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The legislature of 1907 amended act 232, P. A. 1901, which provided for an annual appropriation of $100,000.00, so that the college shall receive one-tenth of a mill upon the taxable property of the state, which, under the last equalization amounts to $173,410. -Act 266, P. A. 1907.
(a) Elected April 5, 1909, under the provisions of Sec. 7, Art. XI of the constitution.
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STATE INSTITUTIONS.
THE NORMAL SCHOOL SYSTEM OF MICHIGAN.
Section 6, Article XI of the constitution places the state normal college and the state normal schools under the general supervision of the state board of education.
OFFICERS.
Term expires
DEXTER M. FERRY, JR., Detroit, President.
Dec. 31, 1912
WILLIAM A. COTTON, Escanaba, Vice-President Dec. 31, 1910
LUTHER L. WRIGHT, Ironwood, Secretary July 1,1911
WILLIAM J. McKONE, Albion, Treasurer
July 1,1915
STATE NORMAL COLLEGE.
President of the college, LEWIS H. JONES.
Departments: Pedagogy, history, English, ancient classics, modern classics, mathe- matics, physical sciences, natural sciences, drawing, and geography, physical training, music, and training school.
The State Normal College is located at the city of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw county, and consists of seven buildings, covering thirty-nine acres of ground. It was organized March 28, 1849. The number of instructors during the year 1908 was 70. Number of students during the year, including six weeks summer term, 2,593; number of grad- uates 1907 and 1908, 800; number of graduates since the school was founded, 6,417 life certificates; number of volumes in the library, 30,000; cost of annual tuition per student, $9.00; average cost of board and room per week, $3.50; total average cost to student $175; to state, $46.00; value of grounds, buildings, library, apparatus, etc., $469,289.36; legislative appropriation for current expenses for year ending June 30, 1908, $135,000, and for year ending June 30, 1909, $135.000; special purposes, year 1908, $40,000 .- Act 241, P. A. 1907.
CENTRAL MICHIGAN NORMAL SCHOOL.
President of the school, CHARLES T. GRAWN. A. M. M. Pd.
Departments: Education, English, mathematics, science, history, geography, draw- ing, music, physiology and physical training, psychology and pedagogy, manual train- ing, kindergarten and training school.
The institution was started by private enterprise and is located in the city of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella county, Michigan, and consists of a commodious main building having accommodations for 700 students, a training school building with accommoda- tions for manual training and domestic training, kindergarten and the eight grades of a public school, a central heating and lighting plant and a physical training building recently completed, costing $50,000. The buildings are situated on a campus of twenty acres of ground. The school was adopted by the state, June 3, 1895, and was opened as a state school the following September.
During the year 1907-8, 38 instructors were employed; number of students in attend- ance from July 1, 1906, to July 1, 1908, including two summer sessions was 1,881; number of graduates during the year 1907-8, 165; annual cost of tuition per student $9; average cost of board and room per week $2.25; total average cost to student $137. The value of the buildings, grounds and general equipment is $220,000. The legislature of 1907 appropriated $149,180 for current expenses, and $56,800 for special purposes. -Act 219, P. A. 1907.
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NORTHERN STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
President of the school, JAMES H. B. KAYE, A. M.
Departments: Drawing, English, expression, geography, German and French. Latin, history, kindergarten, mathematics, music, natural science, physical science, physical training, psychology and education, training school department.
The Northern Normal School is located at Marquette. The site is beautiful, over- looking Lake Superior. The campus consists of twenty acres. The buildings are new, complete and well equipped. The school was established by Act No. 51 of the Public Acts of 1899. The number of instructors during the year 1907-8 was 25; number of students enrolled, 574; number of graduates for that year, 102; annual tuition per student is $9; average cost of board per week, $3; value of grounds, buildings, library, apparatus, etc., $207,813.08. The legislature of 1907 appropriated $92,000 for current expenses and $34,000 for special purposes .- Act 209, P. A. 1907.
