South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-05-30
Hospital for the Insane.
The Recent Meeting qf&. Old Board Of director.

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WESTON, w. Va, May 81, 1873.
The Board of Directors com posed Of the
following members present, viz -: THos.
Z. GREEN, A. NJ. WooD, JossPH MAT
THEws, WIN f. ARNOLD aud DANIEL
DoNEnoo, met this dsy, and in the absence
OF DR.. SUMMERS, President, THos. G..
GREENE was elected President pro tenn.
DANIEL DoNEuoo was elected Secretary.
Ii appearing to tho Board shat NJ. w.
HARRISON, Treasurer Of the West Virgin
n Hospital for the insane, refuses 20 dis
charge the duties Of said office 10 obedience
to the orders Of this Board, it is ordered
that be be and is hereby removed from said
ONCE, and ALLEN SIMPSON, Of lewis coun :
ty, be and is hereby appointed Treasurer
as aforesaid.
On motion JOSEPH MATTHEWS aud A.
VI. WOOD are appointed committee to OBJ
tain from DR.. T. Is. CAMDES, Sapt., the
books, records aud papers belonging to the
West Virginia Hospital for the Insane.
The same having been deposited with him
Tor safe keeping at the close Of the last meet.
ing of this Board 10 October 1872 Said
committee after an absence Of "a short time
returned and made report as follows
They called on DIR, TBos. i. CAMDEN
Supt. of the West Virgins Hospital for
the Insane for the books, records and pa
pers which were left with him for safe
keeping, at the close of the last meeting Of
this Board that the said DR.. CAMDEN
stated these books, records and papers had
been placed In the hands Of the members
OF the Board recently appointed by the
Board Of Public Works that they we're
left ut the hospital but that they were
locked up 4 be did rot have the key of the
press in which they were locked mp; chat
he knew in whose possession the key was
but declined to let Us know who the per-
son was, as he was hound To secrecy"
1t appearing that DR. Tnos. b. CAMDEN,
Superintendent Of the West Virginia Hos
pital for the Insane, refuses to recogoize
this Board as having any authority t. act as
the Board Of Directors Of the West Virgin
ia Hospital for the Insane, therefore, the
said DIR. THOMAS i. CAMDEN is hereby
removed from said position aud employ.
ment, "a also from tho position of memb Der
Of the Executive COMMITTEE, and discbarg-
ed therefrom and DR.. WM j. BLAND is
hereby employed as Superinte ndent afore-
said. and that the salary of Superintendent
be fixed at fifteen hundrcd dollars per
annum.
On motion, il is ordered that A. NJ
WooD be and is hereby appointed COM
mittee to notify Dr. THOs i CAMDEN,
Superintendent of tue West Virginia los
p.tll for the Insane, of his removal from
said position, as also from the position of
member Of the Executive Commit there
of, n of the appointment in his place of DIR.
VIM j. BLAND; and to request the said
DR.. CAMDEN To surrender possession of the
Hospital buildings aud ether property be-
longing thereto to the said WM j BLAND
a; once, aud that bis salary as ST. b Super.
iDtendent shall cease from and after this
day.
Partial repor. of Mr.. GREEN touching
the estate of lunatics, received aud &C
cepted
Ordered that the Treasurer draw on the
State Treasury out Of the appropriations
for construction purposes SIC, 900, and that
on failure or refusal to honor said draft,
legal proceedings be at once instituted to
compel payment Of the same
The Treasurer, ALLEN SIMPSON, ordered
TO make settlement with his predecessor,
NJ. w. HARRISON, aud demand aud re-
ceive from him the fuods and other prop
erty belonging to the Hospital in his pos.
session.
Board adjourned
T. G. GREEN, President.
ID. DoNEnOo, Sec'y