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GEORGE C. WETHERBEE, Detroit
- March 1, 1905
(a) Act No. 62, public acts of 1899, entitles soldiers who served in the Spanish-American war, to admission to home.
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STATE INSTITUTIONS.
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
GOVERNOR HAZEN S. PINGREE
CHARLES P. COFFIN, Grand Rapids
Chairman ex officio Chairman pro tem.
JOHN W. MCCRATH, Grand Rapids -
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- Treasurer -
JOHN NORTHWOOD, New Lothrop -
Clerk
OFFICERS OF THE HOME.
COL. GEORGE E. JUDD -
MAJOR EDWARD B. TAYLOR
CAPT. CHESTER B. HINSDILL
Commandant Adjutant Quartermaster
DR. JOHN J. AUSTIN Surgeon
AGENT TO RECEIVE GOVERNMENT AID FOR SOLDIERS' HOME.
AARON T. BLISS
- - Saginaw
The Michigan soldiers' home, consisting of eight buildings, established in 1885, is situated on Grand River three miles north of the center of the city of Grand Rapids, on a plat of ground containing 132 acres which was donated by the city of Grand Rapids at a cost of $16,500. The first cost of the home was $99,654.67, and it has capacity to accommodate 600 occupants. The num- ber of inmates at present is 587, and at the end of the fiscal year, June 30, 1898, it was 504; the present value of the property is $193,514.05. The follow- ing section of the law creating the Michigan soldiers' home is appended to show the conditions of admissibility: "All honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines, who have served in the army or navy of the United States in the late war of the rebellion, or in the Mexican war and Spanish- American war, and who are disabled by disease, wounds or otherwise, and who have no adequate means of support, and by reason of such disability are incapable of earning their living, and who would be otherwise dependent upon public or private charity, shall be entitled to be admitted to said home, subject to the rules and regulations that shall be adopted by the board of managers to govern the admission of applicants to said home: Provided, That no applicant shall be admitted to said home who has not been a resident of the state of Michigan for one year next preceding the passage of this act, unless he served in a Michigan regiment or was accredited to the state of Michigan." The family annex was established for soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the late civil war, their wives and mothers. This home was occupied in January, 1894, and to date has taken care of 81 beneficiaries. It is under the control of the board of managers of the soldiers' home, having also the home officers in charge .- Compiled Laws, 1897, chapter 74.
The appropriation for current expenses for the six months ending June 30, 1899, was $55,000, and for the year ending June 30, 1900, $110,000, and $110,000 for year ending 1901 .- Act 120, public acts, 1899.
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STATE INSTITUTIONS.
STATE PUBLIC SCHOOL.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
Term expires.
MARSHALL E. RUMSEY, President, Leslie
Jan. 1, 1901
FRANK M. STEWART, Hillsdale
Jan. 1, 1903
CALEB D. RANDALL, Coldwater
Jan. 1, 1905
OFFICERS.
A. J. MURRAY
Superintendent
STANLEY C. GRIFFIN,
State agent
RACHEL COOK Clerk and principal of day school
CATHARINE JONES
Matron
The state public school, located at the city of Coldwater, Branch county, was established in 1871, and opened in May, 1874. Its first cost was $93,000 and its present value is $248,650.08; the school consists of eighteen buildings. occupying 160 acres. The net expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, were $31,000; the total number of wards cared for in 1898 was 529; the number of teachers is four, and cottage matrons, seven. The instruction given to wards is that of graded primary school and kindergarten. The average age of children is seven and one-half years. Those who are old enough are instructed in common daily labor. The conditions of commit- ment of wards are dependence, neglect and ill-treatment. The age limit is from six months to twelve years, and wards must be sound in body and mind. Children are discharged for following reasons: When adopted, restored to parents, have become of age or self-supporting during minority, girls married during minority, and children returned to their respective counties because of disease, incorrigibility, etc. Since the institution opened, 4,107 children have been received; most of them have gone into good homes. Eighty-nine and one-fifth per cent of all who have gone into homes have made good records, and there are now 1,327 in homes, etc. Total average annual expense to the state per ward, $76.55 .- Compiled Laws, 1897, chapter 72.
The amount appropriated by the legislature of 1899 for current expenses for the six months ending June 30, 1899, was $15,500, and $31,000 for the year ending June 30, 1900, and for year ending June 30, 1901, $31,000 .- Act No. 163, public acts, 1899.
