The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-11
THE AHEA RS BILL.


Included in the city's tax levy this year Is the
item 81. 52..O 5l FOR "asylums, reformatories,
and charitable institutions" This il the total OF
the city's contributions TO these through com.
mitmcnts made by Magistrates or by other legal
authority. and is exclusive OF the City's distribu-
ton % pubic moneys derived from excise taxes
and from concert hall. theatre. and music hall
licenses. The payments on account of these in
stitutions are regulated by statutory provisions.
and the computations are made on the basis OF
the number OF inmates in each.
To the Juvenile Asylum the city pays $40
per apnum for the maintenance OF each OF the
children committed 10 1t. At the Catholic Pro-
tectory the rate of payment ia the same. In the
Founding Asylum il is "a cents per day. In the
Children's Fold it is 81 a week; in the Hebrew
Orphan Asylum it is $40 a year; in the Hospital
for the Rupturcd and Crippled $50: in the
Child's Hospital $40 n month; in the Hebrew
ShclterinR Guardian Society Sl0t a year: in the
1nnrmary for Women and Children S25 for each
case; in the Institution for Improved I~nstruc-
Institute for he Same instruction IA like sum: in
the Sloane Maternity Hospital s. q week; in
body b6s N Home for H iSee HFea r. $50 Scr a '1 1ssi. in and III in p ,he
House OF Mercy $40. In addition to these APP
preparations, based upon the number OF inmates,
are specific appropriations ST. Johns Guild.
$4,000; Society for Prevention q Cruelty to
Children, $50, 600: Post-G raduate Hospital. $685.
900; Female Guardian Society. S25. 900; New
York Polytechnic, s., 800; Flower Hospital. s.. 800;
Childrenrs Aid Society. 500 900; Shepherds
Fold, S.. 900. and Hebrew Sanitarium. $.
The Ahetrn bill! proposes to amend the com
m!tmeni regulations OF the city by providing for
the care by the mother at the city expense OF
children committed 10 charitable and public in
stitutinns. Section l provides that when any
child shall hereafter be committed TO the care OF
ton OF Cruelty to Children shall. upon the appli-
cation Of the parent or guardian OF the child,
Guiry. direct that the custody OF such child shall
be given to its parents or guardian, in which
t tkronch 5hS thar bbSfpt society, Is , oui sS@h PARENT re pay Sr
guardian the money allowed by law for
the chtid's maintenance. care. and vel
Section . allows that society to revoke the
custody and return the child 10 the institution
chiid vii be benetltSd. The Society for OF the
Prevention OF Cruelty to Children. together with
rules and regulations for the purpose OF carrying
out the provisions Of the act. That is. Magis-
%tratcs mgy. permit children of needy mothers to
be committed to the maternal care, and the city
is 10 pay the mother, instead OF a charitable
institution, through the agency Of that society.
the number OF needy persons applying for public
aid is unusually. large, For a considerable time
which such applications for commitments in all
the east-siae district north OF Chatham square
hill is bnscd on the theory that there would he
to the care OF their mothers than in send.
ins them to he trained in charitable institu.
tons. since n mother care cannot he replaced
by such institutions. however well managed. 1t
is ass" rted that an unculy large. part OF the
criminal. the mcndiCant, the disorderly. and the
la wbreakers of high or low degree. are either
graduates from public institutions or have been
inmates o. them.
Besides the appropriation Of over 81. 500. 900
for a%syluins. rctormatories. md charitable insti-
buttons, raised by taxation on real and personal
property. the city applies to charitable uses
about two-thirds Of the receipts from concert
and theatrical license funds. which amoun; 50
about $4,000 in a year. The remainder is paid
TO the Actors, Fund. The city also subdivides
taxes among the various charitable institutions.
the basis OF division being 81 n week for each in.
mate therein. The AhnLrn bill, however, ap-
plies only TO the case Of commitment OF children.
At the present time SIS n month Is pniG 10 needy
and homeless mothers nursing their own chill
dron, and included In the pay ments TO the
Founding Asylum.