The evening world., 1894-03-15

receiTed by saii Hoard OF Excise Tor license
granted, under said Excise Law, to persons 70
siding In tho county Of Kings. and such sums q
now or may hereafter DO appropriated by la
to uthcr purposss. and all nncs hereafter tcceiv"
by saId hoard Tor collation. Of SAD Excise IA,
%conmiiiel IN the said county NJ Kings shall l
like manner lie paid 10 the treasurer Of the sat
lnclriatrS' Home ~ Kings County III" none
herein directed to he paid to the tr"n'rror n
sad Home shall b" 80 paid by the Excise i!7ar
within thirty days after the receipt thereof ~
ntrh BOARD, which money shall hn applied 10 n
Founding and Inainien.n"e Of such Home AMI 10
Section Z Az incbrlaies confined In said Hon
shall bc allowed a reasonable compen.s,ion 10
all services they may render Will 50 omitted
The reader will observe that the Home
was created, not as a public Institution
Its ~incorporators were not sworn Officer
Of tho state, and II was In all r"sprct'
much like nm orphan asylum or a prlVht'
sanltarlum. Yet the metropolitan 70
lice district. In existence before w
present Citv government OF BROOKLYN
was compelled by this act to pay to III,
Treasurer OF the Home II per, cent ol
the excise license money ana OF Inv
fines collected.
what moneys were thus paid 10 the
Treasurer OF the Home,
one year after the Home was char;
tered the first amendment ~ the original
act was presented TO the stat" LeSisla-
ture and was passed. April 81, 1913 as
follows:
chapter tS3. Section / Tho treasurer o. tho
Hoard OF EXCISE IN anu IT lN' h''''l''''"" -,
District Of Inc state NJ New York shall pay 10 the
treasurer n the InrDriat's Home the sum on
5000. oo0 Tor the erection and furnishing OF bnlln,
inrS, after this is paid. tn" treasurer OF 'he sall
board of Excise shIl! pay N" treasurer OF IN"
home the sum nj 80. 400 annually out NJ the excise
money fer the maintenance VI the homo" MI hnrt
hereafter collected for violation Of the Excise law
In Kings County shall hc paid to the treasurer oi
IN, SAID home. justices II the Peace NJ Brookly n
and police justices and justices In towns In Kings
county are hereby required to pay to the treas
urer u the home quarter yearly all moneys re-.
--...I I4 Vkan, - IGfin az any ITnNlalnn n
section 2 Section ! OF this act is hereby re.
pealed. CThls provided for the payment OF In
mates ior services rendered.b
section 4 Justices OF the Supreme Court In tho
County OF Kings are hereby authorized to commit
to the Home all inhabitants Of Kings County who
are habitual drunkards for a period not exceeding
One year.
from those ommitted. Also. to keep the sexes
apart. .
buildings shall not be expended unless sanctioned
by the Mayor and city Judge Of lrOoklyn and the
County Judge Of the County Of Kings In conInnc-
ton with the Executive Committee, the same ON
cials are ek.onicio members OF the Board OF Trus-
tees.
Section II. The President Of the home shall. in
January OF each year. report to the Legislature the
doings OF the home for thu pro 1cding year. with a
detailed financial report OF money received and
Section Il. James s T. stranahan becomes one
OF the incorporators and trustees. in place Of
George Hall. deceased.
At the ClOSe OF ltS ITSt year : eAlst-
ence the lnebriatcs' Home, under this
amendment, was in possession of 100000
building fund. together with al annual
income of from SIS. 900 to $4,000.
As none of the 500. 900 was expended
until 1871, the interest accruing on the
same would amount at 5 per cent. per
annum to 10000, making n reserve FUND
in 1871 OF $4,000 It was at this time
tice Charles w; Church appeared upon
the scene and became numbered among
the incorporators and directors OF the
Home.
There was more legislation necessary,
more amendments to be made, In order
TO suit the ideas Of those Interested
Accordingly. IN April 10, 1871. this sec
ond amendment was passed by the State
Legislature:
Chapter 5li The new incorporGtoTs are Alex-
ander McCue. John II, Prentice, ]. $. 7. strana-
han. George q. Herman. william J osborne.
