New-York tribune., 1905-01-23
STATE CHARITY REPORT.
Recommendations to the Legislature
Economy EnjOined.

Albany Jan. 22-The annual report of the State
Board of Charities made public to-day through
Robert ". Hebberd. secretary OF the board. It
contains recommendations for general legislation
and for specific appropriations for the State chari-
table and reformatory institutions subject to the
visitation and inspection of the State Board OF
Charities to the legislature of 1906 After giving
list OF the fourteen State charitable institutions
which are subject to the visitation and inspection
Of the board. the report says:
The receipts Of these institutions for. the fiscal
hand at the beginning OF the year (s47.1Os So.
= 70 e. ,z 7 dheir @ expenditures ag-
nance $54 500 81 for improvements while $50 2S9 40
was returned to the State Treasurer pursuant to
their benefciartes s,977. During the year all
board were visited and inspected by the several
ana d t fEi oI 6He noard re
ing State APPROPRIATIONS regularly visited and in
spected by the boards inspector of State charitable
Institutions.
The receipts of private institutions receiving State
appropriations FOR the ascaI year ended SeRtember
o. b'' iva s Ss97 S5g 9 on fro 5iu SiUstos ~; rom
$3.50 O2S IS. Total receipts 81 124 35l a. Their ex-
humber Of theiT 6eaedciaries was sns 'e '0'@
The board desires to renew the following recon-
or 6r91s all The the gtste fb to en-
jurisdiction of the board be included in bill,
with such provisions as will insure in every in
stance the most careful and economical expenditure
OF the moneys appropriated, in exact accordance
with the intentions OF the legislature The board
practicable, TO concentrate expenditures for
6ns annua1 mIFK a This course should expede snch
work and secure more favorable terms from the
second-That the House of Refuge on Randalrs
Island be reorganized as a state institution with
frned by the Senate, and that, in accordance with
the provisions of Chapter 71s of the Laws OF 1894
IL be removed to q country site pos
sible. The board also recommends that the ap-
pointment Of employees at this institution De made
in accordance with the rules or the state civil
Third.That the State Custodal Asylum for
Feeble Minded Women at Newark and the Rome
to enable them to receive all the feeble minded
and idiotic persons now retained in amshouses con-
trary 10 the provisions of the Poor law and the
Penal Code or provided for in private institutions
at greaty eIargea cosJ 10 the EtcuS + uni FebI
State Institution for Feeble Minded Children
The appropriations b. the legislature Of 1904 for
the several State institutions subject 10 the boards
visitation and inspection included s2915 500 for main
tenance and 1878 945 81 for extraordinary expenses
The sum of $4O312 05 reapproprated In 1904 for
extraordinary expenses, making total appropria-
tions for last year Of $1s1075S Sc. The recommen-
dations for 1905 are S339,Sf5 for maintenance and
Ssl22 27S for extraordinary expenses. total OF 81
1s1 $50. Continuing. the report adds:
This board also takes this opportunity to state
State chaTitabe institutions are determined by its
convictions to their needs IT does not believe
it wise to ask for smaller amounts than are re-
quired in the expectation that sqbsequent; aP
prOpriations will deficiencies. The legislature
Is best able provide for the institutions when IN
possession of full knowledge OF their needs.
In the opinion Of this board il would be greatly
to the States advantage if some definite and com
ings and the laying out of their grounds could be
adopted. In this way something approaching
standard could be followed and the more or less
haphazard methods, through which the State has
expended millions Of dollars in construction work.
avoided hereafter. A commission composed of ex-
perienced and representative men should be able 10
decide upon some plan that the State might wisely
follow Such a commission as the Mayor or New
York City has appointed to suggest plans for the
extension and Improvement of that city on definite
te ad