The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-16
STATE BOARD OF CORRECTIONS
AND CHARITIES WOULD ABOI-
ISH THE PERQUIsITES
OF STATE INSTITUTIONS.
Recommendation of IMPOR-
TANCE ARE MADE TO THE
NEXT LEGISLATURE.
woRKHousE SENTENCES, TOO
Tho Board Wants None Less Than
Ten Days and Many of Them
Longer.

The annual meeting of the state
board of corrections and charities was
held In the office Of the board at the
state capitol yesterday morning. There
were present Hon. c.. Amundson, of st.
Peter, presiding, with Hon. E. S. Dur
ment, of st. Paul. DR.. w. w. Folwell,
of Minneapolis, Hon. c. p. Maginnis,
of Duluth, Hon. J. H. Rich, of Red
Wing, and Hon. J. B. Wakefield, Of
Blue Earth City. Governor Clough,
the president of the board was unable
to be present.
Secretary Hart presented his quar-
terly report of visits to the hospitals
for the insane, to the county poor
houses at Becker Grow Wing, Cotton
wood, Murray and ST. Louis counties;
also to the county jails of Aitken,
Becker, Clay, Grow Wing, Fillmore,
Goodhue, Hennepin. Kittson, Martin,
Olmsted, Mobiles, Polk, ST. Louis and
Wasecan counties; and to the lockups
Of Avoca, Brainerd, Hallock, Jackson,
Harmony, Slayton. Window and
Worthington.
The secretary reported a marked di-
munition in the amount of mechanical
restraint employed at the Fergus
Falls hospital. In June, 1895, 10 pa
tients spent an aggregate of 1450 hours
in the protection sheet" In June,
1896, patients spent an aggregate OF
280 hours, a decrease Of so per cent.
The officers of the hospital show a dis
position to do every thing in their
power for the benefit of their patients.
The reports show permanent incre-
ment to the poor house population as
a result of the hard times. The re
port for June 1896, shows a total of
460 inmates in the poor houses Of the
state, as against 381 June 30, 1892.
nt0n 0T17iif tnn Toll o rl7~f.a
follows respecting plans for public
buildings, the report being adopted in
each case: Plans for the Kittson
county Jail TO be disapproved as orig
inally filed but approved as subsequent
ly revised by the board of county COM
missioners. Plans for the Big Stone
county jail to be approved subject to
certain suggestions dut the county COM
missioners were advised against erect
ing the building at the present time;
plans for the Stewartville lookup to be
approved without qualification; plans
for the Utica village lookup to be dis
approved as originally submitted but
approved as revised by the village
council; plans for the Elgin lookup and
the lookup at Clara City to be disap-
proved until modified by the village
councils; plans for the Harmony vii
1age lookup to be approved subject to
certain suggestions.
At the request of the commissioners
of Otter Tail county the board author
lied them to continue to maintain a
county poor house but advised them to
take immediate steps for the erection
of new building, for the reason that
the present building lacks every re-
quirement for suitable poor house
The board took up the question of
recommendations to the next legisla-
ture. It was voted to renew. the fol-
| lowing recommendations made to the
last legislature: 1st. To prohibit work
house sentences of less than ten days
and to adopt the system of cumulative
sentences increasing with each convic-
ton. I'd. That convicts in the reform
atory be employed as far as possible
on the erection Of buildings at the re
formatory. Sd. That a separate resi-
dence outside of the institution be pro-
vided for the superintendent of each
state institution with an adequate sal
airy and all perquisites cut off. 4th
That liberal appropriation be made
for industrial training at the stats
| training school,
Hon. E. S. Durment, Hon. J. H. Rich
and Secretary Hart were appointed
| delegates to the National Prison AS
ISOLATION at Milwaukee
The following resolution was adopted
That the board is gratified to learn of
| the. reelection of Secretary Hart as
general secretary of the National Con
ference of Charities and Corrections
| and that the board sees no objection
| to the furnishing of desk room in their
office to the clerks employed by him
as such general secretary. provided
| that no expense is thereby imposed m
| on the state.