STATE INSTITUTIONS

Fourteen of the State's charitable institutions are subject to the visitation and inspection of the Board.

These, named in the order in which they were established, are as follows: State Industrial School, Rochester, 1846; Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children, Syracuse, 1851; New York State School for the Blind, Batavia, 1865; Thomas Asylum for Orphan and Destitute Indian Children, Iroquois, incorporated in 1855 as a private institution, and by chapter 162 of the Laws of 1875 reorganized and established as a State institution; State Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded Women, Newark, established as a branch of the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children in 1878, and incorporated separately by chapter 281 of the Laws of 1885; New York State. Soldiers and Sailors Home, Bath, 1878; New York State Training School for Girls, Hudson, 1904, (originally organized as the House of Refuge for Women, Hudson, 1881); Western House of Refuge, Albion, 1890; New York State Reformatory for Women, Bedford, 1892; Rome State Custodial Asylum, Rome, 1893; Craig Colony, Sonyea, 1894; New York State Woman's Relief Corps Home, Oxford, 1894; New York State Hospital for the Care of Crippled and Deformed Children, West Haverstraw, 1900; New York State Hospital for the Treatment of Incipient Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Raybrook, 1900.

The receipts of these institutions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1904, including balance on hand at the beginning of the year ($47,108.55), amounted to $1,669,647.84. Their expenditures aggregated $1,622,479.94; $1,046,359.09 being for maintenance; $546,882.66 for improvements; while $29,238.19 was returned to the State treasurer pursuant to the provisions of the law. The total number of their beneficiaries was 8,977.

During the year all the State institutions under the jurisdiction of the Board were visited and inspected by the several com

STATE INSTITUTIONS

Fourteen of the State's charitable institutions are subject to the visitation and inspection of the Board.

These, named in the order in which they were established, are as follows: State Industrial School, Rochester, 1846; Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children, Syracuse, 1851; New York State School for the Blind, Batavia, 1865; Thomas Asylum for Orphan and Destitute Indian Children, Iroquois, incorporated in 1855 as a private institution, and by chapter 162 of the Laws of 1875 reorganized and established as a State institution; State Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded Women, Newark, established as a branch of the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children in 1878, and incorporated separately by chapter 281 of the Laws of 1885; New York State Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Bath, 1878; New York State Training School for Girls, Hudson, 1904, (originally organized as the House of Refuge for Women, Hudson, 1881); Western House of Refuge, Albion, 1890; New York State Reformatory for Women, Bedford, 1892; Rome State Custodial Asylum, Rome, 1893; Craig Colony, Sonyea, 1894; New York State Woman's Relief Corps Home, Oxford, 1894; New York State Hospital for the Care of Crippled and Deformed Children, West Haverstraw, 1900; New York State Hospital for the Treatment of Incipient Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Raybrook, 1900.

The receipts of these institutions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1904, including balance on hand at the beginning of the year ($47,108.55), amounted to $1,669,647.84. Their expenditures aggregated $1,622,479.94; $1,046,359.09 being for maintenance; $546,882.66 for improvements; while $29,238.19 was returned to the State treasurer pursuant to the provisions of the law. The total number of their beneficiaries was 8,977.

During the year all the State institutions under the jurisdiction of the Board were visited and inspected by the several com

mittees and Commissioners of the Board respectively charged with their oversight. They were also, together with the private institutions receiving State appropriations, regularly visited and inspected by the Board's Inspector of State Charitable Institutions.

PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS RECEIVING STATE APPROPRIATIONS.

The following named schools and institutions, ten in number, under private management but mainly supported by State appropriations, are also subject to the Board's visitation and inspection: New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, New York, 1817; Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents in the City of New York (usually known as the House of Refuge), New York, 1824; New York Institution for the Blind, New York, 1831; Le Couteulx St Mary's Institution for the Improved Instruction of Deaf-Mutes, Buffalo, 1853; Institution for the Improved Instruction of Deaf-Mutes, New York, 1869; St. Joseph's Institute for the Improved Instruction of Deaf-Mutes, Westchester, with branches at Brooklyn and Fordham, 1875; Central New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes, Rome, 1875; Western New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes, Rochester, 1876; Northern New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes, Malone, 1884; Albany Home School for the Oral Instruction of the Deaf, Albany, 1891.

The receipts of these institutions for the fiscal year ending. September 30, 1904, were, from cash on hand, $167,469.70; from public sources, $697,853.36; from private sources, $259,028.18; total receipts, $1,124,351.24. Their expenditures aggregated $1,025,682.74, and the total number of their beneficiaries was 3,416.

SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LEGISLATION.

The Board desires to renew the following recommendations for legislation:

1. That all the special appropriations to enlarge or improve the State institutions within the jurisdiction of the Board, be

included in one bill, with such provisions as will insure in every instance the most careful and economical expenditure of the moneys appropriated, in exact accordance with the intentions of the Legislature. The Board believes that it would be found economical, as well as practicable, to concentrate expenditures for construction work at a small number of the institutions annually. This course should expedite such work and secure more favorable terms from the contractors.

2. That the House of Refuge on Randall's Island be reorganized as a State institution with managers appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, and that, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 718 of the Laws of 1904, it be removed to a country site as soon as possible. The Board also recommends that the appointment of employes at this institution be made in accordance with the rules of the State civil service, if practicable.

3. That the State Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded Women at Newark, and the Rome State Custodial Asylum at Rome be enlarged so as to enable them to receive the adult feeble-minded now improperly retained at the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble Minded Children, together with all the feeble-minded and idiotic persons retained in almshouses contrary to the provisions of the Poor Law and the Penal Code, or provided for in private institutions at greatly enlarged cost to the various counties, cities and towns of the State.

APPROPRIATIONS MADE IN 1904 AND RECOMMENDED FOR 1905. The following table shows the amounts appropriated for maintenance and for extraordinary expenses and reappropriations, respectively, by the Legislature of 1904 to the several State institutions subject to the Board's visitation and inspection, the amounts recommended by the Board for appropriations to such institutions by the Legislature of 1905, and the pages of this report wherein the condition and needs of the institutions are specifically set forth. These recommendations were agreed upon after careful inquiry and examinations made upon the ground with relation to the needs of the various institutions.