New-York tribune., 1896-01-30
FUNDS DUE THEM TIED Of.
DIFFICULTIES OF CERTAIN CHARlIAbhT
INSTITUTIONS FOR CHlLDREN'
A CONFERENCE TO BE HELD TOMORROW "
WHICH REPRESENTATIVES, or THE SrAiH
AND CITY CHARITY DEPARTMEN4'
AND OF VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS

AND OF VARIOUS INSTlTII IIloN"
WILL. BE PRESENT.
The many institutions for the care Of the des'i-
tute and criminal classes Of children IN '"'S wy
are in a perplexed and anxious state as 10 WIG"
and how they are to receive the money
them under the statute for the maintenance anu
support OF their juvenile charges. Although '"e'
have conformed with the regulations reia'i"s ~
necessary reports and statements and have for-
warded the same in due form and at the 'ls''
time there has been no definite action on 'he
part of those in authority to make apporVon-
nleut of the funds due these institutions. IheS
are now in arrears for the months OF NoN''""ei
December aud January. This unfortunate co''''
tion Of affairs IL the result Of certain Iuies '""
regulations enacted by the state Board oi INA,
tiles under Article VIII. Section a. or the 'o"9'
tution. The one which affects the local char
liable organization In such an i"por'a"' ."'
ner reads as follows: NO destitute child or des''
tute adult person committed by any Gov"
rnagistrate shall be retained in any sucn 'hS''-
tuition as public charge without the supVo'' "''N
relief Of the poor authorities Of the county c''y
or town upor which such destitute child or aunil
person IS sought to be made public chafs'' anu
all acceptances 50 made shall lapse ana oeco"'e
void unless renewed yearly within ten days
The Controller O; the city declines to pay iol
the support Of the children under their care "'''''
the Department Of Public Charities shaH ""'e
made proper certifcation Of their acceptance
Tn, New York Juvenile Asylum employed Dahie'
Mason to address a written request TO corpora
ton Counsel Scott inclosing the rules ana fes"-
lations OF the state Board Of Charities ana "'N-
ing for his written opinion as 10 VINO Weie e"'
proper officers in the city OF New I oIh ~ a., a.
cept persons committed To- n NeW-4orK JuN'"''s
"a. l.a
form II acceptance according to the rule men
toned. In reply Mr.. Scott wrote an eNhauS
tive opinion. the substance OF which was 10 ii'r
effect That the proper officers In the 'l'y OF
N.v-Ynrk vested with power TO accept were
the Commissioners OF Charities. ana their ac-
ccptance need Doe in no special form SO long hs
IT shows that they do In fact accept these ciil-
ercn and they can bv proper rules designate the
proper official in their department to act ior
them in this respect
whis was 20 oncr relief from a rule Of the state
Board which made II necessary t. have made
personal inspection by the local board as BODY
~ all the Institutions under tho!r Jurisdiction
Had this hccE ncco 'sary II would have entailed
great amount II trouo.c and dine ana me pay
uent Of the money TO the Institutions would have
been indefinitely delayed.
4 letter was forthwith addressed to the Com
missioncrs of Charities calling FOR action ani
later further information in the way = adiresses
was furnished az the request u II II. Porter, tnen
president ~ the department..
As no definite action has been taken ana as
there is no indication u settlement ~ the gues-
tion an Invitation has been sent out hy The d.
recflr- OF the Ncw-York juvenile Asylum over
the signature of i. ". DE- We. It's president. !n-
yiiing a number ~ Institutions to send tNp dele
gates - a conference To he held at the House ~
Rercnil.n ~ the New-iOrk juvenile Asylum. No
Jos West Twenty y-scvent st. tomorrow afte--
noon ~ whcN the Pres Sent - the State Board
OF Charities William r. Rhinclanier Stewart
Controller Fitch Elhridge r. Geriy. and tho Local
commissioners OF Charity mr. % be- present.
Both the State and local boards II Charity
are willing - 30 all they can to aid the juvenile
societies I'm getting the funds due them The
difficulty seems to lie In H.. uncertainty as to
aurmentod 10y the fact that recent change
has divided tn Board ~ Charities and 'o--
rcciion into separate departments. Therefore
by calling together al ~ the persons IN author
itv the directors ~ the different Institutions
hope that solution of the problem VIII be
evolved. go that Immediate steps may he
taken TO secure the payment OF the much
needed money
The list II the institutions Interested Is as
follows. Children's Ala Society. Children's
Fold Of the city of Ncw-York American Fc-
male Guardian Society. Hebrew B"ncTol"n;
and orphan Asylum. New-York Founding
Hospital Ncw-York Institution for the Blind
New-York Catholic Protectory. Ncw-York So
clotv for the Relief of the Hupturcd and Grip
pled Nursery and ca IA Hospital Five Points
House of Industry. Roman Catholic lious" or
the Good Shepherd. Hebrew Shcliering Guard
ian Society. New-York Infant Asylum and
New-York Juvenile Asylum.