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STATE INSTITUTIONS.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Term expires.
GOVERNOR HAZEN S. PINGREE, ex officio.
WM. MCPHERSON, Howell, Secretary Jan. 1, 1901 -
JACOB STAHL. Lansing, Treasurer Jan. 1, 1903
FRANKLIN P. SAYRE, Flushing, President - Jan. 1, 1905
OFFICERS.
J. E. ST. JOHN
Superintendent
E. M. LAWSON
Assistant Superintendent
MRS. A. E. ST. JOHN Matron
R. L. GAGE Bookkeeper Physician
J. H. WELLINGS
The industrial school for boys, formerly called the reform school, is located in the city of Lansing, Ingham county. The property consists of 260 acres of land, eight buildings, exclusive of shops and barns; the first cost was $25,000: the present value of its property is $260,812.08; the receipts for last biennial period were $134.734.48; the disbursements for the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1898, were $138.724.41; the number of inmates for 1895 was 518; for 1896, 539; the number of inmates October 1, 1896, 575; number April 18, 1899, 648 ; the number of teachers and employés is 47; the instruction given is common school education, four and one-half hours per day, also industrial trades are taught, carpentry, printing, baking, shoemaking, tailoring and farm- ing .- Compiled Laws, 1897, chaper 77.
The legislature of 1899 appropriated $30,000 for the six months ending June 30, 1899, and $60.000 for year ending June 30, 1900, and for year ending June 30, 1901, $60,000 .- Act 89, public acts, 1899.
INDUSTRIAL HOME FOR GIRLS.
GUARDIANS.
Term expires.
GOVERNOR HAZEN S. PINGREE, ex officio.
ANNA M. SMITH, Flint
June 1, 1901
ALLASEBA M. BLISS, Saginaw June 1, 1903 -
FRED C. BOWERFIND, Adrian
June 1, 1905
OFFICERS.
MRS. LUCY M. SICKELS
Superintendent
S. HELEN KING . Assistant Superintendent and Clerk
WINIFRED IVES
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Bookkeeper
MINA L. FULLER Physician
The industrial home for girls, established in 1879, is located near the city of Adrian, Lenawee county. The property consists of ninety-two acres of land and nineteen buildings; the first appropriation was $10,000; the present value of its property is $191.171.46. The disbursements for the fiscal year 1897 werc $41,732.80; for 1898. $42,569.86; the earnings of the institution for the two
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years were $2,640, and that of probationers for 1897 was $4,235. The number of inmates June 30, 1897, was 304; for 1898, 300; the number of teachers employed is 30; the instruction given to inmates is in housekeeping, cooking. sewing, knitting, dressmaking and all useful duties of the household; inmates may be discharged for good conduct. The object of the institution is the reformation of juvenile female offenders .- Compiled Laws, 1897, chapter 78.
The appropriation for current expenses by the legislature of 1899, for the six months ending June 30, 1899, was $22,823.50. and $44,350 for year ending June 30, 1900, and $45,647 for year ending June 30, 1901 .- Act 164, public acts. 1899.
MICHIGAN ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Term expires.
HARRIS B. OSBORN, Kalamazoo
Feb., 1901
ERASTUS N. BATES, Moline
Feb., 1901
SAMUEL POST, Ypsilanti
Feb., 1903
CHAUNCY F. COOK, Hillsdale
Feb., 1903
HENRY S. HADSALL, OWOSSO Feb., 1905
SAMUEL N. BICKERSTOFF, Kalamazoo
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- Feb., 1905
RESIDENT OFFICERS
WILLIAM M. EDWARDS, M. D
Medical Superintendent
WILLIAM A. STONE, M. D.
Asst. Medical Superintendent
HERMAN OSTRANDER, M. D.
Assistant Physician
ALBERT M. HASKINS, M. D.
Assistant Physician
ARTHUR MACGUGAN, M. D.
Assistant Physician
GEORGE F. INCH, M. D. -
Assistant Physician
GEORGE M. LIVINGSTON, M. D.
HARRIET M. C. STONE, M. D.
