The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-16
Flattering Report Made.

has made very flattering report on the management of the State Insane hospital in which he compliments the officers and all interested He shows total receipts for the building fund of s11,9OO and for maintenance $219, 463.So.
 The following is the report In tull. The report Is follows: "In obedience to instructions received from the chief executive office, l have examined the books accounts and vouch' CTS of John Little, treasurer, and w. C.. Harris, steward, of the Alabama Bryce Insane asylum at Tuscaloosa, Ala, and beg leave to submit the following re- port:
 "Section 2574 of the code Is as follows:
 "A sum regulated by the board of trus- tees not exceeding 8 per week for each l indigent and criminal patient, shall oe
 paid by the state for the support of the 1 hospital on the 1st days of March, June, l September and December of each year.
 and the auditor of public accounts shall l issue his warrant for that amount, on
 the order of the treasurer of the hospital, countersigned by the superintendent, and any balance remaining in the hands Of l the treasurer or steward on tn 30th | of Sepembter of each year, shall be
 placed to the credit of fund, which shall be expended for permanent im- provements under the direction of the resident board of trustees.
 June 3O 1904 the auditor drew his
 warrant, under this section, for So3365, | there being 1642 indigent and criminal 1 patients in the hospital on that day. September 30 1904, the auditor drew his
 warrant for s54, 600, there being 1880 ind- 1 gent and criminal patients on that day. | December 81, 1904 the auditor drew his
 warrant for s53, 657.50, there being 1851 pa | tients indigent and criminal March 3l,
 1905. the auditor drew his warrant for
 $55 055, there being 1894 indigent and
 criminal patients that day making total paid by the state on above dates $2l6,
 6775O. This averages $2.5O per capita per
 week. or $32.50 for thirteen weeks, this
 being the sum fixed by the board of
 trustees under the section above quoted 1 for the support of the hospital.
 "September 30, 1904, the board of trus-
 tees transferred to the improvement func | the sum of $21S0.19. the balance remain
 ing in the hands of the treasurer on tha-
 day. MT. w. c. Harris, the steward,
 makes all purchases for the asylum, talk
 ing a receipted bill for each purchase, which receipted bills are kept at the
 asylum. and draft drawn on the treas
 urer for the various amounts There
 were 3O0O bills and drafts which | checked They were all numbered and | filed according to number. whcih makes | them easier to check than if they were
 irregularly filed away.
 "The officers of this great institution
 are painstaking in all their transactions and keep their accounts, books and vouchers in correct and business-like
 manner. The patients are we'll cared for
 and seem to be as happy and contentct
 as possible under the circumstances. .I append hereto statements showing | the receipts and disbursements of the ! treasurer and steward marked exhibits l A and B, which are made part of this i report"
 The exhibits A and are shown as fol-
 lows:
 Exhibit A..
 Debter, John Little, Jr. treasurer; re- | ceipts general fund:
 | July 1, 1904-To balance on hand. 5 21o6 s
 July :, 19O4-To amount received from state treasurer. .............. 53,36o .OC 1 October l. 1904-To amount re- | ceived from state treasurer..... 54,6O0 0t
 January 6, 1905-To amount re-
 ceived from state treasurer..... 53,6o7 5t l April G. 1905-To amount received from state treasurer. 55oo5.O
 Total .s219 4s3 8; DISBURSEMENTS. September 30. 1sOs-By amount