The evening times., 1900-09-29
AFFAIRS OFI'HG DISTRIC!
Annual Report of the Board OF
ChiIdren's S Guardians.
An Appropriation of Fifty Thousand
Dollars Asked for to Meet Require
nhents for the Coming fear-E1-
penses of the Institution Pres
emt Number of Wards About 634.

The annual report of the Board of Chill
dren's Guardians for the year ended June
80. 1900, has been submitted TO the Com
missioners by the president, Mrs. Lucy
S. Doolittle
1t shows that the board began the year
with $50 wards. not including feeble
minded children under its care It closed
the year having 634 such wards
The number of children on expense for
maintenance. June 80. 1900. was 255. dis
tributed as follows:
Infants and other children of tender
years in boarding homes. i09: boys at
Hart Farm School, 47i ineorrigible girls
in House of Good Shepherd for Colored
Girls, Baltimore. 5; children in Children's
Temporary Heme, 26; children in Indus
trial Home School, 90; boys at National
Junior Republic. 1; total not feeble-mind-
ed, PA.
AT Pennsylvania Training School for
Feeble Minded Children, "a; at Virginian
Home and Training School for Feeble
Minded Children, II; total feeble-minded,
Il. Total on expense for maintenance,
255.
The number of children placed in free
homes during the year was 156, and the
net gain 60 the free list. after deduct
ing returns and transfers Vas S2.
The number of wards an free homes
both inside and oatside@fhe District of
Columbia. June 80 1893. was 81. The
number June so. 1860. was 3S2- The
number in free and boarding homes out
side of the District. June go 1860, was
201 a net increase of 20 over the pre-
ceding year OF these 195 were in free
homes and in boarding homes. The
average number CT wards in free homes
and boarding homes outside of institu
tiCns, and therefore under the particular
supervision of the visiting agent during
the year was 43619.
The report asks for an appropriation
for another visiting agent. and says:
The number of children in free and
boarding homes outside Of the District
of Columbia has increased twenty one
during the year 1909 and Will increase
again before the appropriation for the
year 1902. now TO he made. becomes
available. Assuming that without an
adequate force for placing and vista
tion, the work of placing children in free
homes must cease, il has been shown by
the calculations made in previous re-
Derts that for every twenty children
pie ced in free homes who could not Ctn-
erwise be SO placed. the saving in ma u
tecance account would be sufficient for
the payment Of a salary of ST. 500 to an
AGENT
The report shows a small deficiency for
the past year: The primary appropria-
ton for care of children was s31 COO A
deficiency appropriation OF $4,000 was
granted subsequently. making a total of
SIC, 200, all OF which was expended, and the
sum of S35.76 remained due TO the Indus
trial Home School, for the payment of
which no appropriation was available
An appropriation OF S50000 for all pur-
poses is asked for the coming year on the
following basis:
Salaries and rent SIS, 500.
Board, care. clothing, and medical at
tendance on wards of the Board. with au-
thority to pay not more than 81 coo to the
House Of the Good Shepherd, for Colored
Girls in Baltimore. and not more than
$3.50 TO other institutions held to be under
sectarian control S31. 500.
Maintenance of feeble-minded children
under act of July 20, 1892, $40, eco.