Assistant Physician Assistant Physician
CHARLES C. CUTTING
Steward
EDWIN J. PHELPS
Treasurer
REV. R. R. CLARBORNE
Chaplain
The Michigan asylum for the insane, the oldest institution of the kind in the state, is located in the city of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo county. It was built under an act passed in 1848, at a first cost of $511,889.37, and was first opened for patients April 3, 1859. The asylum consists of nine buildings, occupying a tract of land containing 853 acres, the present value of which is $1,063,804.80; the number of patients at present is, males 659, females 649; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, was, males 609, females 604; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898. was, males 637, females 638. The total receipts for biennial period ending June 30, 1898. were $491,165.52, and the disburse- ments were $505,877.09. There are seven medical attendants and 229 employés. -Compiled Laws, 1897, chapter 69.
The legislature of 1899 appropriated $24,863 for improvements .- Act No. 122, public acts, 1899.
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STATE INSTITUTIONS.
EASTERN MICHIGAN ASYLUM.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Term expires.
WALTER S. EDDY, Saginaw
Jan. 1, 1901
WILLIAM C. STEVENS, Ann Arbor
- Jan. 1, 1901
JOSEPH ARMSTRONG, Lapeer
Jan. 1, 1903
JANE M. KINNEY, Port Huron - -
Jan. 1, 1903
HARVEY S. CHAPMAN, Pontiac Jan. 1, 1905
HARRY COLEMAN, Pontiac
- Jan. 1, 1905
RESIDENT OFFICERS.
EDMUND A. CHRISTIAN, M. D.
Medical Superintendent
JASON MORSE, M. D. Assistant Medical Superintendent
IRWIN H. NEFF, M. D. -
Assistant Physician
CARL D. MORRIS, M. D.
- Assistant Physician
L. J. GOUX, M. D.
Assistant Physician
CLAUDIUS B. CHAPIN, M. D.
- Assistant Physician
WILLIAM G. HUTCHINSON, M. D.
Assistant Physician
EDWARD C. SMITH
Steward
REV. FRANK BARNETT Chaplain
FRANK G. JACOBS - Treasurer
WALTER P. MANTON, M. D., Detroit
THEOPHIL KLINGMAN, Ann Arbor
Consulting Gynecologist - Pathologist
The Eastern Michigan asylum for the insane, consisting of eighteen build- ings, occupying a tract of 440 acres, is located at Pontiac, Oakland county, and was organized by act of the legislature, May 22, 1877. It was opened for patients August 1, 1878. Its first cost was $467,000, and present valuation is $881,693.49; the number of patients for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, was, males 543, females 518; for year ending June 30, 1898, was, males 536, females 521; the expenses for the fiscal ending June 30, 1897, were $177,632.62, and for year ending June 30, 1898, were $223,793.17; the receipts for the year ending June 30, 1897, were $189,709.11, and for the year ending June 30, 1898, were $182,838.97. There are six medical attendants and 200 employés at the asylum .- Compiled Laws, 1897, chapter 69.
The legislature of 1899 appropriated $77,000 for improvements .- Act No. 158, public acts, 1899.
NORTHERN MICHIGAN ASYLUM.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Term expires.
THOMAS T. BATES, Traverse City
Jan. 1, 1901
WELLINGTON W. CUMMER, Cadillac
- Jan. 1, 1901
HARRY C. DAVIS, Traverse City, Secretary Jan. 1, 1903
JOHN MAYWOOD, Bad Axe -
Jan. 1, 1903
CHARLES F. BACKUS, Detroit -
Jan. 1, 1905
HENRY D. CAMPBELL, Traverse City
- Jan. 1, 1905
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STATE INSTITUTIONS.
OFFICERS.
JAMES D. MUNSON, M. D.
Medical Superintendent
A. S. ROWLEY, M. D.
Asst. Medical Superintendent
F. P. LAWTON, M. D.
- Assistant Physician
C. A. GOOD, M. D.
Assistant Physician
G. L. NOYES, M. D.
Assistant Physician Assistant Physician
FONDA NADEAU, M. D.
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C. L. WHITNEY Steward
REV. D. COCHLIN
Chaplain
J. T. HANNAH
- Treasurer
W. P. MANTON, M. D., Detroit
- Gynecologist
The Northern Michigan asylum for the insane, organized in 1881 and located at Traverse City, Grand Traverse county, received its first patient November 30, 1885. The property consists of fifteen buildings, occupying a tract of land containing 588 acres. Its first cost was $522,430.68, and present value is $787,- 498.05 ; the number of patients during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, was, males 556, females 444 ; and during the year ending June 30, 1898, was, males 552, females 457; the number of patients at present is, males 554, females 457. Total receipts from all sources for biennial period ending June 30, 1898, were $383,395.70; the disbursements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, were $195,128.58; and for the year ending June 30, 1898, were $211,201.70; there are seven medical attendants and 225 employés .- Compiled Laws. 1897, chapter 69.
