The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1916-06-16
STATE AID AND CHARITIES.

| At the close of the meeting Of tn,
old Board of State AID and Charities
held last saturday just prior to the or
ghniEatlOn of the new BOnrd, it give
out the following summary of the work
accomplished during the past four years
The Board has been very fOrtunnt,
IN the high cnllhrc of men who hay,
served on 1t during this term Thrs,
include Hon. Charles j ROnnpnrtr,
William Levy, DR. Philip lirlscoe, the
late Thomas j Richardson, Thomas NJ.
bartlett, Emory l.. Cohlcntz, II. Writ
steele, Hiram Woods, j. II. Mnson
Knox. Jr.. and Robert Riggs.
| At the very outset of It's career, the
Board determined that it4 work should
not be influenced by politics and N the
selection of lts Secretary, departed
from the usual custom and made the
appointment on the basis of u cOmpciI-
| tive examination, conducted by NJ. cmi.
ncnt committee OF sOCiHl service CN-
pcrts from outside the Sthtc
| During the -four years, tn" work Of
| the Board has been entirely rcurgnn
| lZcd and put On II llrInrr hnsls than II
| has ever had IN the past A regular
| system of reports has been worked out
and statistics regarding the various IN
| +tltutions tnbuntcd thrTcirom which
| nus started the accumulation of II mass
| Of statistics which will be of increasing
value.
In addition. IL organized II systcm of
Systematic inspections of institutions so
| thnt the State IN now kept fully inform
ed of the methods and ability of the
various institutions receiving atnt" and
| to properly care for the States wards
l,s recommendation regarding nppro-
priatlons have been more closely fol
| lowed by the Legislature thnn have
those OF any liunrd in the pnst and the
Legislature IL getting more and more
to lean upon the lncta presented by
and ndyicc of the Board IN making up
the appropriation bills In addition to
this, the l.onrd hns been largely re
spunsbIc for several matters of reform,
which have been accomplished IN the
state government.
Its report on the educational situation,
issued in l9ld, was largely responsible
for the appointment Of the Educational
survey Commission. whose work has
taken definite shape in the enactment
of the law by the recent Legislature,
rcOrgnnlXlnE the whole State school
IL II marked similarity between this law
and the recommendation continued in
the liOard y special report above refer.
red to.
The facta presented by the IIonrd re-
gnrdng continuing appropriations were,
IN II lnrgc measure, the cnusc of the
agitation which resulted IN the stopping
Of the evil Of pnylng money out yrnr
On the part of anyone IA TO how II was
used or what necessity there was for
the work IT accomplished.
The liunrd whs nlaD largely lnAtru.
mental IN having II IiIl pns1"d, putting
appropriations to charitable inalltu
tlons on per capita basis. thus nssur
my not only u large sHvlng IN money to
the State but nbsolut" "VuHlly mud
lnirness IN III" treatment Ut the lnstI
buttons receiving the States bounty.
The Board hha nlaU been rrspuunblc
for improvements IN methods OF con
luctIng many Of the IustItuilOns coming
under lt+ Jurisdiction Among these
may be- mentioned the erection Of nsrhOol
Guiding with the consequent Chhngc Of
| educational method, NJ Ch"ltrnhhm, re-
vision of the schuOi system md iu.lhl-
alton of the pnrOl" gyat"m nj tn" Mnry
aud School for lioys, and the r"orRhnI
hntIon Of the linItmpr" Orphan \syluu
The BOhTd has thus become one uf
| the most important branches UI tn"
State government and # the new
| budget System r. ratified by the voters
| and becomes law, this Bunrd should
ne of lnc4tImDbIc vnlur 10 Governor
| harrington in working out tn" state