Mclaughlin. william NJ, Thomas, John II. Berger,
John Willett, Thomas A. Gardiner Charles W.
Ciapp. u. o. Lewis, Andrew Walsh, Cornelius
Furgu.son. John Delmar, IT,. and James. II.
Prentice. who are hereby created a body corporate
by the name OF the lnebriates' Home for Kings
County
Section 10. Such portion OF the money. not less
thnn SIS, 600. appropriated by section 4 Of said
act: To be applied to erect buildings and fur
nishing the same, the money to he expended hy
the Executive Committee. The balance Of the
money to De invested In securities as may be
approved hy said Committee. the Income only to
he used to maintain the Home,
Section 49, The said corporation Is hereby au-
,hori,cd to grant. sell. alien, rrmise, release
and convey such portion OF real estate now owned
Home. The estate. both real and personal, shall
bu exempt from taxation.
The $4,000 annually received for three
years from the Board of Excise, together
with fines of Justices, had been expended
In the purchase OF two pieces of land in
New Utrecht; The first tract, between
Fourth and Fifth avenues: in Fort Ham:
ilton, cost about $4,000, but was found
unavailable, and q acres, on which the
Home now stands, were purchased on
Third avenue. in Fort Hamilton. for
$1,000. The first tract was a paying In
vestment, however. and was sold only
three years ago for $4,000
Under the amendment of 1871 the d.
~rectors of the Home erected the main
building On the Third avenue land, In
Fort Hamilton. at n cost of 1900. which
left Sl55, 900 In the reserve fund.
There was evidently more need for leg
i~slation, for IN May IA. 1872, IA third
amendment was passed at Albany, as
follows:
chapter ss7. The Commissioners ~ Excise in
and for the city OF Brooklyn shall pay to tho
TrcaFurrr Of the IEebriates' Home for Kings
county. or his order; y per CSn,nm OF a,
Tho Boards OF Excise for the towns IN the Coun'
Is Of klne, shall pay !? per ren'gm OF ,h'
cation, and for all violation Of excise laws In
BROOKLYN and in the County Of Kings shall be
nall to the treasurer ~ the InchrlAtes Home
for Kings County. justices Of the peace and police
Justices Of IrOoklvn, justices OF the peace In the
towns OF Kings County, keeper NJ Jail and penl'
tertiary, and police and cunstables Of said city
and towns shall pay all moneys received fol
lines for intoNicatlon. and for all violation OF II,
acis regulating the sale OF intoxicating liquors In
ity and county. to the Treasurer OF the In
.briatcs' Home.
Section :. The superintendent Of the Home e
be the legal guardian Of every inmate.
There Is no record. official or otherwise,
In existence In Kings County to show
how much money was paid over to the
home by justices, constabies ana other
town officials.
There was a fourth amendment to tho
act. passed by the Legislature June Is,
1879, which contains this paragraph;
strike out the word Trustees making 1t read
Executive Committee"
ON June q. 1875, the Legislature passed
a hfth amendment to the law:
Chapter 627. Section l. The new incorporation,
are j. : I. Stranahan. Thomas 7, luuklcN, JuhI
A, Brady. J w. Richardson, Andrew Walsh. VIII
IAN VI, Thomas, William i, Osborne, Charles "
church. John II. Prentice, Hugh Mclaughlin
George q. Herman. Theodore l.. Mason, \. NJ
bliss, Cornelius Fureucson, II. I. storms. II. \
la Frtra, \. Gnnner, Potter Milne. jr,. Alfrr'
nr.torl, Jane" II, Prentice, Juhn Niilvtt an
Edward : Malone.
Section . All Of the incorp0rat0rs to take III
ullh ot Office prescribed 10y the Constitution.
section g. That Section | nj Chapter GNI shall b
changed 90 that the rNgIsc Commissioners q
lrouklSn shall pay the Treasurer of the ]lnehTiate'
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