WESTERN STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
President of the school, DWIGHT B. WALDO. .
Departments: Psychology and pedagogy, English, mathematics, history, geography, biology, physics and chemistry, kindergarten, music, public school art, Latin and German, expression, manual training, domestic art and domestic science, physical training, rural school department, training school.
The Western State Normal is located at Kalamazoo. The site is commanding, over- looking the entire city. The grounds consist of twenty acres. The main building completed in 1905, is commodious and convenient. The second building, consisting of gymnasium and assembly room was ready for occupancy at the opening of the spring term, 1908. A third building consisting mainly of recitation rooms which connects the two mentioned above was also completed in 1908. A training school building now in course of construction will be occupied in September, 1909. The training school, where students are afforded practice in teaching, is located in the Vine street building of the Kalamazoo public schools. The number of instructors, including the critic teachers, is 37. The number of students enrolled during the first twelve months of the school's history was 232; during the second twelve months the total enrollment was 483; in the third year 815; in the fourth year 927; and in the fifth year the enrollment of different students from July 1, 1908, to January 12, 1909 was 1,233. The annual tuition for students is $9. The value of the grounds and buildings is $260,000. An appro- priation of $80,800 for building and special purposes and of $60,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1908, and June 30, 1909, was made by the legislature. of 1907 .- Act 206, P. A. 1907. The city of Kalamazoo gave $70,000 for grounds and building.
MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF MINES.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
Term expires
MURRAY M. DUNCAN, Ishpeming
June
9,1911
LUCIUS L. HUBBARD, Houghton.
June
9,1911
WALTER FITCH, Calumet.
June
9,1913
JOHN M. LONGYEAR, Marquette.
. June
9,1913
WILLIAM KELLY, Vulcan ..
June 9,1915
JAMES MCNAUGHTON, Calumet.
June
9,1915
Chairman of the Board of Control. WILLIAM KELLY Secretary of the Board of Control. FRED WALTER MCNAIR
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STATE INSTITUTIONS.
OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
President. FRED WALTER MCNAIR
Secretary and Librarian. FRANCES HANNA SCOTT
Treasurer. FREDERICK WILLIAM NICHOLS
Superintendent of Grounds. FREDERICK WILLIAM SPERR
Superintendent of Buildings OZNI PORTER HOOD
The Michigan College of Mines is located at Houghton, Houghton county, in the heart of the great copper mining region of Lake Superior. Within a radius of eleven miles from its site are some twenty active copper mines, among which are some of the largest in the world. The college was organized under an act dated May 1, 1885, and first opened to students September 15, 1886. The property consists of ten buildings, equip- ment, library and seventeen acres of ground. Its first cost was $142,500. Number of instructors 1907-8, 32; number of students during the year, 266; graduates during the year, 51; total number of graduates since organization, 476; number of volumes in library, 22,450. Value of grounds, buildings, library, apparatus, etc., $651,893.48; receipts during the year from tuition fees, $17,435; receipts from all other sources, $19,720.09; current expenses, $102,650.69 .- Compiled laws 1897, chapter 68.
The appropriation by the legislature of 1907 for current expenses was $60,000.00 per year for the years ending June 30, 1908-9. In addition, an appropriation of $118,800 was made for buildings and special purposes .- Act 221, P. A. 1907.
MICHIGAN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Term expires
ALLISON L. WRIGHT, Bad Axe.
Dec. 31, 1910
FRANCIS H. RANKIN, Flint Dec. 31, 1912
JAMES SLOCUM, Detroit. Dec. 31, 1914
OFFICERS.
FRANCIS D. CLARKE, A. M., C. E. .Superintendent
HENRY R. NILES. Steward
MISS M. E. DRURY Matron
R. N. MURRAY, M. D Physician
ANNIE S. RUNDELL
.Asst. Physician
The Michigan School for the Deaf, located at the city of Flint, Genesee county, was established in 1854. Number of instructors during 1908, 48; number of students during the year, 320; number of graduates during the year, 10; number of graduates since founded, 1,743; number of volumes in library, 5,752; added during the year, 259; cost of annual tuition per student, $63.74; average cost of board per week, $1.69; total average annual cost per student to the state, $235.80; value of grounds, buildings, library, apparatus, etc., $531,928.10; receipts, $12,682.65; current expenses during year, $99,821.94 .- Compiled laws, 1897, chapter 70.
