American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-01-22
BALTIMORE CITY AND COUNTY JAIL,
Annual Report Of Lhe Board Of TiSiLers.

HAftf'Ut ~ PO'I " wv IVA" " ' tot'Sf D
We learn from this document, that the entire
expenses Of the Jail for the year ending 26th Of
November last were SO, 1888 81, which includes
the necessary repairs The proportion Of this
expense incurred on account Of Baltimore CITY
is SS,01l37 Amount received from licenses
to retailers Of spirituous liquors s ,l50S3; ci-
tvs proportion Of fees received at the Jail g.
32S ?; leaving s4,542.42 to be met by monies
collected from taxes OH the assessabie property
ofthe city. The expense to the county amounts
to 81 ,43G.l2. There is an Indebtedness to the
city on the part of the county, Of S245.ll,
which is included in an estimated levy of s 1000,
which will be required for The county proper
ton of the expense for the ensuing year An
appropriation of 50, 600 as the city IS proportion
Of the expenses for the ensuing year, is deemed
necessary, which by the practice Of strict eco
nomy, may not all be required; in such case
the balance will DO passed to the credit of the
city, as was the sum Of $1,000 out of the ap-
propriations Of 50, 900 last year.
The number Of prisoners committed during
the year was 2,287; the daily number, ave;ag-
ing the number committed and remaining IN
iail each morning, was TAI, and the numbcrrc-
naming on 26th November last, SO. They
are classified as follows: IFhi,cy-I ,2T8 men,
llS women, SO boys and gri-total white
!, 4S0. COLored-535 men, 22S women, 80
bows and girls--tota Cololcd SOL Or the
whole number OF CommittaIs, ., lGS were from
the city and ll9 from the county. The com.
initials were fer the following causes:
Debt 342; violating law for suppression Of
slave trade 3; mutinY i; peace warrants COS;
assault and battery 347; felony SOC; kdnap-
ping a. murder 10; rlotng IT'S; obtaining goods
and money under false prelences ID; assault
with intent to kill 81; violating city ordinances
/ l8;fugitives from Justice lthurgary I; keeping
dso,dcrly houses l4 selling without licenses
10; fines and costs 55; witnesses rs; arson |;
bastardy 6; forgery 8; safe keeping 30; runa-
ways liz; aiding Iunaways to escape 4; alb
sconding seamen 20; poisoning 2; rape s; con-
tempt OF courts and magistrates 4; gambling S;
lCrieitng recognizance G; bgamy 2; perjury
total 2 ,287, The number of committas in
! 1874 was 200G.
The daily average cost of the subsistence Of
l4l prisoners, is S1.99, or "a cents for each
prisoners food.
OF the SAP debtors committed l29 were dis
charged by creditor or attorney; l49 by com
mssoners of insolvcnt debtors; Al by creditor
not paying maintenance; 10 by paying debt,
costs and Jail fees, and remained in jail. OF
the whole number Of prisoners, other than debt
ors, there were sent to the penitentary Al
whites and 20 colored; | was executed; 1851
were discharged by courts and magistrates, and
| SO remained in Jail.
| Attention is called to the abuse Of the power
vested in those who arrest negroes on suspicion
of being runaways, by which the receipts TO the
city and county from the runaway docket, have
fallen off from $40 II in 1887, to $l49.35, the
sum received in 1915.
The folly Of Imprisonment for debt is Illus
trated by the fact that out Of 342 debtors com
united during the year, only 10 were dscharg.
ed by paying the debt and cost, The recon.
mendation Of the Board of Visiters of 1888
that the sum of 30 cents per day now paid fol
the maintenance Of debtors by the committing
creditor, be increased to 40 cents, is again
urged
The report of DR.. Thos. c. Atkinson, the at.
tending physician, shows the health of the jail
to have been excellent during the year.
Thomas O. Sellers, Esq, the popular War
den, is highly commended for his admirable
management of the institution. The subordi.
nate officers have also faithfully discharged
their respective duties.
Appended to this document is special re-
port of the Board of Visitors of the jail, in
obedience to resolution of the City Council
last year, directing them to take into consider
alton the present inconvcnient arrangement o
the Jail, and employ all means in their power
to remedy the same.
- This they have done, and the conclusion il
that there is no other remedy but the erection
of new building, having for its object the Sc
: parate confinement Of from 80 TO loo prison