The legislature of 1899 appropriated $50,650 for improvements .- Act No. 121, public acts, 1899.
UPPER PENINSULA HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Term expires.
HENRY W. JONES, M. D., Houghton
April 17, 1901
CLAUDE W. CASE, Secretary, Newberry
- April 17, 1901
BEVERLY D. HARRISON, Sault Saint Marie April 17, 1903
SAMUEL J. TOMLINSON, Pontiac
- April 17, 1903
CHARLES T. FAIRBAIRN, Ispheming April 17, 1905
SANFORD N. DUTCHER, Newberry
- April 17. 1905
OFFICERS.
SAMUEL BELL, M. D.
Medical Superintendent - Assistant Medical Superintendent
GEORGE D. CHAMBERLAIN, M. D. -
JAMES A. KEE
- Treasurer
JAMES ELFORD
Chaplain
ROSCOE C. BRADLEY
- Steward
The upper peninsula hospital for the insane, at Newberry, Luce county, contemplates in the plan, when the institution is completed, in all twenty buildings in the form of a quadrangle, each building to have a capacity for about fifty patients. The power house, laundry, farm house, barns, etc., are not included in the above. This is the only institution in the state for the care of the insane built on the cottage plan; this system has the advantage
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of being able to better classify patients, less danger from fire, better facilities for ventilation, and is more economical. Six cottages have been built and one large hospital; five of the cottages are occupied by patients and one utilized as a temporary administration building. The hospital is constructed of pressed brick-the same as all the buildings are to be-is a modern building, furnished with all modern conveniences for the care and treatment of the curable insane; the various forms of electricity, plunge and shower baths, hot and cold; facilities for massage treatment. etc., all in keeping with the most advanced ideas relative to the care and treatment of the insane. Value of property June 30, 1898, $264,178.96 ; number of inmates June 30, 1897-males, 122; females, 119; number of inmates June 30, 1898- males 146; females, 128; number of inmates February 9, 1899-males, 166; females, 134; current expense disbursements for year ending June 30, 1897, $35,023,57; current expense disbursements for year ending June 30, 1898, $48,553.85; special appropriation, June 30, 1897, $81,398.99; special appropriation, June 30, 1898, $71,814.30; current expense receipts for year ending June 30, 1897, $33,278.14; current expense receipts for year ending June 30, 1898, $55.296.13; special appropriation, year ending June 30, 1897, $74,935.00; special appropriation, year ending June 30, 1898, $65,291.97; number of employés, 67. -Compiled Laws, 1897, chapter 69.
The legislature of 1899 appropr ated $62,910.00 for improvement, purchase of stock, etc .- Act No. 165, public acts. 1899.
MICHIGAN HOME FOR THE FEEBLE MINDED AND EPILEPTIC.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
Term expires.
GEORGE R. GOULD. Flint -
Feb. 1, 1901
ALBERT L. STEPHENS, Detroit
- Feb. 1, 1903
JOHN HEVENER, Lapeer
Feb. 1. 1905
OFFICERS.
A. L. STEPHENS -
President
GEORGE R. GOULD
- Secretary
JOHN HEVENER Treasurer
WILLIAM A. POLGLASE. M. D. Medical Superintendent
FRED D. JOHNSON Steward
Under authority of act No. 209, public acts of 1893, the Michigan home for the feeble minded and epileptic was located by the board of building com- missioners at the city of Lapeer, Lapeer county, on a tract of land contain- ing 160 acres donated by the city. The home was opened August, 1895. The object of the home is "to provide, by all proper and feasible means, the intellectual, moral and physical training of that unfortunate portion of the community who have been born or by disease have become imbecile or feeble minded or epileptic, and by a judicious and well adapted course of training and management to ameliorate their condition and to develop as much as possible their intellectual faculties, to reclaim them from their unhappy condition and fit them as far as possible for future usefulness in society." The sum of $50.000 was appropriated for construction of buildings.
