.  sell  such  surplus produce and proceeds of such farm and labor as  may remain after the needs of the inmates of the public home  have  been  supplied,    5.  employ,  within  the  limits  of  the  appropriation  made for the  purpose, such laborers as may be necessary for  the  management  of  the  farm,    6.  keep  a record of the work of the farm, including the labor of the  inmates of the public home on the farm and of the produce  and  proceeds  of  the farm supplied for the use of the public home, with the estimated  value of such produce and proceeds,    7. when an appropriation has been made for  the  purpose,  appoint  an  officer  who  shall be responsible for exercising such of the powers and  carrying out such of the duties above mentioned as the commissioner  may  direct,    8.  make  an  annual  report  to the legislative body in regard to the  receipts and disbursements of the  public  farm  and  the  cost  of  its  operation.