St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-06
ST. PAUL NEWS.
CORRECTIONS AND CHARITIES.
Meeting of the Board Yesterday-Bi-
ennial Report to the Legisla-
ture AdoDted, Etc.

The quarterly meeting of the state board
Of corrections and charities was held at the
Office Of the board in the state capitol yester-
day at 10 a. m, there being present Gov.
L. F. Hubbard, president; D. c. Bell, of
Minneapolis: G. II. Berry, of Winona; NJ.
NJ. G. Dana, OF st. Paul; Reuben Reynolds,
Of Crookston and H. r. Wells, Of Preston.
Secretary Il. H. Hart presented draft Of
the biennial report of the board 10 the legis-
lature, which was revised and adopted. II
contains list of the members, with their
terms Of Office, the law constituting the
board, and its bylaws and proceedings. AS
required by law, 1t presents the condition Of
all the state and county institutions, body
ing such suggestions as the board deems adj
visable. 1t treats of the state prison,
reform school, first and second insane hospi-
tails, institute for the deaf and dumb, schools
for the blind and for the idiots and imbe-
Giles, city and village lockups, county jaiis,
warehouses;, poor-houses, outdoor poor re-
lief, and pauper migration.
The secretary's report TO the board embod-
les a paper on the jail system Of Min
nesota with detailed description OF thirty
nine jails and twenty-six lockups inspected.
Also paper on pauper relief and poor
houses in the state with a systematic descrip-
ton Of twenty-five out Of twenty-five poor
houses in the state. To this Is appended the
reports of visits 10 institutions in other
states, which have been given in the GLOBE
from time to time.
AS a sample Of the reports on poorhouses
we give the following for Ramsey county FOR
the past year:
overseer, c. c. Mills; capacity without
overcrowding, IS; total number of inmates
during year 40; SO males. Il females, 2 in
sane, l epileptic, and children under four
Teen years; remaining September 30, 1884,
33, % men and women; daily average
number during year 81; total current ex-
penses 81, l64.9S produce sold S9S2.29;
leaving net running expenses So, ls2. SO; an
nual cost per inmate Sl66.46, weekly cost
per inmate S3.1s; county paid for boarding
and nursing paupers outside the poorhouse
lin hospitaD $40, 754.40.
Value of property estimated by board Of
control: Land (2l0 acres) sos, 900; build
ngs s25, 900, furniture $1,000, machinery
81 200, live stock $4,000, other property
1000; total Sl3s, 200.
Overseer's salary $500 per year and board
Of self and family; county furnishes every
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Accompanying the report are statistical
tables showing first the pauper expenses in
gross from 1878 10 1882. for each county I;
second, the same in detail from 1882 TO 0cto-
| Der 1884; third condensed tables exhibiting
the same facts for the larger counties Of the
| state, so arranged as TO facilitate compari-
son fourth, a classified statement of the cur
rent and permanent expenses of each poor
house in the state for the' part year; NTH,
a tabular statement Of the contracts of coun-
ties with poor house overseers; sixth, tab
ular statement of the poor house population
for the past year; seventh, classified state
ment of the expenses OF the state reform
school from the foundation; eighth, the
same reduced TO a per capita basis; ninth
and tenth, the same for the first insane hospi-
tai; eleventh and twelfth, for the second in
sane hospital; thirteenth, comparative per
capita statement Of the expenses Of twenty
our insane hospitals Of the country for one
year.
The board adjourned after passing a reso-
uti0n recommending the zeal and efficiency
with which our secretary, Rev. II. H. Hart
mas performed the intricate and arduou.
luties Of his Office. \ The results OF
mis- services are, in our judgment, inyalua
| Ole TO the state.n