Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-09
'DAYS 0F GRACE GONE
Clause Crept Into New Law
Abolishing the Days Of
Grace.
Members Of the Legislature
We're Against 1t, But Over.
looked the Law.
Gershom Hill Gives Some Fig.
ures of the Insane at
independence.
Gershom Hill Gives Some Fig.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, July 9.-Numberless in
quiries are being received by the sec
retary of state in regard to the days
of grace" law. The bankers of the
state are just beginning to be inter
ested in the subject. 1t will be re-
called that the legislature was invited
to pass Il law abolishing days of grace
on negotiable instruments, but a hard
fight was made on it and it was branded
as Il bankers measure and against the
poor farmer and defeated in the house.
But there was a repeating clause in the
long bill for uniformity in the matter
of negotiable instruments which was
prepared by Il committee of the Aneri-
can bar association and presented by
Representative Clarke at the suggestion
of Judge McClain. The bill was so
long that is was never actually read
clear thru in either house, and it was
probable that few of the members ever
read the bill in it's entirety. Some in
quiry was made about this one clause
and the question was asked If the leav-
ing out of the clause would affect the
bill and it was stated that it would
not. 1t was certainly the intention of
a great many of the members of both
houses to have that clause knocked out
and those who were in favor of retain
ing the days of grace idea in the Iowa
laws thought it had been knocked out.
but the session laws have been printed
and inspection of the long negotiable
instrument law reveals that the clause
which puts an end to days of grace is
there. The clause is simple and direct.
1t reads:
Every negotiable instrument is pay
able at the time fixed therein with
out grace"
This is the first sentence of Section
So of the law and the rest of the section
relates to holidays. This ought to set
tie it.
The annual report of DR.. Gershom
III. Hill as superintendent of the state
hospital at Independence, covering his
last year at that institution closes with
profuse thanks to the members of the
board of control for their valuable help,
for friendly consideration at all times
and for the success which has been
achieved in the work of caring for the
insane under their wise direction. DIR.
Hill gives The following personal to
himself:
THE independence State hospital was
located in 1868 by an act of the general
nc ~ a n q
DIR. Albert Reynolds, of Clinton, Ia,
July, 1881. The first patients were ad.
mitted into the hospital when only a
small portion of the north wing was
ready for occupancy, on the first of
May, 1878. The author of this report
became first assistant physician De-
cember 1, 1874, and superintendent of
the hospital on November 1, 1881. My
resignation as superintendent has been
accepted by you, and my successor, DH.
w. p. Crumpacker, has been elected.
My services in connection with this
hospital have been continuous and con-
stant since 1874. / believe that a
change in residence and work will prove
advantageous to me. No doubt a new
and younger superintendent will carry
forward the work of this large and We'll
equipped hospital in most satisfactory
manner to the board of control
The total number of patients treated
in the hospital the year ended June 80
last was LAPS. There were in the hos
ptal at the end of the last biennial
period a total of LOAF persons, 637 male
-
We're admitted for Il first time and GO
who had been treated before, making
more than an average of one q day. OF
the 327 discharged loo We're cured, 81
improved, 80 unmproved, and one not
insane in the first place. Ninety-three
died. The average number in the hos
pital was less than 1000 until June 80,
1898. when it Went to 1,003. The next
year the average was 1,00S, in 1900 it
was 1,O3O. but in the year just ended
it was 1,075. During the last biennial
period the total number discharged as
cured was 162. but during the last sim
gle year. covered in the report just
made, 106 We're discharged as cured,
(which is q larger number says DR..
Hill, than this hospital has ever re-
ported as cured since we have endeav-
ored as carefully and scientifically as
possible to determine the exact mental
condition of patients who have left the
hospital"
The number of deaths the past year
was proportionally smaller than usual,
but larger proportion of them We're
men. DR.. Hill gives two reasons for
this. that a larger number of the men
have incurable ailments when admit
ted, and that the female patients re-
quire and get better care.
The average number of patients in
the hospital since June. 1902, has been
nearly 110O The normal capacity of
the hospital is 1000, but the gradual
increase has been permitted in antici-
patton of the relief which will come to
the hospital by the opening of the new
hospital at Cherokee. During the past
year no patients We're received at In
dependence from either Clarinda or Mt.
Pleasant but four old soldiers We're
received from Marshalltown and two
convicts from 1Anamosa whose terms
had expired but who were insane. AT
the beginning of the year there We're
81 patients out on parole and at the
end Sc. Altho the method of parollng
patients under the rules OF the board OF