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The home is built on the "cottage plan," six buildings. The present value of the property is $126,600; number of inmates June 30, 1897, male 101, female 100; number of inmates June 30, 1898, male 97, female 99; number of inmates February 10. 1899, male 100, female 154; disbursements for fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, for current expenses, $37,368.63; for special purposes, $6,010.60, total, $43,379.23 ; disbursements for fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, for current · expenses, $43,643.13; for special purposes, $44,452.00; total, $88,095.13. Number of attendants, nine; teachers, six .- Compiled Laws, 1897, chapter 73.
The legislature of 1899 appropriated the sum of $27,000.00 for current expenses for the year ending June 30, 1899, and $53,000.00 for year ending June 30, 1900; and for year ending June 30, 1901, $53,000.00 .-- Act No. 138 public acts, 1899.
STATE ASYLUM.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Term expires.
EDWY C. REID, Allegan - Feb. 1, 1901
ARCHIBALD B. DARRAGH, St. Louis Feb. 1, 1903
WILLIAM H. MATTISON, Ionia
Feb. 1, 1905
OFFICERS.
O. R. LONG, M. D. Medical Superintendent C. P. LATHROP, M. D. Assistant Physician H. B. WEBBER - Treasurer
The Michigan asylum for insane criminals was organized in May, 1885, and its name was changed by act No. 181, public acts of 1891, to Michigan asylum for dangerous and criminal insane, and again changed to that of state asylum. by act No. 17, public acts of 1899. It is located at Ionia. Ionia county. The asylum consists of five buildings, occupying 132 acres of land. Its first cost was $83.283.29; and the present value of the property is $205.937.74 ; the number of patients for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897. was, males 192, females 9: number of patients, June 30, 1898, male 205, female 35: number February 10, 1899, male 212, females 33; receipts from maintenance of patients for biennial period ending June 30, 1898, were $76,722.69; other receipts, includ- ing appropriations for improvements, were $46,595.14; balance on hand June 30, 1896, $21,013.95; expense for the same period, $135,262.32; balance on hand June 30, 1898, $9,069.46. There are two medical attendants and 39 employés .- Compiled Laws, 1897, chapter 69, §§ 1954-1983.
The legislature of 1899 appropriated $10,900 for the purchase of land and improvements .-- Act No. 178, public acts. 1899.
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STATE INSTITUTIONS.
STATE PRISON.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
GOVERNOR HAZEN S. PINGREE, ex officio.
ORLANDO M. BARNES, Lansing H. S. HOLMES, Chelsea WILLIAM H. BILLS, Allegan -
- Feb. 15, 1901
Feb. 15, 1903
- Feb. 15, 1905
OFFICERS.
WILLIAM CHAMBERLAIN
Warden
A. C. NORTHRUP
Deputy Warden
GEORGE R. STONE Clerk
W. P. HAWLEY Warden's Secretary
J. F. ORWICK Chaplain
W. A. GIBSON
- Physician
The Michigan state prison was established in 1839, and located in Jackson, Jackson county. The property consists of sixty-two acres of land, on twenty of which is located the prison, which consists of one administration building, four cell wings, and fourteen other buildings. Thirty-five acres are used for farming purposes and six acres for pasturage and stone quarry. The present value of the property is, real estate, $898.574.45; personal property, $84,073.50; making a total of $982,647.95. The average number of convicts from June 30, 1897, to July 1, 1898, was 835. Number of inmates February 9, 1899, was 818. The convicts are employed on contracts and industries on state account. The official force numbers 54. Appointments are made by the warden, and a good common school education is required of appointees. Instruction is given to inmates in the common English branches under the supervision of an officer of the prison, who is known as the superintendent of the prison schools. There are nine grades, having school four evenings in the week, under the instruction of officers of the prison. The total expense for the biennial period was $234,938.32. Total earnings for same period, $213,475.27 .-- Compiled Laws, 1897, chapter 75.
The legislature of 1899 appropriated $70,500 for improvements .- Act No. 101, public acts of 1899. .
STATE HOUSE OF CORRECTION AND BRANCH OF STATE PRISON IN THE UPPER PENINSULA.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
GOVERNOR HAZEN S. PINGREE, ex officio.
Term expires.
JOHN HENES, Menominee
Feb. 15, 1901
F. O. CLARK, Marquette -
- Feb. 15. 1903
M. H. MORIARTY, Crystal Falls
Feb. 15, 1905
OFFICERS.
