Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-10-16
Report or The Commissioner OF
The Insane for lSIl.2
To HIS EEoalieHcy, JHlias C0Hrerts,
GorerAor Of TermoRi:

Governor q Vermont:
Sm:-Dunng the past two years ia
which have had in charge abe interests
Of the people OF the State. as connected
with the Vermont Asylum for the Insane,
| have become convinced that. consider
ing the great interest which they should
aud must have in such an institution. the
knowledge Of the rclat ons Of the people
Of this State to this Asylum is very limi-
ted. A brief history of what the State
has done, aud is doing for the Institution,
aud the Institution for the State. mas not
be amiss.
In 1885 Mrs Anna Marsh, Of lIinsdale,
\. H., gave ten thousand dollars to estab-
lish an Asylum for the Insane, a; Brattle.
borO, W.; and the same year the State by
an act Of their Legislature gave ten thous-
and dollars, to be paid in Eve annual in.
stalments Of two thousand each. In 1886
the State granted an additional two th9us-
aud dollars. In 1887, four thousand dol
lars In 1910, two annual installmen,s
Of two thousand dollars. In 1913, three
thousand dollars. la all, twenty-threc
thousand dollars; all of the above for
Quilting purposes
Ia 1862 the entire building aud wings
OF the Institution we're burned. 1t was
Immediately rebuilt. and again occupied .
in 1864.
The expense OF rebuilding was about
frty thousand dollars. The woolc cost Of
the Institution at the present time, iucu.
ding twelve hundred acres of land, is
1924, $40. in which amount the State
has au interest of iwenty-three thousand.
This Institution is owned and governed
by corporation. the trustees of which
nre Asa Reyes, N. B. WiIiston, Fredrc
and Daniel Kellogg
BY the acts oflSl0-43, the corpora.
ion own the property and if it cea ,cs to be i
IN Insane Asylum the State have simply ,
lien upon the property for the security {
# the twenty-threc thousand heretofore !
invested. :
In 1915 the Legislature made an anuu-
] appropriation Of three thousand dollars,
0 be divided per capita" among the in
ane poor of the State, who were received
t the Institution This was continued
NTH 1916, when it was increased to five
housand dollars, which is continued for
ne same purpose at the present time.
he price charged the State for individu.
Is receiving State aid, is three dollars
er week.
In the support Of the insane Of this In
itution there are three classes. "
l. Those supported entirely 10y the =
tate. (Transient.) II
2. Those supported in part by the re
tate, State aid.) 5
J. Those whom the Institution receive, a
hich do not receive State did. c,
Or the first class there about eighty C
lght, whose support amounts to Sl3, 500. G
q. OF the seond class there are about Il
NO hundred aud fifty, who receive about G
xty'ivc cents apiece making the five
lousand appropriated for this purpose
he third class, of which there are about II
NO hundred, coming from without or II
ithn the State, which are self support. q,
g or supported by friends or charities, n
it'll which the State have nothing to do, =;
ne whom the corporation charge what ii
icy please.
BY the above it will be seen that the
tate has aid, and is annually paying u
rye sums of money to this Institution VI
ID yet she has no controlling indence in u
management. The only connecting III
nix between the Institution and the State o'
icept its legislative appropriation, is by Oh
e election of Commissioner on the VI
lrt of the State, who 81 required by law "
visit the Institution from time to time g.
I'd report what he may see and hear
1t beyond this he has no authority to
ggest or advise, as the present Commits VI
'ner was informed by the Superinten- au
mt OF last year, though all suggestions
'uld no doubt be kindly received.
In the opinion of your Commissioner,
insane of this Institution are well id
red for and kindly treated Especi ally cl'
the present Superintendent untiring in IN
efforts TO make the institution as good ia
possible with the means at his control ial
q there has been very apparen improve pu
'nt in the Asylum SIEGE his acquisition d''
the office ft
The money appropriated BY the State wi
OF very great service to this unfortunate me
'ss of persons. 1t is the belief thatIthe thu
oplc we serve will never tire of larger br,
for this charitable purpose. ed
Yet | should feel that had not fully col
npleted my duty to this position Of wi
Of the Insane, did | not me
ggest that the State have much more me