Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-08
AS TO BEST PLACE FOR THE
LOCATION OF WOMEN'S So
JAIL.
COUNTY BOARD OF CHARITIES
Every Effort to Have an Addition
Made to Home for Friendless
Legal Point Involved.

The members of the Wayne Coun-
ty Board of Charities met yesterday
afternoon with the county commits
sioners and discussed the avisability
and authority of the commissioners
to build women's Jail adjoining the
Home for the Friendless.
The commissioners are still in
doubt as to whether the state laws
give them power to take such action
and are undetermined as to whether
it would be best to build a women's
Jail adjoining the Home for the
Friendless or build an addition to the
county Jail.
The members of the County Board
of Charities pointed out to the COM
missioners that by placing women
prisoners in the Home for the
Friendless they would have the adj
vantage of a better moral atmos-
phere.
The trustees of the Home for the
Friendless offer to deed the lot to the
county on which the Home for the
Friendless stands on the condition
that woman's jail be build adjoin-
ing the Home 1t is in the power Of
the county to accept this land from
the institution but the question aris-
es if in such. case whether the
Home would come under the control
of the sheriff or the trustees of the
institution. E-. -.' ~..
, County Attorney J. F., Robbins
was before the board of commission
ers yesterday and stated that he was
not certain that the law gave the
commissioners power to build an ad
dition to a building belonging to a
private corporation but that he had
not made thorough investigation. '''
The commissioners seem to favor
the building of woman's depart
ment to the county jail, which prob
ably could be done at less expense
and with no risk from legal stand
point. Architect Kaufman was be-
fore the commissioners yesterday
with plans for an addition to the
county Jail. They met the approval
of the commissioners and probably
will be excepted if the commission
ers decide to enlarge the Jail.
Miss E. H. Robinson, secretary of
the Wayne County Board of Chair
ties has written to the State Board
of Charities setting forth the propo-
sition made to the County Commits
sioners by the Home for the Friend
less and asking for information as to
the power of the commissioners to
accept such an offer. rs" -. .s
Miss Robinson has received the
| following reply from State Secretary
A. w. Butler which is self explana-
tory: t@>
Board of State Charities.
Indianapolis.
Miss E. H. Robinson,
Secretary Wayne County Board of
Charities.
Dear Miss Robinson = x-.
took up the matter which you
referred to, with the Attorney Gen
erals Office, and they gave me YER
bal opinion that the county commits
sioners could accept the donation Of
land and construct such a Jail build
ing adjoining the Home For the
Friendless. They were to have given
me a written opinion on that point,
which has notyet been received, but
on inquiry I find that in some way
the letter was written to the Auditor
of Wayne County, substantially to
that effect.
I believe that it is the correct view
that your county would have the
right to accept the land and build
the Jail for women adjoining the
Home for the Friendless. I am sure
it will be matter of economy and a
considerable saving of dollars and
cents to the taxpayers. It would be
too bad for Wayne County, which