Evening star., 1898-03-01
DIS TR1CT CHARITIES
Result Of the Special Investigating Com
mittee's Examination.
An Amendment to the Appropriation
Bill Providing for a Beard
OF Charities.

A plan for the control Of the charities OF
the District Of Columbia which receive ait:
from the government is outlined in an
amendms mt to the District Of Columbia ap-
preparation bill favorably reported in the
Senate today by Mr.. Mcmillan from the
joint select committee on charities and re-
fcrmatory institutions in the District of
Columbia. This amendment Is the result of
an exhaustive investigation into the char
tiles of the District by the joint select COM
mittee authorized by Congress to look into
the matter. The amendment reported by
this joint select committee will go to the
Senate committee on appropriations. where
it will doubtless be made a part of the Dis
trict appropriation bill.
Board of Charities.
The amendment follows:
There shall be established in the Dis
trict of Columbia a board of charities. to
consist Of five members. residents of the
said District, who shall be appointed By the
President Of the United States, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate
each for a term of three years. but in snc;l
manner that the terms of not more than
two of them shall expire in any one or the
same year. The members of the said board
snail serve without compensation. During
his term of office no member shall serve
as trustee or other administrative officer of
any institution subject to the visitation of
the said board.
THE board shall elect a president and
vice president from among it's own mem
bers and may appoint such other officers,
inspectors and clerks as 1t may deem prop-
er, and fix tire number, duties and COM
Pensation of such other officers, inspect
ors and clerks, subject to appropriations Of
Congress. The superintendent of charities
shall act as the secretary Of said board
and hereafter he shall discharge such
duties as may be imposed on him by the
beard OF charities, and shall receive such
salary as may be fixed by the said boarl
subject to appropriations of Congress The
said board Of charities shall visit, INSPECT
ana maintain a general supervision over
all institutions. societies or associations of
charitable, eieemcsyna-y, correctional or
reformatory character, which are support
ed IN whole or in part by approprial ions
OF Congress, made for the care or treat
ment CT residents of the Distric. of CO.
iumpla: ana no payment shall be made to
such charitable, eleemosyuary, correctional
OF reformatory Institution, for any resi-
dent of the District of Columbia who is not
received and maintained therein pursuant
TO the rules established by such Eoard of
CHARITIES, except in the case of persons
committed by the courts The said board
or charities shall be provided with suita BILE
re oms in the building occupied by other de
IartmentS of the government of the Dis
trict of Columbia Regular meetings of
the said board shall be held a. least onca
each month and more Often il REQUIRED
ihe said board shall make such rules ard
orders for the regulation CT its proceedings
as may be deemed necessary
All the Institutions to Report.
The officers in charge of all institutions
subject to the supervision of the board of
charities shall furnish said board on re-
quest such information and statistics as
may be desired. and to secure accuracy
uniformity. and completeness of such
statistics the board may prescribe such
Lorms or report and registration as may be
deemed to be essential, and all plans for
new institutions shall, before the adoption
OF the same, be submitted to said board
Ior suggestion and criticism. The Com
missioners OF the District of Columbia may
at any time order an investigation by thu
board or committee of its members. of
the management of any penal, charitable
or reformatory institution in the Distri #
or Columbia. and said board, or any au-
u orlzed committee of It's members when
making such investigation, shall have
power to send for persons and papers and
to administer oaths and affirmations and
the report or such investigation, with the
testimony. shall be made to the Commits
sioners. All accounts and expenditures of
said board shall be certified as NAV be re-
quired by the Commissioners, and paid as
other accounts against the District of Co
lumbia The said board shall make an an
mfssioners of the District of Columbia.
giving full and complete account of ali
matters placed under the supervision of
the board, all expenses in detail, and all
chcers and agents employed. with a report
OF the secretary showing the actual con-
dition of all institutions and agencies under
the supervision of the board the character
and economy of administration thereof. and
the amount and sources of their public and
private income. The said report shall also
include recommendations for the econom-
1cal and efficient administration of the
charities and reformatories of the District
OF Columbia. The said board shall prepare
and include with its annual report such es-
Inmates of future appropriations as will in
the Judgment of majority of it's members
best promote the effective, harmonious
and economical management Of the affairs
under its supervision. and such estimates
submitted shall be included In the regular
annual book of estimates. No member or
en- ploye Of said board shall be either d.
rectly or indirectly interested in any con-
tract for building. repairing, or furnishing
any institution which by this act the board
Is authorized to investigate and supervise.
All acts or parts of acts in conflict with the
provisions Of this section are hereby re-
pealed.''