The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-07

TIE MATTER OF THE REMOVAL OF THE
| CENTRAL LUNATIC AsYLUAI-TIiE BOARD
I OF DIRECTORS ADOPT A NEW POLICY
| THEY CLAIM THAT THE PRESENT BUILD
| INGs WILL NOT REVERT TO THE OWN
ERs OF THE SOIL AT THE EXPIRATION
| OF THE LEASE-HIsToRY OF PUBLIC
SENTIMENT IN REGARD TO FREE
| sCHooLs-PENITENTIA MATTERS, &C.
The following is an extract from the an
nuaI report OF the Board OF Directors OF the
Central Lunatic Asylum
While we have in 4 former report. sug-
gested the purchase OF "A new location, ana
secured the liberal offers OF two cities ten
dering such sites, with suficiency OF land,
presuming that the State would thereupon
erect suitable buildings for the care OF these
Iunfortunates, we are now forced to the con-
clusion, from the existing financial condl-
tion Of the State, that it is best to modify
the views then expressed. The position OF
| the present site, while not such as we
would have selected, will, under the eX-
| isting state of things, relieve the state
from the necessity for the great out
lay required in the: erection OF perma-
nent buildings elsewhere. With the care
the erection OF additional wards (not neces-
sariIy costly ones), all the colored insane
can be accommodated. The offers made by
| these cities were dependent on the asylum
being located permanently in their lmme-
diate neighborhoods. Ii at future period
! it be desirable to change the location, this
property may he advantageously disposed
Iof.
In the failure to purchase the present, or
some other site, the necessity Tor the re-
newal of the present lease OF this property
will be forced upon Us during the coming
year.
All the improvements on the lands were
erected at public cost. Those erected by
the Confederate States were transferred by
the military authorities TO the State; all
subsequent ones were paid for by the State.
Under these circumstances the prop1etorS
are not, in the opinion OF the Board, justified
in demanding, either for the purchase or
lease, price based upon the value OF the
buildings in addition to the value OF the
lands. In either event the State Can protect
herself by having the property condemned
for public use.
AS embodying the views OF the Board.
your attention is called to the following
resolution, adopted at the annual meeting
OF the Directory held this day:
ReSotred, That it is recommended to
the Legislature that an act be passed proyl-
ding for the condemnation OF the land or
the use OF the lands upon which the asylum
is situated for term oil years, and dcclar-
ing that the buildings erected upon the saId
lands by the State or by the Central Luna
tic Asylum are the property OF the State,
and not Of the owners Of the grounds"
We are fortified in the view that the
owners OF the soil are not the owners OF the
buildings now erected on the grounds by
the legal opinion OF Messrs. Dooey and
Holiday, submitted with this report, to
which special attention is called.
The number OF applicants for admission
into the asylum is maintaned; indeed, Is
steadily increasing.
1t is a source OF great satisfaction to US to
endorse the wise, judcious, and humane
management of the institution By the super
intendent and his accomplished assistant
supported as they have been by active ant
efficient officers in every department..
Very respectfully, j. e. CABELL,
President, in behalf of the Directors.
OPPOSITION TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN RICHMOND
In the annual report Of the Superintend
eht OF Public Instruction, under the head
ing History Of Public Sentiment Concern
ing Public Schools During the Year." th'
superintendent OF Schools for Richmond
says:
.:Some opposition to public instruction il
the higher branches was developed in ou
CITY during the past session. We think i
originated with those who are opposed t
the entire system Of public instruction
Our community generally fully approve 0
and sustain our school system. The school
are patronized by all classes, and as an cri
dence of their popularity our numbers in
crease every year, and now Wcare unable t
afford accommodation to all that apply 10
admission"
THE HENRICO BoURBoNs.
The Superintendent OF Schools for Hen
rico county says on the same point:
1.-The old Bourbons, few in number am
weakening in influence. are still growlin!
away in opposition TO almost everything il
general, and the free-school Sytem especial
". There is also class OF persons wh
neither oppose nor favor the system, eXcep
as it may happen to affect them personally
II iu any way they can derive incidenta
benefit from it, they are loud in its praises
but il somebody else'S cousin is appolnte
teacher, they arc ready to cry out humbus
, no account, break 7em up, &C., &c. But
sir, l think you may feel assured that
great majority OF the people, especially th
females (wllo, OF course. have great 1nfu
cnce), regard tue schools with the hIghes
degree OF favor, and are determined t
sustain them to the utmost OF their power
I think it may be at least safely stated tina
, the sentiment in favor OF the school syster
/ has in nowise fallen off or been weakene
during the last year." .-r-.
GOOD EFFECTS OF THE NEW PENAL LAWS.
The report of the Superintendent Of th
penitentiary shows: .--..
: On October 1. SIT, there were In prison and
on public works. ..-..... ~
9 Received from October l, 1877, 10 September
30, 1873, incluslve...,. ,53
5 Pardoned:
White mon.
T Colored men,.
Colored Women. .............................
G Died In prison.: -s...
ColOrcd Inen...
ColOrcd women ........................
Died on public works-On james River and
O kanawha canal:
Colored men,. ............................,
Escapcd-Not recaptured: $500.
G. White meA-From Capitol Square.
, | Colored men-From Capitol square.
: Colored men-From Milton and Sutherllu y.
coored men-Ffom old Dominion Granite
0 White men-From james River and Kama
81 wha Car al Company.
r Colured men-Frnm James River and Kama
! wha Canal Company. ny........-..............
discharged 46
{ Remaining on hand September 80, 1875 tin-
eiuslve]
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