GEORGE W. FREEMAN
Warden
EUGENE D. MOSHER
Deputy Warden - Clerk
CHARLES R. MCCABE
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A. A. FOSTER
7 Physician
Term expires.
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STATE INSTITUTIONS.
The state house of correction and branch of the state prison in the upper peninsula was established in 1885; its location is at Marquette. This institu- tion was organized by act No. 148, public acts of 1885. The original appro- priation was $150,000; first cost of buildings and grounds, $205,989.45. The property consists of 152 acres of land, buildings and personal property. The present value of its property is $232,258.24. Number of inmates June 30, 1898, 200; March 1, 1899, 204. The expense for the biennial period ending June 30,. 1898, was $72,557.94, and the receipts for the same period were $79,356.39. The number of officers, including warden, clerk, physician and guards, is 23. Inmates are employed in removing sand from the sand bank and improving the institution and grounds. All inmates attend a military drill and school, each one hour daily .- Compiled Laws, 1897, Chapter 75.
The legislature of 1899 appropriated $16,989 for improvements .- Act No. 159,- public acts of 1899.
STATE HOUSE OF CORRECTION AND REFORMATORY.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
Term expires.
GOVERNOR HAZEN S. PINGREE, ex officio.
NATHAN B. HAYES, Muir
Feb. 15, 1901
C. C. VAUGHN, St. Johns -
Feb. 15, 1903
AMOS MUSSELMAN, Grand Rapids
Feb. 15, 1905
OFFICERS.
OTIS FULLER
Warden
JOHN Q. CRESSY -
Deputy Warden
F. M. DOUGLASS
- Clerk
E. F. BECKWITH - Physician
CYRUS MENDENHALL
Chaplain
L. P. ESSICK
Engineer
H. S. HALL
Steward
The state house of correction and reformatory, located at Ionia, Ionia county, was established in 1877, and built at a cost of $250,000. The property consists of 156 acres of land and ten buildings. The present value of its property is $438,992.97; the total disbursements for 1897-98 were $275,920.09, and the total receipts for the last biennial period ending June 30, 1898, were $265,452.74 ; number of guards and keepers is 53; number of inmates February 10, 1899, 462. The inmates are employed in manufacturing furniture, knit goods, miscellaneous articles, and in the care of the institution and grounds, all on state account .- Compiled Laws, 1897, chapter 75.
Legislative appropriation of 1899 was $12,300 for general repairs and improve- ments .- Act No. 270, public acts, 1899.
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STATE INSTITUTIONS.
DETROIT HOUSE OF CORRECTION.
BOARD OF INSPECTORS.
Term expires.
F. WILLIAM LICHTENBERG
JEREMIAH DWYER GEORGE E. AVERY MARVIN PRESTON JOSEPH NICHOLSON
July 1, 1899
- July 1, 1900
July 1, 1901
July 1, 1902
- Superintendent
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The Detroit House of Correction, properly speaking, is not a state institu- tion, but was established, and the buildings therefor erected by authority of the common council of the city of Detroit, conferred by the city charter. as revised by an act approved February 5, 1857. The state, however, has a contract with the board of inspectors for the custody of female convicts. Under act No. 131, P. A. of 1899, U. S. prisoners may be confined in for a cer- tain period. Estimated value of property, $450,000; number of inmates June 30, 1898, 565 males, 88 females : number February 8, 1899. 509 males, 68 females. -Compiled Laws, 1897, chapter 76.
MISCELLANEOUS STATE ASSOCIATIONS.
MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. (Incorporated March 31. 1849.) OFFICERS.
I. H. Butterfield, President
Agricultural College
M. P. Anderson, Vice President
Midland
C. W. Young, Treasurer
Paw Paw
H. S. Fralick, Secretary
Grand Rapids
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Terms expire January, 1900.
E. W. Hardy - Osceola Center
R. D. Graham
Grand Rapids
Frank Maynard
Jackson
John Lessiter
Pontiac
F. L. Reed - Olivet H. H. Hinds
Stanton
S O. Bush
Battle Creek
F. E. Skeels
Grands Rapids
H. R. Dewey
- Grand Blanc
M. J. Gard -
Volinia
Terms expire January, 1901.
Eugene Fifield
- Bay City
W. E. Boyden
Delhi Mills
W. P. Custard
Mendon
Eugene Jones
Grand Rapids
Dr. Waldron
Tecumseh
L. J. Rindge
- Grand Rapids
M. P. Anderson
Midland
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