The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-01

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laundry department is well equipped and
the work is well done. The food is
served three times a day in a large din
ing room in the basement under the
main building, which is WI lighted and
| ventilated. The food was especially ex-
! examined, as well as the mode OF ser
vice and the amount given to each pa
/ tient, and we find ali entirely satsfac-
| tory. Three fun meals are served each
day. and change is made in the char
acter of the food as often as practicable
or benefvial to the ehalth of the in
mates. Those confined to their beds are
! served with such nourishment as is re-
quired by their condition.
1--WE found this institution entirely free
! from typhoid fever and all other con-
/ tagious diseases. TIE general health of
the inmates is remarkably good.
THE grounds are wen situated, less
than a mile from the center of the city.
Scme fteh wards are in the main build
ing, which is threerstory stone and
brick structure with basement; other
wards are distributed about the ground
in cottages. The yard and exercise
grounds are sufficient in extent, are well
kept and contain large number Of
shade trees All of the wards. halls.
sleeping apartments bath rooms and
closets were carefully inspected and
found to be in the best of sanitary con-
dition The sewerage of the building
and ground is in good condition and is
as complete as possible in a city where
they have no underground sewerage sys-
TEN.
The water supply is obtained from the
rff ,-se.
terms on the ground. It is of good quail
ity and is sufficient for all the needs of
the institution.
THE hospital is in charge of DR.. F, L.
Winkler. a gentleman Of large experience
in ehmedicaI profession and man of
excellent character and ability. We con-
slider the territory fortunate in having
its insane in the care or such man.
The efficient medical assistant, DR.. D.
W. Griffin, who has occupied the place
for the past three years. is one of the
best posted men on diseases of the mind
and nervous system in the territory The
spervisor. Mr. D. NJ. Lockett. has had
eighteen years experience in state in
stitutions for the insane and in this inn
portant position is a great aid to the
management.
., but, after an examination of the law,
we reached the conclusion that compli- /
ance Herewith was wholly impractical
bic. The act provides. as above stated, |
that the warrants shall be purchased in /
the order Of their presentation and regis |
tration- Such warrants are out in the |
hands Of purchasers scattered all over |
the country. A person owning one Cgr such !
warrants willing to surrender it on pay
mi NJ TO =,
but that treasurer would not be able |
to purchase it If there were any of said |
outstanding warrants not presented that |
had been registered I'm advance of the !
warrant presented and which could be /
purchased There is no method provided !
in said act for calling in said warrants
for purchase pursuant thereto and no
power exists under SAID law to secure a /
presentation of said warrants for pur-
chase in the order Of their registration.
and the act excludes or firbids their pur-
chase in any other order. Thus If a
single warrant was registered in ad- /
vance of a large block of like warrants 1
which are presented to the treasurer for /
purchase under this act, the treasurer |
would have no power to purchase said i
block until the single warrant registered !
have no means OF securing the presenta- I
ton of said warrant
Section 3 of said chapter provides that I
all such warrants so purchased shall /
be covered into the territorial treasury /
and carried to the account OF the public |
building fund and carried as assets of |
said fund until such time as the legisla- /
tive assembly shall authorize the pay /
ment Of such money to the public build /
ing fund. This section provides for a /
direct diversion of the public building /
fund to the payment Of the general in
debtedness OF the territory, which. as t
stated above. the legislature IS not au- /
thorized to make.
in by judgment until there IS further /
legislation by congress. the public build |
ing und must be held intact for the pur-
poses for which section 93 was reserved /
IN the proclamation Of President Cleve-
land opening the Cherokee outlet 70 set
Element and IN the act of congress Of /
May a. 1894. raufying the same. It fol-
lows. therefore. that in the opinion Of /
this Office, the public building fund can
not be invested in general fund warrants,
of the territory. first. because the legis-
lature has nc authority to authorize sach
a diversion Of that fund; and. second.
tha if the legislature had such authority,
it has created no practical way by which
such funds can be so invested.
Respectfully.
J. c. STRANG. Atty GenI
WAS IN LONDON