Excerpt from Eighteenth Biennial Report of the Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities of the State of Illinois: Presented to the Governor October 1, 1904 Sir - The Board of State Commissioners Of Public Charities has the honor to transmit to you herewith its Eighteenth Biennial report. Respectfully, william J ayne, President. Ensley moore. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Nineteenth Biennial Report of the Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities of the State of Illinois: Being a Statistical Record of the Public Charity Service for the Period July 1, 1904 to June 30, 1906, and Embracing Recommendations for the Period July 1, 1906 to June 30, 1908 Eighteen months of the two years covered in this biennial report passed during the service of a Board of Charities headed by Dr. Will iam Jayne of Springfield, as president. The other members were Mr. Ens1ey Moore of Jacksonville, Mr. A. S. Wright of Woodstock, the Reverend Father Edward A. Kelly of Chicago, and Dr. H. C. Fair brother of East St. Louis. Colonel J. Mack Tanner was the secretary. The biennial period was ended before all the present Board of Charities appointments were made, and before sustained constructive work could be undertaken. The great part of the statistical matter in this volume developed during the active service of the retiring commissioners. Nearly all the tables were prepared on data collected by the machinery of the former board. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Eighth Biennial Report of the Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities of the State of Illinois: Presented to the Governor, November, 1881 The powers Of the State commissioners of public charities are restricted to the right to inspect the premises, the inmates and the records; to ask questions, under oath, if necessary; to make sug gestions; and to give information and counsel, at their discretion to the legislature and the governor. The special function Of a State board Of charities is to make comparisons, to criticise and to advise. To enable it to do its work, it must have power to prescribe the forms of financial and other statistical returns to be made by the institutions, to examine accounts and vouchers, and to inquire into everything connected with the management of the institutions. It must be authorized, on the one hand, to inform itself thoroughly as to the care of the unfortunate by the counties, and, on the other hand, to learn the methods adopted by other States, in order to the introduction of improved methods at home. For this purpose a certain amount of, visitation of institutions outside of the State is essential. The organization of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections has been a great aid to us in this respect, by wid ening our outlook and bringing us more directly into contact with our co-laborers throughout the country, thus enabling us to profit by their experience. As will be seen, our work is professional, rather than administrative. With the general result of the labors of the past sixteen years in this field, the people of the State are tolerably familiar. They know that the institutions have been free from scandal of every sort; that the per capita cost of maintenance has been reduced more than one third; that a vastly increased number Of unfortunates are cared for; that the facilities for their proper care have been improved and augmented; that the county farms are or soon will be freed from the presence with other paupers of the chronic insane; that the principle of the supremacy Of the State over its institutions has been made prominent in their management, and that they have been kept free from local or partisan control for selfish ends; that the laws for their government have been strictly enforced; and that the reputation of the State of Illinois for liberality, humanity, integ rity and economy, in this, as in other branches Of the State govern ment, is deservedly high. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Sixth Biennial Report of the Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities of the State of Illinois: Presented to the Governor November 1880 On or before the first day of November preceding each regular session of the general assembly, the trustees of each of the'state institutions named in this act shall make out and trans mit to the state commissioners of public charities, and they, if they find the same to be correct, shall deliver the same to the governor, a full and detailed report of all their transactions and doings for the two years ending on the thirtieth day of Sep tember immediately preceding, showing, for the two years, and for each of them, separately, the number of inmates admitted and-dis charged since their last report, the number then remaining in the institution, the average annual attendance, the receipts, disburse ments and expenditures of moneys and other funds, the valuation of property in the hands of the trustees, the amount of each appro priation or fund under their control, and the balance thereof remaining unexpended in their hands or in the treasury of the state. The reports required by this section shall be accompanied With a cash statement made by the treasurer of the institution, and with such other information, financial, statistical or otherwise, in such tabulated form as the commissioners of public charities may prescribe and require: Provided, that the said commissioners shall piescribe forms of statements as nearly uniform as may be practi cable for all the institutions, to the end that their accounts may be compared and consolidated for the information of the general as sembly: And, provided, further, that the said commissioners may call for and require special reports when, in their judgment, the public interest shall demand the same. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.