The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1878-02-27
AT z o'clock, adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
On TUESDAY, February 26, 1875
House met pursuant to adjournment.
Speaker PERCY in the Chair. Prayer by
Rev. w. I'll. Watkins, d. d. Roll call:
PREsENT-M Aldrich, Allen, Apple
white, Augustus, Bailey, Baker, Ballard,
Bassett Bean, Bizztll, Brown, Bunch, Cam
ron, Carter, Catching. Causey. Chamber
lain. Clay. Cook, Cooper, Cunningham
of Marshall, Cunningham of Monroe, Dab
ney, Davidson, Day, Dean, Eaton Edwards.
Erwin, Farmer, Farley, FIELD, Ford, Gala
CHER, Gibson, Gilmer, GLASS; Goodrun
Gordon, Gwin, Hall, Hampto Hatch.
Heathman, Henry, Hicks of Kinds, Hill,
Hogin, Hoyle, Hurt, Johnson, Lewis, Lid
dell, Love, Lusk, Marshall OF Carroll, Mar
shall Of Holmes, Marshall of Warren.
Mckenzie McSwine, McWhorter, Nets.
Miller of Copiah, Montgomery of Marshall.
Moody. Moore, Nelson, Niles. Mum,
Parker, Pegram, Perkins, Pintard, Rainey,
Ramsey, Reed OF Choctaw, Reid of Coahoma,
Rtdhead, Richardson, Roane, Roberts, Rob
inson, Scott, Seabrook, Seal Stands, Smith.
Spghr, Spinks. Stamper, Showers, Street,
Tarver, Tison, Trest, Tucker, Wall, Warren.
Washington, Whitaker, Wilson, Wood,
Young of Calhoun and Young of Pamela
los.
ABsENT-Messrs. Bird, Denham, Dock
cry, Dozier, Gholson, Hicks of Yazoo, KY,
Libby, Magee of Franklin. Mclean, Miller
! of Pamela and Montgomery of Oktibbe-
ha-12.
Leave of absence was gran ed Messrs.
Montgomery of Oktibbeha and K v.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON BENEVOLENT IN
sTITUTIONs.
| Mr.. SPEAKER-Your Committee on Be-
nevoient Institutions has visited the Missis-
| sippi State Lunatic Asylum. and ask leave
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charity in good condition., well kept. and
| neatnesS and order prevailing throughout
| its departments. The committee feel i'm
| PEELED to say that the skill and ability dis
| played by the Superintendent and officers i'm
charge of this Institution is highly crafty
| ing, in the general management of the same
| as well AS the success attending the special
| treat ent of this unfortunate class of our
| people,
| The new wing Of the fema ale department
has been completed and furnished, having
capacity of eighty patients, and makes the
total capacity of the building, for patients,
| four hundred and ten. At the assembling
of the present Legislature there were 39l
patients within the building. and at this
writing there are 40. Twenty-Five patients
have been admitted since the Legislature
| convened aud six have been discharged I
will be seen from this statsme that pa
| tients can be admitted only as places are
made vacant by death or recovery of those
now there. This suggests to us the necessi-
! ty of making some provision for the appli-
cants now on file at the Asylum, mum bering
abodt forty and from those who may be-
come insane during the next two years
| The statistics show that about forty persons
in the population of our State annually be-
come insane, and only small per cent. are
cured, and small annual mortality among
those who are incurable it, therefore, be-
comes apparent that additional room must
1 no RU nd p ho lou
| few years ago. which required the friends
I of harmless and incurable patients, to re-
| move them to their homes, when able, and
when not able. requiring the Board of Su
| pervisors OF their counties to compel the
SheriffS to convey them to their counties as
charge upon the counties, about fifteen or
| twenty patients can be so removed and their
| places vacated for acute and durable
persons.
| Your commtte predicating their estimate
for the support OF this institution upon the
cost Of the same for 1877. recommend that
$4,000 for 1878, and 100000 for 1879 making
one hundred and twenty thousandedoilars,
| be appropriated for a support fund for the
years 1S7S-'79 inclusive
DEAF AND DUMB.
| Your committee also visited the Institute
for the Deaf and Dumb aud take pleasure
in reporting It's condition. The committee
found the Institution neat and cleanly ard
the pupils making satisfactory progress in
the various branches taught in the Institu-
ton. There appears to be laudable zeal
or the part of the principal and teachers to
make the Institution subserve the beneyo-
lent pu rpose for which it was created, and
so far as the committee were able to Judge.
the Institution has succeeded to the salts
faction OF all its friends. There appears to-
be high degree of respect for the princi-
pals and teachers, on the part oil the pupils.
and q corresponding degree of considers.
ton and affection on the part OF the princi
pals and teachers for the pupils. Your com
mittee, without particularly recommending
an extension Of the building, would say, that
additional wing on the South side of the
main building, would add to the appear
ance of the structure, and afford nine afldi-