The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-12-07
Gall for ii State Convention, for the Sup.
preston OF Tramps and Migrants.
BALTIMORE, December 1st. 1877.

| The undersigned committee of the
prisoners Aid Society,"" from the city OF
Baltimore, sympathizing with the people
OF the Counties of Maryland, in the infic.
ton upon their families and farms, of those
pests of society-"VAGRANT TRAMps"-
invite you to meet them, and other dele.
gates from the different counties of this
State, in a estate CONVENTION" to con.
sst of the Sheriffs, States Attorneys, Coun.
ty Commissioners, Physicians, Superintend-
ents of Almshouses, Trustees of Aims
| houses, Keepers of Jails, State Board OF
| Health, Local Committees and Others inter-
| ested in this matter, to be held at the CITY
of Baltimore, on Thursday and Friday
December 20 and 81, 1877, at Raine's
Hail." Corner Baltimore st. and Post
Office avenueD at ten o'clock, A. NJ, to con-
slder and agree upon the best practical
method OF Kidding our State of this in
cubus upon its agricultural communities,
and unite upon a suitable Bill (or form of
legal enactmenD to be submitted to the
Maryland Legislature, at its approaching
January session, which shall provide for
their suppression or being put to work to
earn their living, and to consider the sub
ject of our Jail and Almshouse system,
generally.
PROGRAMME
of questions to be discussed at the State
Convention to be held on the goth and 21st
days of December, 1877:
TRAMP QUESTION.
list. The origin and underlying causes
of Tramps and Migrants.
Cd. How far is society responsible for
this class
Sd. What remedies will most effectual-
ly remove the evil?
4th. Should the State adopt some Leg
islation, uniform in its action, to suppress
the Tramp nuisance, and what should be
the character of said legislation
JAIL SYSTEM.
1st. What are the proper kinds of build
ings for Jails to secure suitable classified
ton, and good sanitary regulations?
I'd. What discipline should be eXercis-
ed, looking to the repression of crime, and
the reformation of the prisoners
3D.. Is Religious culture an agency
necessary to this end? Will it interfere
with the just punishment of law9
ALMsHoUsEs.
LIST. What should be the construction
of County Almshouse, to afford ample
room for the separation of the sexes, and
of the Sane from the Insane, insuring
good sanitary regulations?
I'd. Is employment conducive to the
moral and physical improvement of pau
pers, and what kind of work should they
be put too
Sd. What should be the general duties
of the Superintendent
4th. What agencies should be employ
ed for the moral and religious advancement
of the inmates
9Th. What Reforms can be introduced
into our present system of Alms-givng2
Very Respectfully,
G.. S. GRIFFITH,
JOHN MORRIS, M. D.,
JOSEPH MERREFIELD,
IRA G. CANFIELD,
VIM. A. WISONG,
THOS. S. WILKINSON.
The following Hotels have agreed to re-
duce their rates of Board, to gentlemen
attending this Convention, to annexed
prices, viz:
st. Clair and Peppers Hotel, to $500 per
day.
Howard House, to $3.50 per day.
Mansion House and American Hotel, to
$1.25 per day.
1t is expected that each county in the
State will be fully represented at this Con-
ventior, by County Commissioners, Trus-
tees of Almshouscs, Sheriffs, and keepers
of Jails and Almshouses.