The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-06
A State Hospital-Special MessaPi
Of the Governor.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

| EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
JACKSON, Miss, Jan. %, 1884.
/ To the Senate and House of Representa-
tives
GENTLEMEN l herewith transmit for
! your consideration a proposition from the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen of the city
of Vicksburg, to transfer the Hospital and
grounds therein described to the State of
Mississippi, upon condition that the State
will assume control and make adequate
provision for its support. / am informed
by residents of Nicksburg, that this prop
erty is worth from forty to fifty thousand
dollars. Heretofore the State has contrib
ed several thousand dollars annually for
support of this Hospital. To care for the
INDECENT sick of the State is a duty and a
necessity appreciated by all. During the
past two years number of these unfortu-
mates have applied to me for transporta-
ton to New Orleans to be treated at the
| Charity Hospital situated there. had no
funds at my command for such purpose,
and besides doubted the propriety of such
action on my part, and therefore, in many
cases directed such persons to the Hospit-
al at Vicksburg, whittier they went and
were treated. These frequent applications
of the INDECENT sick directed my attention
to the subject, and l visited the Hospital at
| Vicksburg the past year and found it
crowded to its utmost capacity, with per-
| sons i'll for diseases acute in their nature
and durable under proper treatment. The
| appointments and conveniences for the cure
of the sick were meaTre and insufficient to an
extreme degree. The Hospital, as / learn
from those in charge, was dependent for its
support upon the appropriation made by
| the Legislature and some other contingent
revenues which were altogether wholly in
adequate to meet its requirements. No
class of our people have a stronger claim
upon the charity of the State than those
who labor under the double misfortune of
poverty and disease. Many of the INDECENT
sick of this State have been pensioners on
the charity of our sister State of Louisiana.
Whether true or not, it has been asserted
that during the past ten years an average
of 2GO Nississippians have been treated at
the Charity Hospital at New Orleans.
l have thus given you my information
on the subject, and the proposition here
with transmitted explains itself. / bespeak
for it your earnest consideration, and if
you can so graduate the expenditures of the
Government as to accept it with the &C
companying obligation, your action will
commend itself to those who bear the bur-
QelS ITOVoF1IleQI.
Very respectfully,
SIGNED: ROBERT Lowry,
Governor.
VIcKsBURG, Miss, Dec. 9TH, 1888.
To his Excellency, Robert Lowry:
DEAK SIR: Enclosed we send you GER
titled copy of resolution of the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Vicks- |
burg passed December 14th, 1888, and pur- |
suant thereto and in the name of said |
board we hereby offer to donate to the |
State of Mississippi the said Hospital and
grounds to be held and owned by the |
State, SO long as the State shall maintain a |
general State Hospital thereon. We hope |
that your Excellency will take such action, |
and make such recommendations as may |
be proper in the premises.
Very respect'ly, your obd't serv't,
SIGNED: w. L. TRowBRIDGE,
Chairman of Committee.
BE 1t Resolped, By the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen of the city of Vicksburg
that a committee of three members of this
body be appointed, and this committee be
instructed to draw and forward to the Gov
ernor of this State, a proposition on the
part of the city of Vicksburg to donate to
the State of Mississippi the buildings and
grounds now owned and used by the city
and known as the City Hospital and
grounds: provided, the State of Mississip-
pi shall use the same for the purpose of
and maintaining thereon
General State Hospital.
His Honor the Mayor appointed as said
committee, Aldermen Trowbridge, Andrews
and Halpin.