OF THE STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES FOR THE YEAR 1904 IN TWO VOLUMES WITH STATISTICAL APPENDIX TO VOLUME ONE BOUND SEPARATELY VOLUME ONE WITH STATISTICAL APPENDIX BOUND SEPARATELY TRANSMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE FEBRUARY 27, 1905 ALBANY BRANDOW PRINTING COMPANY STATE LEGISLATIVE PRINTERS No. 31. IN SENATE, FEBRUARY 27, 1905. THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES. STATE OF NEW YORK: OFFICE OF THE STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES, THE CAPITOL, ALBANY, February, 27, 1905. To the Hon. M. LINN BRUCE, Lieutenant-Governor and President of the Senate: SIR. By direction of the Board, I have the honor herewith Yours very respectfully, ENOCH V. STODDARD, M. D., President. OF THE STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES 1905. MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, BY AND WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE Senate. Third Judicial. (Counties of Columbia, Sullivan, Ulster, Greene, Albany, Schoharie and Rensselaer.) Fourth Judicial.. (Counties of Warren, Saratoga, Washington, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence, Clinton, Montgomery, Hamilton, Fulton and Schenectady.) Fifth Judicial... (Counties of Onondaga, Oneida, Oswego, Herkimer, Jefferson and Lewis.) Sixth Judicial.. (Counties of Otsego, Delaware, Madison, Chenango, Broome, Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins, Cortland and Schuyler.) Seventh Judicial. (Counties of Livingston, Wayne, Seneca, Yates, Ontario, Steuben, Monroe and Cayuga.) Eighth Judicial.... (Counties of Erie, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Orleans, Niagara, Genesee, Allegany and Wyoming.) William R. Stewart, 31 Nassau street, New York city. Mrs. Beekman de Peyster, 2345 Broadway, New York city. Stephen Smith, M. D., Vice-President, 300 Central Park West New York city. Michael J. Scanlan, 56 Pine street, New York city. Augustus Floyd, Mastic, Moriches P. O., N. Y. John Notman, 136 Joralemon street, Brooklyn, New York city. Simon W. Rosendale, 57 State street, William R. Remington, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. Dennis McCarthy, 217 S. Salina street, Syracuse, N. Y. Hamilton, N. Y. Ralph W. Thomas, May 31, 1882 October 4, 1890 *March 29, 1898 May 20, 1901 June 1, 1903 January 17, 1899 CONTENTS. PAGE. Appropriations to the Board by the Legislature of 1904. Appropriations desired from the Legislature of 1905.. Board's exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. St. Louis, 1904. Three centuries of charity legislation in New York. Number and classification of beneficiaries in institutions subject to the visitation Table of, showing the number of persons remaining in institutions receiving public money at the close of the five fiscal years from 1900 to 1904, in- B. Showing the expenditures for such relief with the per capita expense. AppropriatioLs for buildings, with dates of contract and of completion, respec- tively, together with reasons for delay in construction: Classified expenditures for maintenance of the State institutions subject to the visitation and inspection of the State Board of Charities for the fiscal year Table showing the number of inmates in the State institutions subject to the visitation and inspection of the State Board of Charities October 1, 1904, arranged with reference to the representation from the several counties of 46 |