The legislative appropriation of 1907 for current expenses for each of the years end- ing June 30, 1908-9, was $85,000.00. In addition an appropriation of $11,500.00 was made for special purposes .-- Act 275, P. A. 1907.
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MICHIGAN SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
Term expires
ELGIN MIFFLIN, Lansing.
Dec. 31, 1910
RALPH O. DOUGHTY, Mt. Pleasant.
. Dec. 31, 1912
PHILIP EICHHORN, Port Huron.
Dec. 31, 1914
OFFICERS.
CLARENCE E. HOLMES, B. S. Superintendent
JEROME W. HOWARD . Principal
ANNA E. POTTER. Clerk and Bookkeeper
ELIZABETH L. PARKER Matron
J. F. CAMPBELL, M. D. Physician
JOSEPH FOSTER, M. D. Oculist
Departments: Literary, music and industrial.
The School for the Blind is a part of the public school system of the state and in addi- tion includes the High School, making a complete twelve grade school. The course of study is the equal of any twelve grade course in the state, and is planned to meet col- lege requirements. The teachers are college trained and licensed.
The course in music covers eight years and includes vocal and instrumental. In- struction is offered on the piano, violin and pipe organ as well as orchestral practice.
The industrial courses include domestic science, plain and fancy sewing, knitting and crocheting, raffia and bead work; hammock and net making; piano tuning, repairing and construction; broom and brush making; rug weaving and chair caning.
The school is located in the city of Lansing, Ingham county. The grounds comprise forty-five acres purchased by authority of an act of the legislature of 1881. Number of instructors 1908, 15; number of students during the year, 131; number of volumes in library, Braille 2,883, ink 1,213; value of grounds, buildings, library, apparatus, etc., $178,196.32 .- Compiled laws, 1897, chapter 71.
The legislature of 1907 appropriated for current expenses for each of the years ending June 30, 1908-9, the sum of $35,000. In addition an appropriation of $5,350 was made for special purposes .- Act 228, P. A. 1907.
MICHIGAN EMPLOYMENT INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Term expires
WILLIAM S. BATEMAN, Albion.
Dec. 31, 1910
JOSEPH HUDSON, Clare. . Dec. 31, 1912
HENRY H. CHATTERS, Flushing
Dec. 31, 1914
OFFICERS.
SAMUEL S. JUDD. Superintendent
ETTA M. CRAMTON. Clerk and Bookkeeper
E. E. CURTIS, M. D. . Physician
E. LISLE HOEGER Matron
A. M. SIIOTWELL. Librarian
The Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind is located in the city of Saginaw Saginaw county. The grounds comprise seven acres, purchased for $1.00 by authority of Act 169 of the P. A. of 1903, but in reality donated by the citizens of Saginaw. Num-
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ber of instructors, 1908, 7; number of students, June 30, 1908, 102; number of volumes in circulating library, 1,500; annual tuition free; average cost of board per week, men, $2.50, women, $2.00; estimated average cost per student to state, $245, 12 months; value of grounds, buildings, library, apparatus, etc., $92,000.
Aside from reading, writing and typewriting, the beneficiaries are taught broom mak- ing, piano tuning, cobbling, feather duster making, weaving, basket making and chair caning, for the men; sewing, fancy-work, knitting and crocheting, raffia, chair-caning and weaving, for the women.
The legislature of 1907 appropriated for current expenses, $25,000 for each of the years ending June 30, 1908-9; for special purposes, $3,820 .- Act 229 P. A. 1907.
STATE PUBLIC SCHOOL.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
Term expires
FRANK M. STEWART, President, Hillsdale.
