Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-16
.NORKF|)R LANNAK[5
Report of the Board Of Control sug-
gests Many Needed Changes
In Laws.
A General State Tax For Support Of
All Wards an Important
Recommendation.
Many Improvements Have Been
Made and Money is Asked
For Others.
cial to Times-Republlcan.

\ Des Moines, Nov. 16.-In it's biennial
report to the governor, filed yesterday,
the state board of control of state in
stitutions has mapped out a winters
work for the legislature The board
has found many changes in the laws re-
lating to the state institutions to be de-
sirable, some of them vitally necessary
to economy and good management.
All inmates of state institutions
should be treated as wards of the state,
supported by general state tax, in
stead of each county paying for its
own. says the report. This plan, the
board holds, would not increase ex-
pense, but would do away with contro-
versles between the counties and put
1.-THE institutions on a broader footing
AT present there is no uniformity in the
manner of support of the institutions.
All appropriations, the board says,
should be kept to the credit of the insti-
tuition after the expiration of the fiscal
year, even if not all used during that
period. and unused balances should be
made available for other purposes
The board says that the lack of uni
formity causes the sending of persons
to Institutions where they should not
go, and the board is without authority
to transfer them, which it now asks.
The recommendation of the board to
secure uniformity is as follows:
First-That all inmates of all institu-
tions be treated as wards of the state,
and general tax levied to pay all ex-
pense of support except as to new
buildings. with power given the board
Ito apportion it among the several in
stitutions as is needed
| Second-If that plan is not satisfac-
tory then provide a per capita appro-
priation for each institution sufficient
to pay all expenses, except new build
Jings.
Third-1f neither of these plans prove
satisfactory, then make one appropria-
ton large enough TO cover all repairs
and contingencies and out-baildings.
/ Appropriations are recommended to
| the aggregate of S759,572 for buildings
and Improvements and $4,000 for ptir-
chase of land. The board calls atten-
ton to the fact that appropriations for
state institutions have been very small
the past four years, and they are in
need of more than the usual amount of
improvements and buildings. The items
! for the various institutions are
! soldiers Orphans Home, Davenport
I For new chapel and furnishing COW
barn, addition to heating plant, library
and contingent and repair fund, $50, 500.
Soldiers Home, Marshalltown For
completing and furnishing old peoples
building, elevator in the hospital, new
boiler. engine and dynamo, $4,000.
College for the Blind Ninton-For
water closets and sewer and contingent
and repair fund. $500.
! Industrial Home for the Blind Knox
ville-For electric light, salaries, sub
4 sis-ence. manufacturing and contingent
] funds, $4,000.
! School for the Deaf, Council Bluffs
/ To repair electric light service, build
soap house and watts, for fire apparatus
i and fire protection, contingent and re-
| pair fund, $6,S97,l5
/ Institution for Feeble Minded Glen
wood-For erecting, equipping and fur
nishing hospital building. addition to
farm cottage and furnishing and equip
ping it; for electric generator and en-
| gine, ice manufacturing and cold stor-
| age plant. fire building and equipment
fire alarm system and contingent and
repair fund s64 534.
Industrial School for Boys, Eldora-
For new heating station, tunnel and
! connections, changing present plant TO
| cold storage department.; for new tank
| extension, fire escapes and extinguish
ers, contingent and repair fund. sS7 $50.
| Industrial School for Girls, Mitchell
! ville--For home and school for little
girls. and furnishing same: for new
steam heating plant and connections
and boilers, bake oven. water closets,
/ deep WELL manufacturing plant,
| library, cold storage and vegetable eel.
| lar and contingent and repair fund,
$780, 75O.
| Hospital at Mt. Peasant-For cleo
trio light plant and connections. state
| laboratory, vegetable cellar extension,
dry closets, telephone system for htkse
water supply, water tower, pumps and
reservoir; heating plant repairs, ex-
haust system of ventilation. basement
REPAIRS slate roofing. piggery. re-
modelling kitchen, fire escapes and ap-
paratus. water main to nfirmary build
| ing and contingent and repairs, ss2, 500
| Hospital at 1ndependence-For three
boilers. new radiators, exhaust fans
shower bath, mangle, store room build
ing and contingent and repair fund.
500, 500.
| Hospital at Clarinda-Cow barn, pig
gerry, enlarging kitchen, raising steam
pipes. converting we'll to cistern, repairs
ito cold storage, painting, Improvement
Ito grounds, library, s25,SeO.
Hospital at Cherokee-To continue
work of building, erecting out build
lings. sewer. equippng and furnishing
all buildings, and for salaries and sup
port, s36o,oo0.
Penitentiary at Fort Madison-For
ventilation. salaries, locks for cells,
sewer, tin roofs, extend smoke-stack,
steel doors, transportation of dis
charged convicts and repair and contn-
gent fund, $4,000.
Penitentiary at Anamosa-To enclose
north cell house, cold storage, com
pIeting and furnishing administration
building, warden's residence. roof re-
pairs. barn, repairs on warden's old
= residence. shop buildings. transporta-