St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-24
CHARITIES AND CORRECTION
Recommendations to Be Sub
mitted to the Legislature.


Members of the state board of cor
recti0ns and charities held their
quarterly meeting at the state capitol
yesterday. Gov. McGill presided, and
there were also present ID. c. Bell, of
Minneapolis; II. r. Wells, of Preston;
and Rev. S. &. Smith, of st. Paul. The
board decided upon the following
recommendations TO be incorporated in
their report TO the legislature next year:
Urging the formation of a prison
school at Saltwater. The prison war
den should have discretionary power to
pay good conduct money to discharged
cOnyictS in one sum, or III Instruments
as he may deem for the best interests of
the convicts. Distinct appropriations
should be made for each Of the three
institutions at Faribault, inetead OF
lump appropriation as hitherto. Short
sentences in the city wOrkhOuSe 10 be
abolished, no prisoner to be sentenced
for less than ten days, and re-OtfenderS
to have the length of their sentences
increased with successive OffenSeS.
The establishment of district work
houses and a system of district jailS in
stead of county jails, the state auditor
to be required at the close of each
biennial period to cancel all uneX-
pended balances and appropriations.
The reason for this is that there was an
accumulation of undraWn balances and
appropriations amounting to S250,000
July 81, 1888. These cucumber the
state auditors books, and are a constant
temptation to institutions to devise
SOME REASON FOR USING THEM.
A standing annual appropriation is
advocated for each institution every
year, as is now dOne'in the ease of The
soldiers nome, the state university and
Normal schools. The appropriations to
be as follows: Fergus Fails hospital
for insane, $4,000; st. Peter hospital
for insane. Sl40,000: Rochester hospital
for insane. $4,000: school for the deaf,
S35.000; school for the blind. 1000;
school for the Predetermined, $4,000;
state public school, $4,000; reform
school, $4,000: state prison. $4,000.
Total, 1892, 900. A special apprO-
priatiOn amounting to about one
per cent of the inventOried value of
lands and buildings to be granted an
nually to each institution as fund for
extraordinary repairs and improve
mentS. That provision be made for an
Institution treasurer to the soldiers
home and St. Cloud refOrmatory. The
board of directors of the institution at
Faribault to be divided-the school for
the deaf and blind to be under one
board, and the school for the feeble
minded under another. NOmore build
ings of any character to be erected on
the present site of the state reform
school, and the girls department sep
arated from the boys. The prison de
partment to be authorized to pay good
conduct money at an average rate OF
SO for each man, the money not to be
paid on the value of the work per-
formed, but on the good conduct and
willing disposition Of the convict. That
system of grades and marks be eX-
tended to criminals serving their first
sentence in the state prise. No chill
dren to be sent to the reform school on
time sentences, and that all be subject
TO discharge by the board of managers
on condition of good conduct. That it be
made unlawful for majority OF the
board of trustees of any of the state
correctional or charitable institutions
10 be residents in the county where the
institution is located.