Dec. 31, 1914
NORMAN A. REYNOLDS, Secretary and Treasurer, Coldwater. Dec. 31, 1910
JOHN D. SCHULL, Tecumseh. Dec. 31, 1912
OFFICERS.
J. B. MONTGOMERY . . Superintendent
STANLEY C. GRIFFIN State agent
AMY C. LOWE ... . Clerk
DELLA M. PREAST Matron
The State Public School, located at the city of Coldwater, Branch county, was es- tablished in 1871 and opened in May, 1874. Its first cost was $93,000 and its present value is $280,945.51. The school consists of eighteen buildings, occupying 160 acres. The net expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908, were $40,000; the total number of wards cared for in the school in the year ending June 30, 1908, was 526; the number of teachers is five and cottage managers eight. The instruction given to wards is that of graded, primary school, kindergarten, domestic science and manual training. The average age of children is six and nine-tenths years. Those who are old enough are instructed in common daily labor. The condition of commitment is dependence, or ill-treatment. Children are received at any age under fourteen years and must be sound in body and mind; they are discharged for the 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, 6,406 children have been received. Most of them have gone into good homes. Ninety-two per cent of all who have gone into homes have made good records and there are now 1,247 in homes, etc. Total average annual expense to the state per ward, $29.42 .- Compiled laws, 1897, chapter 72.
The appropriation by the legislature of 1907 for current expenses was $40,000 per year for the years ending June 30, 1908-9. In addition an appropriation of $13,290 was made for special purposes .- Act 118, P. A. 1907.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
GOVERNOR FRED M. WARNER, ex-officio. Term expires
FRANKLIN P. SAYRE, Flushing, President. Dec. 31, 1910
WILLIAM A. ROSENKRANS, Corunna. . Dec. 31, 1912
HORATIO H. LARNED, Lansing. Dec. 31, 1914
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OFFICERS.
E. M. LAWSON. . Superintendent
E. L. DAYMUDE
Assistant Superintendent
MRS. J. E. ST. JOHN. Matron
V. J. BROWN. Bookkeeper
J. H. WELLINGS. Physician
The Industrial School for Boys, formerly called the Reform School, is located in the city of Lansing, Ingham county. The property consists of 290 acres of land, thirty-five buildings, including shops and barns; the first cost was $25,000, the present value of its property is $426,786.35; the earnings of the institution for the last biennial period were $11,139.50; the disbursements for the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1908, were $219,305.91; the number of inmates for 1895 was 518; for 1896, 539; the number of in- mates October 1, 1896, 575; number April 18, 1899, 648; June 30, 1900, 667; June 30, 1904, 715; June 30, 1905, 724; June 30, 1906, 743; June 30, 1907, 741; January 1, 1909, 792; the number of teachers and employes is 63; the instruction given is common school education, four and one-half hours per day, also industrial trades are taught, carpentry, printing, baking, shoemaking, tailoring, painting and farming .- Compiled laws, 1897, chapter 77.
The legislature of 1907 appropriated $121,300 for current expenses and improvements for the year ending June 30, 1908, and $88,700 for the year ending June 30, 1909 .- Act 208, P. A. 1907.
INDUSTRIAL HOME FOR GIRLS.
BOARD OF GUARDIANS.
GOVERNOR FRED M. WARNER, ex-officio. Term expires
R. L. TAYLOR, Adrian. May 31, 1911
GEORGE H. CLIPPERT, Detroit. May 31, 1913
ANNA A. PALMER, Saginaw May 31, 1915
OFFICERS.
