Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-15
ADVOCATES A Grange
Board of Control Recommends
a Change in Plan of
Appropriations.
Favors Making Inmates OF All
Institutions Wards Of
the State.
Would Provide for Their Support
by a Per Capita Ap.
preparation.


Des Moines, Nov. 15.-The board o.
control in it's biennial report, filled witt
the governor today, repeats its recon-
mendations of two years ago that The
plan of making appropriations for state
institutions under the board 9 control BIZ
changed. The first plan was to make
all inmates of the Institutions under its
/ care wards of the state and provide fol
their support, transportation. clothing
and all expenses of care of every de-
scription, including cost Of outbuildings
repairs and batterments, out of gen
eral tax to be levied for such purpose
giving the board power to apportion the
same as may be deemed ne ,ssary foi
the use of the several institutions.
Second. if the first plan is not accept
able then provide for per capita APP
preparation for all the institutions suf-
ficient to cover all expenses including
/ support, contingent and repair, cloth
ing and transportation and outbuild-
ings.
Under the first plan it would require
the. levy of PIG mill tax. Under the
4 per capita plan it would require a
monthly per capita appropriation for
each institution, as follows: Soldiers
Home, for twelve months, S14: Soldiers
| Orphans Home for twelve months Sill;
! College for the Blind, for nine months,
S24; School for the Deaf. for nine
months, S24: Institution for Feeble
Minded Children. for twelve months.
S13; Industrial School for Boys, for
twelve months, s12; Industrial School
for Girls. for twelve months, s13: hos
pital al Mt. Pleasant for twelve months,
S14; hospital at Independence for twelve
months. s14; hospital at Clarinds., for
twelve months, s14; hospital at Chero-
kee, for twelve months. sl7: penitentiar-
les. for twelve months. s12; Iowa Indus
trial Reformatory for Females, for
twelve months, SIS; Industrial Home for
the Blind, special appropriation OF
81 900.
Attention IS called to the action of the
last general assembly in passing u law
preventing the charging off of support
fund" balances az material aid in OPP
Grating the institutions. Had not SIM
.:lar provision been inserted in the APP
preparation act Of the last general as-
sembly we should have been una BILE,
owing to the increase in prices of GER
tain materials, to have completed some
of the improvements for which appro-
priationS We're made.
The following general appropriations
are asked: $500 10 pay actual expenses
of persons from outside the state who
may be procured to attend to read pa
pers at the quarterly conferences: $1,000
to pay the per diem and expenses of
persons inspecting the county and pri-
vate Institutions wherein insane persons
are kept: $3.50 to reimburse F. NJ. Powell
for money paid out to procure the yaca-
ton of highways thru the states prop
erty at Glenwood.
The following appropriations are ask
ed for institutions: In each case the
gross amount asked for building en-
braces the cost OF furnishing same. ard
for carrying heat, light, water and sew.
er to the same.
SOLDIERS HOME.
For an assembly hail. $4,000: for a
quartermaster's building. 900; for
women's hospital. $4,000: for laundry
building, $4,000. including equipment;
for a new kitchen. including equip
ment and chimney, $4,000; for
an ice house and cold storage, $4,000;
for enlarging boiler house, new boilers,
settings and connections and chimney.
1880; for new bath tubs. additional.
for gate house, and additional for new
gates and entrances and elevator for
main building. $4,000: total, SIS, 100.
ORPHANS HOME.
For boiler and engine house. smoke
stack. coal house and equipment $24,-
600; for raising cottages. and cottage
furniture, $l2, 900: for slate roofs on cot
tages and for contingent and repair
fund, s4.75o; total. s4o,75o.
COLLEGE FOR BLIND.
Repeal the law relating to ordinary
expense fund and current expense
fund" and in lieu thereof enact law
fixing per capita appropriation of s22
per month for nine months. to be based
upon the average actual attendance,
said appropriation to be made to take
effect from Sept. /, 1901: for repairs to.
the buildings, porches and cupola, for
pipe organ and motor for the same for
chapel. for contingent and repair fund,
total $500.
SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.
Repeal the statute relating to salary
and support fund and enact in lieu
thereof a law fixing a per capita allow
ance of SD per month for nine months.
based upon the average attendance, said
act to take effect from Jan. /, 1902 The
total appropriation for this institution of
sl3,10O, of which $500 is for coal house,
81, 200 for laundry machinery, $1,000 for
putting in new heating apparatus 1900
for lowering and resetting the boilers,
$1,000 for contingent and repair fund.
and the balance for closets and indus
trial school library, type and tools for
industrial work, watchman's clock, cleo
trical power, new range, fencing and adj
FEEBLE MINDED CHILDREN.
Fifty thousand dollars to erect, fur
nsh and equip two double cottages for
boys; $40, 600 for re-roofing custodial and
parts of main building with slate. sup
porting and reinforcing roofs and for
plastering and repairs: $500 for new
boilers and generators; $1,000 for repairs
to boiler house and coal sheds: 81, 500 for
new bake oven; $4,000 for new brick
barn; $2,575 for pump, pipe. motor and
connections for we'll; $4,000 for land:
ard $4,000 for contingent and repair
fund; total, $109.0l5.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL-BOYS.
Amend the law increasing the per cap
ita appropriation to $40 per capita per
snnum: SIT 500 for school building and
furnishing and equpping the same; for
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