, 1874-01-19

following brief report Of tho acton Of this Board
daring tho past year.
Tho dutios Of the Doard, ulpdor tho Inv, arc:
flrst tie visitation and inspection or tho State
Institutions; and. second. tho visitation and ill.,
spoctlou Of County Jais aud Almshouscs.
1.-THE STATE INSTITUTIONS.
AL Of the public iuettntions Of this State havo
boon visited officially oy us, individually jointly
ea reauifod by law twice during tho yoar. We
hayo found thom generally In a condition OF Of
acioncy highly crodisable to tho officers and
Trustoos, ard: honorable to tho stato. Wo aro
of tic opinion TINT iow, II my, Statos Of the
Uuiou havo creator reason for just pride In
lhoir public institutions than tho State OF 1lli-
nois.<
THE VARIOUS Du1ID1sa-EYTEnpn1sEs
90 generously provided Tor by the liberality Of
Of forwartnoss, The. industrial University
Building, ut Champaign, il Completed dcdicat-
cd, and occupied. At Anna, tho north wing Of
tho Southern Insane Hospital has also bcen
completed, and oponod for tho reception OF
paticnts Tho Bame may be said Of the dining
room aud hospital-buiding of the Institution
for tho Education Of tho Deaf aud Dumb. at
Jacksonville. The achool-bnilding for the deaf
and dumb has not made much progress abovo
the foundation. The Eye aud Ear 1Mfrmary,
ut Chicago, las laid tho foundation Of itB now
building auti no more. The contro building of
tho Institution for tho Education Of the Blind
at Jacksonville. is undor roof. Tho Northorn
Insane Hospital at Eign Inns contracted for
tho completion of tho entiro building, aud tho
whole will probably bo ready for occupancy by
tho middle Of next summon. at Carbondalo, tho
p]asterorB arc now nt work in the now ediflco
do.i,1rod ~ +1,o re, ~ ,ba gn,t1,orn Normal
q'ssa1.n ~ To Insona Hosn;to1 NJ 1,cson.
onlsofslty' me lusane nosl''"'' A' "acAson-
villo. has erected this year carpen-
tor-Blop aud an ice.house. and las
,,,ri,o1iv ro,n,1otcd n nov fltnr. bosifes
bi}nisi,inr and furnishing tho chapel.
4 smnil frame hn|linr. usod is dor1nftory and
wash.room for mn]a nups, has bcon erected by
tia gc1nn FIR IIcohle Minded Children Mt jack
souylle. At Normal. tic Normal University has
nut in uow boilers, al.d mado tho long-conrom-
njntnd imrroyements in tho apparatus for Aoat-
tnr mi yantintiun.
'' r11E AGGREGATE COST .......
],,,inr 0 The nast ato yeay CO Considerably exceeds
minnr innrnvcments hayo bocu muJn. which We
'orbcar mentioning iu detail
Tho Trustees OF tho
-. NORTHERN INSANE HOSPITAL
Turing the yoar 1878, in advance Of tue appro.
,riatiou for that pl1rpoao becoming due ana
lad. on the.lst Of last December, orders Oh tho
Treasurer Of that institution outstanding, BOAR
inr & ner cent interest from date, and
PAYABLE. April i, 1874, to the amount of
5Bi.o40.27, Tho total interest on these or
ders viii slightly exceed $4,000. We think
that thiY TRANSACTION. though there may be no
Inv far IT, will diminish the cost of erecting tho
lIosniial. besides securiug its completion from
six to niue montls earlier than would otherwise
be- possible. The Trus:ces confidently expect to
have it ready for The reception OF patients on or
heforo the 1sI Of next Sep5:omber; and wo regard
Lila nnrly 1tso OF that Hospitul by tho insane Of
the State as of more value to the public than tic
an,ount of tho interest,
The centre building of tho
would have been substantially completed by this
time hut for clerical for typoyraplical) error
in tha nnnropriation sci. Which was understood
by ali paItios to make m appropriation Of $09,-
some Llunder. tho act was finally printed and
PASSED viii tic wear 1873 substituted for. 1879;
wrh;c;, haa necnss,tntol M uuforoaoen and uuin.
tnufIo dolny in TIM eroetion pf the centre build.
ing.
Wo think that tho language of !lle 4th section
of thu nct nroarinr thia i}oari. obecs uB to call
IA atta,,tnn ~ VAR Excoilencv to tho met tint
tia rnni rnct n,a3o I.v Tn frr,isteen nf tto
FIR tia eroetion Of q nehnol. building, chanel,
tl,nin~.roofn, u1,.l ilospitnl exceeds tic apuro-
rriot;o. n3a,dn fnr ii;nt nnrn,ae by slB793
r rwl,i.l, wo , rasaId M unai,thorizcd,
11,a rri,ntnnA it, their renort. say that they
honn tn mret iii nhljrntions Incurred on tleeo
L,sl1in,a NJ % ,y;t,nnt fnrft;or md from thn Stnta.
bnt ;,'ssrmci, ~ VA knnw If mn funds nnw IN
nnvsaas;n1 ~ lin Institution nr iiItoIv to coma
tnto its nosscssion. gutIciont iu amount for this
nrnnsc md aa lin diversion, of tl,o cnrront ex.
Observation-Disclosures IN othar nnrnoses ia for.
hIden. ErlI, by lie Constitution a,l by the 1aws.
wa nTcanmo that thiH stntonont means nnthin.,
,olo W. ta, sa .h"' ny havn mroyidnd IN t;,o
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