New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-26

CHARITIES EXPLAINS THE DELAY.
CONSERVATIVES Of twerty-seven charitable In
.,.u.,or. or the CITY affected by the suspension Of
Ut allowances from the municipal treasury under
,be now constitution visited Controller Fitch yes
,ordov 10 ask If some way out OF the dlfhcuity
oor,d NOT be found. Many OF the institutions are
Io,,s,,, Inconvenience by the non-payment Of the
r,onov or which they depended for good part OF
.no,r revenue. The Controller expressed himself as
'.,ae1,,o,v anxious to comply with the desires OF
49, i,s,,tutons' officials, but he could only refer
~, ~ the State Board OF Charities for compli-
900 with the law. declared by Corporation Coun-
60, soott on February O. Mr.. Scott. in his opinion.
said that before making payment to these nsti-
tr,ions the Controller must be furnished with a
s,,,ement from the State Board OF Charities certi-
fvlnc that inmates received In the institution prior
70 January !, 1885, have been retained, and those
received since January l have been received and
retained therein pursuant to the rules Of the State
Board
The Controller wrote letter 10 William Rhine
lander Stewart, president of the State Board OF
Charities yesterday. desiring an early conference
with him in the hope that the obstacles in the way
Of paying the institutions might be removed Mr..
Stewart had not yet received the Controllers letter
yesterday afternoon. but said that he was anxious
TO meet Mr.. Fitch in relation to the trouble ana
should assent to an interview as soon as II oou.'
be arranged. Later he sent the following letter 10
The Tribune in reference to the mater
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; A number of articles in the press nay So rs
under my observation during the last isM 49, s,,n
mort Of innates in Charitable Institutions under PR
waite management which are hlsIe 5nr 70 leave the
II not corrected would have tendency 10 vi"
The Revised Constitution Article VII L.,
rg yases to charitable eleemosynary correc
ona and reformatory Sn wnDy and main
finance may be authorized but shall not be =, re-
Srea ade for any inmate OF such institutions who is
no, received and retained therein p1rsuant 10 rus
such ~ additional power was not requested
nv ,be State Board CT Charities it fully recognizes
cnnAdence reposed in it by the Constitutional Con-
vention After public hearings in this city and the
ST. Roaf1 adopted provisional rules and regula-
lions at its me eting in Albany on January 81 last
and the I I0Tm O 6pe Of these rules and regulations
were Immediately thereafter mailed 70 an me inSs
by the board and may be Obtained ny appe,ssioH
the secretary Of the state BSaf Of Inc Elaborate
snerial Character Of the work has been imposspe
10 obtain the reports and bs from 'ny S,a,e
,bev viii be distributed TO the institutions as rap
idly possible The delay Is nus lis
CONSTITUTIONAL obligations to this time s .
r. the Legislature shall direct the state Board TO
make regular Inspections of all the institutions al
fected lof which there are now about ~ WIN som
% oSo inmstes) to ascertain that each inmate Oh
pursuant 10 its rules and regulations and thus to
audit all bills presented by sucn INSTITUTIONS an
immense amount OF work will he involved Tor Wn3 n
the State Board has neither the iorce nor on
properly belong the different dsenTslng oSer
~ The counties. cities, towns and villages Whcn
nav the money? II the Legislature: however should
}mnose this duty on the State Board inspectors
wound be appointed by II as soon as possible 10
MAKE the necessary inspections and reports bu ior
ali of this considerable time must be taken, Mean,
niIe the rules and regulations of the board should
he considered merely provisional ana us cer,r,,
Gates to reports which the institutions may pre-
sent necessarily pro forma ,, 49,, 49,,
ANY hardship 10 any institution through the tenn
rorary Withholding of its funds will be resretted p
the State Board. The emergency was created py
the failure OF the trainers OF the constitution 10
allow reasonable time for the state board 20 as,
certain the conditions. to control which ruies anu
regulations might be necessary. . - . -,
As 10 any dispute conflict with the State Char'-
Ties Ala Association | know OF none, but on the
contrary information furnished directly by this as
scs ton TO the State Board of Charities has greatly
facilitated the framing of provisional rules ana reg
u'a''' WILLIAM r. STEWART
President Of the State Board OF Charities
- 81 wflliam-st., New-york, Feb. 20 1870