MRS. LUCY M. SICKELS. Superintendent
MRS. MARY C. JOHNSON Assistant Superintendent
MISS FRANCES W. ROSE Bookkeeper
MISS KATHARINE F. THEILMANN . Clerk
MRS. MINA L. FULLER. Physician
The Industrial Home for Girls, established in 1879, is located one mile north of the city of Adrian, Lenawee county. The property consists of 113 acres of land and twenty buildings. The first appropriation was $10,000. The present value of its property is $254,205.88. The disbursements for the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1908, were $166,254.34. The earnings of the institution for the two years ending June 30, 1908, were $8,250.71. The average number of inmates for the year ending June 30, 1908, was 432, the average number of teachers employed is 38; the instruction given to in- mates is in housekeeping, cooking, sewing, knitting, dressmaking and all useful duties of the household, together with a common school education. Inmates may be dis- charged for good conduct. An average of 75 girls are out on contract, leading good lives and doing well; 2,438 have entered the home since its organization and seventy- five per cent of its graduates are good women. The object of the institution is the reformation of juvenile female offenders between the ages of ten and seventeen years .- Compiled laws, 1897, chapter 78.
The legislature of 1907 appropriated $72,000 for current expenses for the year ending June 30, 1908, and $70,000 for the year ending June 30, 1909. In addition an appro- priation of $14,925 was made for special purposes .- Act 254, P. A. 1907.
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STATE INSTITUTIONS.
MICHIGAN SOLDIERS' HOME.
BOARD OF MANAGERS.
GOVERNOR FRED M. WARNER, ex-officio. Term expires
GEORGE C. WETHERBEE, Detroit .. Feb. 28, 1911
E. H. FOOTE, Grand Rapids. Feb. 28, 1911
LOUIS KANITZ, Muskegon. . Feb. 28, 1913
TOWNSEND A. ELY, Alma. Feb. 28, 1913
ALFRED MILNES, Coldwater. . Feb. 28, 1915
EDWARD P. ALLEN, Ypsilanti
Feb. - 28, 1915
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
GOVERNOR FRED M. WARNER
Chairman ex-officio
GEORGE C. WETHERBEE, Detroit.
. Chairman pro tem.
LOUIS KANITZ, Muskegon . . Treasurer
Clerk E. H. FOOTE, Grand Rapids
OFFICERS OF THE HOME.
JUDSON E. RICE Commandant
MAJOR EDWARD B. TAYLOR . Adjutant
MAJOR HOWARD A. GRUBE. Surgeon
CAPT. CHARLES C. PHILLIPS Quartermaster
REV. J. K. STARK.
Chaplain
AGENT TO RECEIVE GOVERNMENT AID FOR SOLDIERS' HOME.
FRED M. WARNER. Farmington
The Michigan Soldiers' Home, consisting of fourteen 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 now has capacity to accommodate over 1,300 occupants. 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 number of members, December 31, 1908, was 1,386 (1,247 men, 139 women), of whom 1,163 (1,038 men and 125 women), were present at the home on that date; the present value of the property is $325,300. The expenditure for current expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907, was $151,757.85; average cost per capita, $159.54; and for year ending June 30, 1908, $153,877.18, average cost per capita, $174.49.
The following 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, the Mexican war, the Spanish-American war or the war in the Philip- pines, and who are disabled by disease, wounds or otherwise, and who have no ade- quate 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 unless he served in a Mich- igan regiment or was accredited to the State of Michigan, or was a resident of the State of Michigan for at least five years next preceding the date of his application for ad- mission to the said home .- Act 152, P. A. 1885, as amended by Act No. 25, P. A. 1901 and by Act No. 2, (Ex. session) P. A. 1907.
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The women's building of this home cares for the wives, widows and mothers of vet- erans of the Mexican or Civil War. The husband of the applicant must be or have been a Michigan soldier or a resident of this state in accordance with the provisions of the law establishing the home, and she must have married her soldier husband previous to January 1, 1875. Up to December 31, 1908, 5,377 veterans of different wars and 396 widows, wives or mothers had been admitted to the home.
One hundred dollars per annum is appropriated by the U. S. government for each soldier cared for by a state home, the amount paid being based on the average mem- bership of the home. Under the provisions of this act, $170,575 has been paid to this state by the general government during the two years ending June 30, 1908. This amount was covered into the general fund of the state.
