The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1870-12-10


DIR. Ensor shows that at the commence
mcnt OF the year the number of patients
was two hundred and thirty-two, to
which was added ninety Making total
"f three h'iadrqdsand twenty-two under
treatment daring the year Of this
number thirty have been discharged,
cured; sixteen have been removed
thirty -onc have died, and four have es,
capped, leaving in the institution, at this
date, two hundred aud forty four pa
tlcnts, u whom cue hundred and twelve
arc hMies, and. one hundred and thirty
two are females. The trcasurcr's state.
nnent shows that during the year the
receipts and disbursements were as iol-
lows: Collections, forty one Thousand
aud twpsdollars aud iGtty-two cents, ap-
prpprftionh seventeen Thousand five
hundred and five dollars Total. fifty
eight thousand five hundred and seven
dollars fttYtwo cents. Disbursements
l5y deficit in last annual report, one hun.
dred aud fiity-four dollars and eighty
one, cents; supplies, forty thousand nine
hundred and niucty-fJur dollars and
twe4ity-nlnc cents; salaries aud wages.
fourteen thousand ionr hundred and
eiehty-tWo aud sixty-nine cents; repairs
aud improvements. two thousand three
hundred aud ,thir;ysx dollars and
twenty five cents: balance deposited.
five hundred aud thiriy-nnc dollars
and forty light cents Total
iiity-cight thousand five hundred
and seven dollars aud fifty two cents.
Liabilities !or supplies, eleven thousand
eight hundred and thirty five dollars
salaries aud wages, three thousand one
hundred and .orty-thrce dollars and fifty
cents total, fourteen thousand niue
hundred and suvcu,y-cight dollars and
hfty cents. Assets due by county com.
missioners, twcntythrrs thousand five
hundred and nineteen dollars and twenty
six cents; pay of patients regarded good
three thousand niue hundred aul twenty
four dollars aad ninety-three cents
State appropriations TO January lst,
1871, six Thousand and tNenty-six
dollars and ninety seven cents; ex-
tenSlo" and repairs, ten Thousand dol
lars .otirl. torty-three thousand four
Ii ii5sifd i5sifdie5 e5i aid seventy one dollars six
teen cents. The bolrd of rae..---,
III transmitting tiss ports oi the sllIycrS
ssiIi.sssfIf :ffi Oh the trGlsurer Of the
institution, accompany them by two i'm.
portant recommendations, VIZ: FIRST.
hat the bcneticarcs should be main.
t"in"d by The State instead Of the scvc.
rai cuuniics; au,.. scc"nl, the extension
o! the pres nt now hui dins $ a, tr en-
,be us 10 abpldou the inferior quarters
Used Tor Iatien,S. With regard to the
lirs; resummGndaiion, it has my Through
cuncurlance. The effect of the present.
system Is III throw the entire expense "i'
Huppnrtins the. Asylum on portion OF
the counties, while II considerable nam
her is largely in arrenr of thcir pay
men's rs will b. seen b. the table a..
companying the trcasurer's report. By
nrpqr;ioning The amount of the tax ON
1.-The rGspecIl"e Sunties to the Number Of
beneiic'ares accommodated at tie .tsylu la
and collecting it with the scucral tax a
Wore, equitable system Will be reached.
and the Asylum saved from several en-
barrassments to which.it is now liable.
With regard 20 the proposed extension
of the Asylum, for which an appropria
ton of forty thousand dollars is asked,
think Its pr"pr'ety as well as expcdiency
are matters Of cons. .dcrablc doubt Ii
Will be recollcctcd that for mere than
twenty years the suitablcncss ofthc pres
cnt locality has been matter Of discus
sion, while the want of adcptabilify of