Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-01-04
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litdfmsnt waTraat aome compensation 70 par.
| icular counties uhould u be fonnd that any -
| deprived by Il Of revenue 70 which thoy have
Just claim. The sub lect is certainly Of suflcient
limpormnco and interest 70 merlt your careful
consideration, and as such recommend It TO
The condition Of tbe Benevolent and Reform
atory Institutions Is upon the whole, highly sat-
isfactOry. t. a,ealls l., ......5 ..Ii... q ..
The number remaining In the Asylum for the
Deaf and Dumb az the close Of the last year, v as
| l5s; at the close Of the preceding year l5O A
greater number of inmates than the present can
not 30 accommodated though, flr want ei room many
equally needed and equally deserving with THOSE now
eat S1s124 and those OF thepfeeedng year ST.,
43 large part OF the increase Wsr for necessary ~
An appropriation Of s2t6vO Is asked for 1885, aad
ufgenf request for new building s prefsired.. Nor
should hesitate to recommend and enlarged srue.
II the from the lsyies Of last year would
warrant me IN 80 doing should YOU see ht % take
and bres,ds az he oost ,S m. nsees
sary levy, do doubt that your action would be ap
proved By oor common constituents.
Blind increased from los IN 1885, to I2J 1889 The
which had prevously enjoyed the bene.
hts OF the Insttution 10, in 1s4s The constant
increase in the number Of pupils aud their Improve
Inent, is the highest eulogy upon its IaanNgemsnt-
appropriation askod tor lseO, 10 view u AproPosed
1 enlHrsement, Is S20,5O0.
In the Asylum TOR idiots, thirty children have
, been received, supported and instructed during
the past year, at an aggregate expense Of slO,-
COO, exclusive Of sums received on account of
paying inmates. The expenditure is certainly
large, but il IN cludes some payment of debts
incurred during the preceding year, and some
fer rent and insurance, for which no disburse.
ments are made by the other Institutions. 1t
should be remembered, also, that The expenses
| Of any Asylum receiving few inmates, must
necessarily be larger in proportion than those
ofone receiving many. The number in the Asy>
lum for Idiots would be doubled if its capacity
admitted Of it. and the outlay would not be
materially increased. True economy requires,
in my judgment, the Purchase Of the site and
buildings now rented, and the enlargement of
the latter. IL. 0.s...
Tee structure authorized IN Hamilton county,
for the Idiotc and insane, has been recently
completed. 1t is said to be very commodious,
and sufficiently large TO accommodate with IA
cilitY five hundred, and, upon necessity, six
hundred inmates. a Board Of Trustees las
been organize for its government, consisting
of one member appointed by me, and two ap-
pointed by the Commissioners Of Hamilton
county. That county therefore, now constitutes
the Southwestern Lunat ic Asylum Distrct,and
the Institution just organized is to receive all
the idi0tic and insane within its limits, to be
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from the State Treasury, equal in amount TO the
taxes collected in the Co, for the maintenance
ofState Lunatic Asylums. / am informed that
| 10 such county tax as is described in The act
is authorized or levied in Hamilton county =
! Some legislation, therefore. will doubtless be
necessary to provide for ITS support.
| Thus four Luoatic Asylums are now open in the
STATE, capable OF receiving few more than twelve
hundred Inmates Large as thi. provision is, it is
yet sadly certain that IL Is not large enough Not
tess than thousand insane, needing the benefits of
such institutions must still remain wholly neglect
ed or iDadequaiely provided for. -a.-.- .-....
| L Cannot recommend, however, additional public
| provision. Judicous legislation regulating county
iDfrmaries, aud authorizing private asylums, would
in my judgment, afford all needed relief, aud per
haps diminish the large expenditures now borne by
the State -n a-f OK -ll. flHt a
The nupber of inmates in each Of the three Lu-
nstio AsylaIDs heretofore organized, was less at
the close OF tue last than ut the close OF the pre-.
ceding year. SHfIicent rea sons for the d1ninutOn
are assigned in tine several zopOTts The fact. how
ever. is much to be regretted. though compensated
in part by increased success in treatment ltmay
be safely said, think, that these Asylums were
never 10 better conditions than now.
| The total expenses of the three Asylums during
the past year, were 500 427 and the appropriations
asked for 1860 are Sill, ,670. The general aggre
gate OF disbursements must be increased during
The present year, by the necessary provision fol
the Southwestern Asylum. The strictest economy
will be necessary to bring the annual cost of tbG
four Asylums within limits satisfactory to thG
Ipeople. ' ~ 'Hf,
The number of boys remaining on the State
Reform Farm at the close Of 1859. was l02 -
Al the close of 1853, il was SO. The expendi-
lures during the last year were S2l,5l7; o
which largo proportioE was for buildings ant
other permanent improvements which hav'
added largely to the value of the farm as prop
erty This institution has thus far fulfilled tn
wise and humane design OF the Legislature
It's direct agency in reformation has been quit
as efficient as was anticipated, while it woulC
be difficult to measure its utility in the preyen
tion Of crime. a.,i.-fr5s tsjt E-,..tr
Under the influence of its example Industria
Schools have been organized in Cleveland ant
Cincinnati for that class of vagrSnts and destitute
ehildren,-soeiai orphans, s,--Who cannOt be brongh ii
into the Common Schools, and from whose mum.
bers the ranks of crime are continually recruited
Tne Institution at Cleveland offering not onl
some measure of instruction, bat employment an
food as Inducements to attendance has been, thu
t far, extremely useful, and gives promises Of ye
! greater utility, Vagrancy, pifering, and NOR
serious crime, have sensibly diminished under il
I influence. That at Cincinnati, more recently be
gun, is yet TO make proof Of its efficiency for good
/ Upon examining the Reports Of the various In
stitutons you will doubtless observe considerabl
' differences in amouot and value Of Information
D and in modes Of treatment have heretofore sug
} gested, and now renew the suggestion, that th
a several Superintendents or Presidents Of Board
: of Trustees be required to meet at least once
0 year fov confultaton upon plane Of management
Z and on modes Of making up Reports. do M
doubt that such consultations will promote econC
: my ia administration, and secure n ueh elears
{ and better statements Of its theory, history an
/ results. tHA
y The administration of the Penitentiar,
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