The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-06

made for the purposes therein stated
Ss3ls.11 Of this appropriation has been
leXpended for modern engines and boilers
jof most approved manufacture, but the
hospital building, The erection Of which
Twas also provided for BY the act has not
been undertaken The buildings and
grounds Of this institution are in excel
lent condition and the prison well man
aged
The present contract for the labor Of
prisoners in the State Prison will termi
nate by its own limitation May 1905.
Under this contract the State is paid
seventy i've (7s) cents day fos each
able bodied man.
/ call to your attention the reports Of
1 the various officers and State institu-
Itions, as furnishing the full particulars
Of the information which | haze con
licensed in this message, and ii there be
found any error herein, it arises from the
fact that many Of these reports have not
been placed III the hands Of the EXeeu-
tive in time to be used in preparing this
lmessage.
Hospitals for the Insane.
The expense to the State for the sup.
port of the insane is the second largest
item appearing in the Auditors report.
The last biennial period, however,
shows slight decrease compared with
the preceding period, and yet, it seems
TO me that the expense to tile State Of
maintaining its insane poor is 50 great
that thorough investigation thereof
should be made.
The institution at Waterbury seems
ITO beinadequate to take care Of this
class of patients.
For many years appropriations have
lbeen made for the benefit Of the Brattle-
boro Retreat; those for 1900 and 1902
being each $1,000.
The appropriating act Of 1900, No
] 1872, provided that the State insane poor
should he kept at the Brattleboro Re-
/ treat and the Vermont State Hospital
50 far as practicable, in the proportion
OF at least 200 TO 800; and No. 149 of
the Acts of 1902, III making appropriat-
ion for the benefit OF the Retreat. pro-
yided among other things, in substance
that all moneys then and therefore grant
ed BY the legislature should be exclusive
! IN appropriated for the purpose for which
the institution was established, and that
| If it should cease to exist, The real estate
of the corporation should be held as se-
Ecurity to the State for the amount
granted, and might be sold under the di-
rection Of the Legislature, for the pur.
4 pose Of reimbursing the State, and fur-
Their provided that said real estate should
at no time be sold without legislative
consent
The location Of the Retreat is an ideal
one.
The total number Of State patients
at both these institutions on june 80,
1904, was 707, an increase OF two over
June 30, 1902
The number Of private patients at the
state Asylum has increased during the
same period from "A to 33.
The Board Of Visitors have from time
to time inspected this and all other M
stitutions as required BY law.
Supreme Court.
Hon. Wendell T. Stafford al St. Johns.
bury, the Fifth Associate Judge OF the
Supreme Court. on the End day Of june,
1904. rendered his resignation to take
effect on the 9th day Of June, he having
been appointed to the Supreme Court Of
TN District of Columbia by the Presi-
/ dent of the United States.
] Immediately filled the vacancy thus
created BY appointing thereto Hon. Sen
eca Haselton of Burlington, then the
Sixth Associate Judge. and the vacancy
then occurring in that office / filled on
the 9Th day Of june 1908, By appoint
ment thereto Of Hon George Al. Powers
lof AIorrisville
Attorney General
/ recommend the creation Of this Office,
as q step N the march Of progress and in
line with the policy adopted III most
states,
I We now pay annually hundreds, il not
thousands Of dollars for services, 4 major
portion Of which a competent Attorney
General might render.
Digest of Vermont Reports.
By the message of my predecessor.
you are advised that under authority Of
No. l15 81 the Acts OF 1900, a commit
tee was appointed TO secure for the use
lof the State, four hundred copies Of the