Evening star., 1901-03-11
cHILDREN6 GUARDIANS
MARCH MEETING OF THE BOARD
HELD SATURDAY.
Report of Agents Received, Showing
Number ofaChildren Held
a. Wards.

The regular March meeting of the board
of children's guardians was held Saturday,
when an amendment to the bylaws was
adopted whereby {. the regular monthly
meeting shall besheId hereafter the second
Saturday of the month. Mrs. j. w. Bah
son, Mrs. Lucy 8. Doolittle, Mrs. M. L. d.
Macfarland and Messrs. John F. Cook, B.
Pickman Mann, VIM. j. Miller, Louis Stern
and j. b. I. Tupper were in attendance,
PRESIDENT Tupper in the chair; Mr.. Mann,
secretary. DR.. NJ. D. Peck sent an excuse
for his absence .--r.a
The monthly report of the agents showed
that cases involving ninety children had
been Investigated, that eleven permanent
commitments had been made to the board,
and that the names of nine children had
been added to the temporary roll. OF the
latter names, six remained on the tenn
porary roll at the end of February. OF
the eleven, children committed perma-
nently to the guardianship of the board,
TOUR were alleged to be incorrigible four
10 oe destitute efNa suitable home, two to
nave been abandoned by relatives and
friends and one to be the child Of an unfit
mother. .
The whole number Of wards under the
guardianship Of the board is stated to be
~. Or these 139 are in institutions and
1lo In private homes on expense for MAIN
tenance; 8 are in free institutions, 4Os in
Lree private homes and 80 at large. Forty
five feeble-minded children are now sup
ported In suitable institutions at the ex-
pense OF the board. Authority was given
TO assume charge of one additional feeble
minded boy.
The physician, according to the report,
made ninety-two professional visits to
forty children, wards OF the board No
serious cases Of illness and no deaths oc-
Cured during February OF the children
IN Iree private homes. 219 are in the Dis
trict OF Columbia, seventy-nine in Virginia,
seVenty-one in Maryland, twelve in Della
ware, eight in Pennsylvania, five in New
Jersey, five in West Virginia, four in New
York and the others in different states.
Inc agents reported upon a visit to the
National Junior Republic, near Annapolis
Junction, Nd.
Funds in Trust.
The additions to the funds held in trust
for wards of the board during February
amounted, it was stated, to 1892, and the
total of these trust funds is S594.4S.
The administrative expenses Of the board
for eight months of the present fiscal year
We're shown to have been So, ,s92 80, and
the expenses for board and care Of chill
dren, $29, 1880.
The attention of the board was called to
the passage of an act public No. 152), ap-
proved March 3, 1901, which appears to be
calculated to place large additional re-
spons1bi1ities upon the board and to oc-
casion large additional expenditures, al
though no appropriation was made to cor
respond. This act was referred to the
legislative committee for consideration and
report at. a future smeeting. A number Of
current bills were ordered paid, and other
matters of business acted upon.
Authority was given to the placing-out
agent to place children tentatively in pri-
vate homes where careful home instruc-
tion Is promised In lieu of public school
attendance. when such placing seems to
him to be advisable. These placements like
all others, require ratification by the ex-
ecutive committee.