New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-17
TWO RULES RESClNDED.
80. IMPORTANT OPINION BY THE AT
ToRNEY- GENERAL.

c,,,-c THAT TIL, STATE BOARD OF 'ifAfA-
~,vs HAS No POWER TO AUDIT PILLS OF
ct.p1rArIr OR CORRECTIONAL IN
srlrUT1oNs UNDER PRIVATE
CONTROL AND RECEIVING
PUBLIC MONEYS.
IT., CO. poard Of Charities has received an
,-ou.an. o,,nion from the Attcrney-General IN
.r.uo,..o .. tho provisional rules adopted at the
r,ao,,ng January 80 relating to the reception ana
Intention ~ inmates Of private charities whlch
raoo,,.o n,blic moneys; and in accordance with
~ A,t,rney-General's Interpretation OF the
,,.,re ~ the board rules five and six proVldihs
.r ..hlls rendered by Institutions. and "cer'lh-
~, sarrstary." have been rescinded. a letter
,,,.i,c the opinion Of the Attorney-General mas
=, cent t. officers trustees and managers Oh
obor,table correctional and reformatory lhsu'u-
,ions of the state, which are wholly or parity
,,nder private control and which receive any pub
lie money pursuant to law. The letter is IN part
as follows
These provisional rules six in numher prov'G Te
ontion OF destitute and other adults; reports 90
institutions bills rendered 10y insutu'omSi fT n re-
cate OF secretary since ms acton 1 az" Wv ,ba a.
Spouse to letter OF request a14es1yH rT ~ bv lis
socreiaTV for form Of certificate be used in
accordance with provisional Rule W Tt 1ne fss5
Attorney
Your letter seems imply that it is your i6s State
Board Of CHARITIES to certify the CORRECTNESS 50
Of the bills Of Se terms eepy to the cor
rectness you imply authority TO a" vnn In my
judgment neither the secretaI , OF fhf has any
Board Of C9arSs s nor t9f fsera That
bower rests with the dsbursing officer to whom
the bills are Snb3ed Gs s the duty of the dis
bursting officer or other local authority 10 sScei i
maintenance charge has been made by the instui-
tons have been received ana retained IN accoru-
snce with the provisions of the rules or your
board ana they are not to make payments until
knowledge on tnat su1JGc 6sr M - certify TO- those
disbursing officers whether or not inmates nave
been received ana rgsnsd n ms ascertain
those facts for himself by inspection or otherwise
At the meeting Of the state Board of Charities
held in Albany Thursday several important
Bills now before the Legislature were discussed
The following minute was adopted In reference
TO the Assembly bill introduced by Mr.. Pavey.
entitled IAN act 20 abolish the Department of
Public Charities and Correction in the city of
New-York and TO provide for the establishment
OF two separate departments in place thereof to
be known respectively. as The Department of
Public Charities Of the City of New-York and
The Department Of Correction Of the City of
New-York. and TO define the powers and duties
Of sucn departments"
The plan Of creating departments where one
now exists one devoted TO the management OF pub
lie charities and the care of the dependent classes
and the other 10 the custody and control % the
criminal classes committed for Offences is wise and
ought to be enforced by statute. . ,
The division of the present department proNldeI
in said bill admits OF that classification or the IN
mates of each essential 70 the welfare OF the IN
divdual and the employment OF appropriate
measures for their special care and custody. and
commends itself to our unqualified approval .
The bill provides method OF fixing responsibility
upon officials whose duties involve the proper dis
charge of great public trusts, in manner which
meets our approval
The board adopted minute protesting against
the Assembly bill which provides for changing
the number Of the managers Of the Craig Colony
for Epileptics from five TO twelve. The objec-
ton was on account Of the danger lying in the
provision for the appointment of four managers
at large In addition to the eight from each Jul
dicial District II Is believed that such appoint
1nents would tend to locaze the management
fngston County. The Craig Colony is a state In
stituiOn. and should. IN the opinion OF me board,
be maintained such in every respect The
minute urges that in case Il be decided 10 eX
tend the management. the four members at large
be chosen from the Fifth. sixth seventh and
Eighth Judicial districts.
The Board has approved the application Of
the Columbus Hospital OF New-York and
the Djspensary Of the Methodist Episco-
nal Hospital Of Brooklyn for organization
and Incorporation. Thereport of MI. Letchworth on
the charges made against the keeper OF the
wyoming County Poorhouse. for cruelty, showed
that tho treatment OF the inmates had been con-
siderate and kind.