Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-03
nth marked economy by the John &. Hood

with marked economy by the John s. Hood
camp of Confederate veterans, private
corporation duly incorporated under the
| laws of the state of Texas, cannot, without
rapid exhaustion of its resources, provide
for the increasing number of veterans, who,
by reason of age and infirmity are unable
to obtain, by their own eXertionS the neceS-
sary means of subsistence. and whereas, it
is not deemed to be within the constitu-
tional power of the legislature to contribute
to the maintenance of said home, as a
private institution; and, whereas it is now
proposed by the said John B. Hood camp
Confederate veterans, to transfer to the
state of Texas the present Confederate
home, situated on West Sixth street, city of
Austin, Travis county, Texas, on condition
that the state shall assume the control and
maintenance of said Confederate home, and
it is most fitting that the state should make
some adequate provision for this large and
increasing class of helpless and INDECENT
citizens; now therefore
Section l. Be it enacted by the legisla-
ture of the state of Texas: That there
shall be established and maintained at the
city of Austin, q home, to be known as
THE Texas Confederate Homo" for the
maintenance of INDECENT and disabled eX
Confederate soldiers and sailors within this
state, the same to be located on the grounds
now known as the Confederate home, and
now under the control and management of
the John B. Hood camp Confederate veter-
ans provided that the said John B. Hood
camp Confederate veterans, shall within
twenty days from the time this act shall go
into effect, make and execute to the state
of Texas, in the manner hereinafter pro-
vided, deed of transfer of the said real
estate and all the personal property of
every description now in and on said
grounds, and shall also release and relin-
qush to the state all its interest in the
building known as the temporary capitol,
which they acquired by virtue of a certain
lease executed in the name of the state of
Texas in purs uance of an act passed at the
regular session of the Twenty-tirSt legisla-
ture entitled ian act to lease the temporary
capitol building in the city of Austin to the
board of directors Of the John B. Hood
camp of Confederate veterans"
Sec. 2. That deeds and other instruments
conveying property for the purposes herein
mentioned shall be in the name OF the state
of Texas, for the use of the Confederate
home.
Sec 3. The governor shall appoint
board of five eX-Confederate soldiers for
the management of said home, said man.
ayers to remain in Office two years, or un-
til their successors are appointed: and they
shall be governed in their regulation of the
affairs of said home by the laws now in ex-
istence relative to the deaf, dumb and blind
institutions of this state so far as the same
may be applicable, and shall make and pre-
scribe such rules and regulations as may be
necessary for the internal government, dis
cipline aud management of the home: and
that said board of managers shall also have
charge of all the property received from the
John 3. Hood Camp Confederate veterans,
or from any other source for the mainte-
nance of said home; said board of managers
shall make annual reports to the governor
on the first day of each December. mbrac-
ing full statement of all expenditures and
transactions of the institution for the fiscal
year next preceding. They shall visit the
nome at least once each month.
Sec f. The said board of managers shall
appoint 4 superintendent, who shall be an
eX-Confederate soldier, whose duties of
Office shall be the supervision OF the affairs
of said home, keeping the accounts OF the
same and its general management, under
the direction of the board of managers. He
shall be under the control Of and subject to
removal flor cause, duly spread upon the
records Of said home) by said board. and
unless sooner removed by said board, for
cause, shall hold his Office for the term of
two years, or until his successor shall be
appointed.
In addition to his other duties he shall
keep in book prepared for that purpose
the name and age of each inmate, date of
admission to the home, the company and
regiment or other command or capacity. in
which the military service was performed,
and the state from which he entered the
service, and such other data concerning the
history of the inmates as the board OF mana
gers may prescribe. 81
Sec .. The superintendent of said home
shall receive salary of $500 per annum.
Sec. 6. All Applications for admission to