The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-03
CORRECTIONS
BOARD ASKS
|MOREPOWER
hate Body Would Supervise
Erection of County Jails and
Observation-Disclosures Pris-
on Asked
,639,47S ASKED FOR
SPECIAL PURPOSES
his Amount Required by Var
)Ous Charitable and RefOrma-
tory Institutions


LANSING, Mich, Dec, 2.-(Spe
hl.) Accommodation for legisla
bn desired by the state board OIL
directions and charities were made
Gov. Ferris today in a report sent
the chief executive by Secretary
art T. Murray, OF the board. II Is
obable that Gov. Ferris win incor
Prate many OF the suggestions OF
q board in his inaugural message.
Some OF the recommendation FOL
w.
Placing OF all sheriffs on salal y
isis.
Uniform system of accounting in
ate institutions. Establishment OF
farm colony for inebriates.
Appropriation of money for pur
base OF site for proposed house 81
Prrection in Bay county.
Erection OF reformatory fol
omen.
Obligatory approval by the board OF
ans for village jails and county In
fmaries.
The experience of the board,
lys Secretary Murray In the repor.
would seem TO show that there is a
Ral need for some supervision over
bcieties soliciting money from the
lblic for alleged charitable and
enevolent societies. The board has
Dne into this matter as far as IL can
b under the law, but IL believes that
bmewhat drastic legislation is need
d which shall require the licensing
all such societies or agencies be
pre- permitting them to appeal to ,he
eneral public"
The boards secretary says that q
eformatory for women would afford
elief from the overcrowded conditions
the Industrial School for Girls n
drian, which he says, Is not and
hould not be woman's prison.
Secretary Murray has prepared a
able showing the population OF the
hrious state institutions at the close
the last fiscal year, and the
mounts of the appropriations they
esire for maintenance during the BIZ
nnial period, ending June 80, 1917.
The Kalamazoo State hospital with
population of ALL, asks sos, $3.50 &c
pr special purposes: Pontiac state
|ospital with population OF l.412
SKIS for 500 900 for special purposes;
rayerse City state hospital with q
population of 1,517. asks for 73,366.9C
pr special purposes; Newberry state
ospital with a population OF 500
SKIS for $l65.016 for special pur.
oses: lonia state hospital with pop
llation OF 455, asks for a special DIP,
|ropriation OF $4,000; Michigan
Tome and Training school with a
population of LA, asks for spe.
ial appropriation OF $17S.s
Michigan Farm Colony for Epilep-
les with a population OF "a, asks Tor
IN appropriation for special purpos es
f s349,344S7; Michigan state prison
With a population OF 1893, asks for An
appropriation for special purposes Of
l53,720: Michigan reformatory with
, population of 562, asks for an I'D.
preparation for special purposes Of
611,450; Marquette prison with a
population OF 336, asks for an appro-
priation for special purposes OF
$4,000
The Industrial Home for Boys, with
p population OF 7S7, asks for an appro-
priation OF S740O for special purposes
fnd for current expenses each year
pr $4,000; the Industrial Home for
Girls, with a population of A., asks
for an appropriation for special pur.
poses OF $4,000 and for current ex.
penses each year OF $1,000.
The state public school with a
population OF 205, asks for an appro.
prtation OF 0.44604 for special pur-
poses and s58.455 for current expenses
each year; the School for the Blind
with population of l52, asks for an
for special purposes OF
$172,500 and $62,427 for current ex.
penses each year. The Employment
Institution for the Blind with a popu.
lation OF go, asks for an appropria.
ton OF s12.S25 for special purposes
and $30,45s for special purposes: the
School for Deaf with a population Ct
300, asks for an appropriation for spe-
cial purposes OF s114,650 and for cur.
rent expenses each year. $95, 5000: the
Michigan Soldiers home with BOP.
ulation OF S91, asks for an appropria-
ton OF St2 900 for special purposes
and 100000 for current expenses
each year; the State sanatorium with
q population OF 81, asks for $40. 200
for special purposes and 1900 for
current expenses each year.
The total amounts asked bv these
institutions for current expenses each
Year is s679S22 and for special pur
poses $1.639,47s.S0. During the past
two years these institutions have re-
ceived sp,117.972.23 from the state
treasurer for current expenses and
have expended $2,612.427.10.