The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-06
REPORTS ARE FILED
condition OF State School for
Deaf and Dumb.
SCHOOL is GROWING
,rToFNEY GENERAL BISHOP
FILES HIS RELDRT.

--- biennial reports Of the attorney
---7l and The trustees and superin-
t-.5srr of the state school for the deaf,
-,-,b auI blind were handed over to
.-,reror Wells yesterday.
Tho school for the deaf dumb and
hind has been growing. Besides many
minor buildings erected during the past
,-, r5s rs. special mention is made Of
.-. hospital. The sum of $500 was
s.nropr.ated by the legislature for the
..,Irr.Ht expenses of the hospital These
.~n.n-.s ran up 10 S5.5i2o3. but the de-
s.s...r was paid by funds earned by
the institution. A physical laboratory
has been added To the school. and the
a5.5.v mas increased to nearly 1000
volumes.
Glasses i'm the various branches
.,r-r+ are making fair progress. Three
...-E.rts have graduated in the past
..,raar-. and thirteen since the inStt-
-r-flr was founded. Practically all the
Hs4r and dumb children IN this state
r--.rn the gas of r and 30 years at
..rE tn- school and many came from
grounding states
THE board recommends that the law
,.r.r#rr ro the appointment of super
...-7art be SD changed as to permit
-r board To select q. superintendent
..-..r r.rsuns who ale not experts in the
#s4r and dumb language, and 10 ap-
...frf a urfnefual To take charge or the
Scholastic departments
Appropriations -or the eT Two
-..-r. are recommended follows.
Maintenance. $4,000, repairs and i'm
movements $1,000. books ana dppat-
-.---- .-Hl- Green fauSa. SEN1.
--n. total attendance for the past Two
wears numbers 1-3. male and female,
-.,..---,+ .nr5.. .-ant. -. from tJah, So;
idaho Is. Wyoming, 8, Arizona =
There are fDrry-0ne causes Of DEAFNESS
enumerated ia the report
The. Frtv--pvgu acres of ground De
r,rufn. la .he institution Is valued at
s1-6ao and the buildings at 100000.
Thrrtynue from the farm Is estimated
at ss.-5U.g Total cash receipts Tor me I
fyy1 Years were 61.717.t5, and diSburse-
malr~ Sf5175.63.
Attorney Generals Report.
rn Hf. reuort the attorney general |
states that the volume of business /
transacted hv his office during the past /
r.g. wears was not as great as the two I
rrt.aIiuE years. especially in reference /
rr advice and legal opinions given the I
various s.aI- officers. boards of controi (
OF state institutions and county dlLoi-
news This ne attributes to the greater ]
familiarity OF the UIICrrs with their or
rieiaI duties, presidents established Dy /
decisions Of the courts and possibly I
T1 some slight degree TO the opinions 1
heretofore rendered by this Office
One hundred and nine written 0pin- /
ions have been promulgated from tae /
office during the past two years. max
iug FL total of 45I during the admins /
tratiou of Attorney General Bishop
The report is o. busy affair, made up I
principally ri copies 1f opinions given /
fn various cases.
Mr Bishop approves The law prOVid- I
ing for The system of district attorneys,
as ss believes IL creates a greater ef- /
H.5aueg in the trial of cases Ia district /
courts. he calls the attention of the :
legislature Go the decision in the Beddo I
ease as directing the method of amend
ing existing laws
After commencing the labOTs of his
deputy. MIR. William A. Lee, Mr.. Bishop
concludes his report with the following
words. addressed to his fellow officers
and the people CT Utah. FL shall always
feel honOred in sharing with YOU and
Others i'm some slight degree the bur-
deDS and responsibilities of launching
fEe snip of State-j' tab, and of directing
SIS course during the first years of its
history. Tt has made excellent prog
Jess and enters upon the threshold Of
IN" twentieth century full of hope end l
promise for thu years to come