The legislature of 1907 appropriated $166,000 for current expenses for year ending June 30, 1908, and $166,000 for year ending June 30, 1909; for improvements $19,550 .- Act 204, P. A. 1907.
MICHIGAN ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Term expires
ALFRED J. MILLS, Kalamazoo.
Feb., 1911
CHARLES L. EDWARDS, Carleton
. Feb., 1911
HARRIS B. OSBORN, Kalamazoo
. Feb., 1913
CHARLES E. BELKNAP, Grand Rapids
. Feb., 1913
CHAUNCEY F. COOK, Hillsdale. . Feb., 1915
JASON E. HAMMOND, Lansing.
. Feb., 1915
OFFICERS.
ALFRED I. NOBLE, M. D.
Medical Superintendent
WILLIAM A. STONE, M. D. Asst. Medical Superintendent
HERMAN OSTRANDER, M. D. Assistant Physician
GEORGE F. INCH, M. D. Assistant Physician
EMORY J. BRADY, M. D Assistant Physician
A. CHRISTINE IVERSON.
Assistant Physician
JOSEPH D. HUTGER
. Medical Interne
WILLIAM F. MEYERS
Medical Interne
CARL M. HOLMBERG .
Medical Interne
EDWARD P. WILBUR
Consulting Ophthalmologist
EDWIN J. PHELPS
Treasurer
REV. H. W. GELSTON
Acting Chaplain
JOHN A. HOFFMAN Steward
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 cost of $511,889.37, and was formally opened for patients August 24, 1859. The asylum consists of thirteen buildings, occupying a tract of land contain- ing 1,053 acres. The present value of the entire property is $1,405,780.35; the number of patients on November 20, 1908, was 991 men and 863 women, a total of 1,854. At the end of the fiscal year June 30, 1907, there were 896 men and 882 women, a total of 1,778. At the end of the fiscal year June 30, 1908, there were 969 men and 879 women, a total of 1,848. The total receipts for biennial period ending June 30, 1908, were $693,936.21, and the disbursements were $724,703.68. There are nine medical attendants and 422 employes .- Act 217, P. A. 1903.
The legislature of 1907 appropriated $103,785.05 for improvements, etc., for the year ending June 30, 1908 .- Act 222, P. A. 1907.
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STATE INSTITUTIONS.
EASTERN MICHIGAN ASYLUM.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Term expires
EDWARD M. MURPHY, Pontiac.
. Feb., 1910
PETER VOORHEIS, Pontiac.
. Feb., 1910
GEORGE J. VINTON, Detroit.
. Feb., 1912
WILLIAM C. COMWELL, Saginaw
Feb., 1912
WILLIAM J. KAY, Lapeer
. Feb., 1914
JOHN G. CLARK, Bad Axe
Feb., 1914
RESIDENT OFFICERS.
EDMUND A. CHRISTIAN, M. D. Medical Superintendent
JASON MORSE, M. D.
Asst. Medical Superintendent
EDWARD C. GREENE, M. D.
. Assistant Physician
FRANK S. BACHELDER, M. D.
Assistant Physician
CLIFFORD W. MACK, M. D .. Assistant Physician
SAMUEL A. BUTLER, M. D.
Assistant Physician
EDWARD C. SMITH.
. Steward
FRANK L. PERRY . Treasurer
WALTER P. MANTON, M. D., Detroit
Gynecologist
LOUIS J. GOUX, M. D., Detroit . . Ophthalmologist
H. O. WALKER, M. D., Detroit.
Surgeon
The Eastern Michigan Asylum, occupying a tract of about 600 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 $1,197,936.71; the number of patients for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908, was, males, 639; females, 627; the expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907, including special appropriations and officers' salaries, were $278,084.40; and for the year ending June 30, 1908, were $325,873.46; the receipts for the year ending June 30, 1907, were $272,072.37, and for the year ending June 30, 1908, were $324,771.19. There are seven medical attendants and 271 employes at the asylum .- Act 217, P. A. 1903.
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