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The legislature of 1913 appropriated $75,000 for the year ending June 30, 1914, and $75,000 for the year ending June 30, 1915, for current expenses, and $23,600 for special purposes .- Act 362, P. A. 1913. The legislature of 1915 appropriated $84,000 for current expenses for each of the years ending June 30, 1916 and 1917, and $10,400 for special purposes,-Act 292, P. A. 1915.
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MICHIGAN SOLDIERS' HOME.
BOARD OF MANAGERS.
GOVERNOR WOODBRIDGE N. FERRIS, ex-officio.
Term expires
E. H. FOOTE, Grand Rapids . Feb. 28, 1917
T. G. STEVENSON, Ionia. . . Feb. 28, 1917
GEORGE W. STONE, Lansing . . Feb. 28, 1919
GEORGE N. DAVIS, Grand Rapids . Feb. 28, 1919
DAVID S. HOWARD, Pontiac .. Feb. 28, 1921
ASA JOY, Plymouth .
.Feb. 28, 1921
(Board receives $3 per day and expenses.)
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
GOVERNOR WOODBRIDGE N. FERRIS Chairman ex-officio
GEORGE W. STONE, Lansing . Chairman pro tem.
E. H. FOOTE, Grand Rapids Treasurer
T. G. STEVENSON, Ionia. Clerk
OFFICERS OF THE HOME.
Salary
W. T. McGURRIN, Commandant. $1,200
MAJOR CHARLES P. COFFIN, Adjutant
1,500
MAJOR HOWARD A. GRUBE, Surgeon
1,500
CAPT. EDWARD C. SMITH, Quartermaster
1,000
REV. W. H. HERBERT, Chaplain
900
AGENT TO RECEIVE GOVERNMENT AID FOR SOLDIERS' HOME.
WOODBRIDGE N. FERRIS. Big Rapids
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 1,500 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, 1914, was 1,397 (1,162 men, 235 women), of whom 1,091 (894 men and 197 women), were present at the home on that date; the present value of the property is $494,449.62. The expenditure for current expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, was $200,749.47; average cost per capita, $196.65; and for year ending June 30, 1914; $197,573.29; average cost per capita, $194.29.
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 said home: Provided, That nothing herein shall be so construed as to prevent the board of managers from admitting to membership in said home any honorably
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discharged soldier, sailor or marine otherwise qualified, but who has adequate means of support and is not dependent upon public or private charity, upon condition that such applicant pay to the board of managers in advance for the use and benefit of the state of Michigan, such sum for his support as said board of managers may determine to be proper .- Act 152, P. A. 1885, as amended by Act No. 25, P. A. 1901, Act No. 2, (Ex. session) P. A. 1907, and Act No. 49, P. A. 1915.
.The women's building of this home cares for the wives, widows and mothers of vet- erans of the Mexican and Civil Wars. 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 1890 .- ยง 2067, Am. 1913, Act No. 217. Up to December 31, 1914, 6,770 veterans of different wars and 692 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, $181,210.48 has been paid to this state by the general government during the two years ending June 30, 1914. This amount was covered into the general fund of the state.
The legislature of 1913 appropriated $200,000 for current expenses for year ending June 30, 1914, and $200,000 for year ending June 30, 1915 .- Act 104, P. A. 1913. The legislature of 1915 appropriated $200,000 for current expenses for the year ending June 30, 1916 and $200,000 for the year ending June 30, 1917 .- Act 35, P. A. 1915. For special purposes, $25,000, and for refunding excess pension money, $7,831.82 .- Act 36, P. A. 1915.
KALAMAZOO STATE HOSPITAL.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Term expires
CHARLES CLARAGE, Kalamazoo.
. Feb., 1917
CHARLES K. WARREN, Three Oaks.
. Feb., 1917
RALPH E. BALCH, Kalamazoo
. Feb., 1919
THOMAS J. CAVANAUGH, Paw Paw
. Feb., 1919
CHAUNCEY F. COOK, Hillsdale. . Feb., 1921
FRANK E. PULTE, Grand Rapids
Feb., 1921
(Board receives expenses only.)
OFFICERS.
Salary
ALFRED I. NOBLE, M. D., Medical Superintendent.
$3,600
HERMAN OSTRANDER, M. D., Assistant Medical Superintendent.
2,200
GEORGE F. INCH, M. D., Assistant Physician.
2,200
MARGERY J. GILFILLAN, M. D., Assistant Physician
1,200
U. SHERMAN GREGG, M. D., Assistant Physician
1,500
GORDON F. WILLEY, M. D., Assistant Physician
1,200
ROY A. MORTER, M. D., Assistant Physician.
1,000
JEROME F. BERRY, M. D., Assistant Physician.
1,000
EDWARD P. WILBUR, Consulting Ophthalmologist.
EDWIN J. PHELPS, Treasurer.
REV. H. W. GELSTON, Acting Chaplain, per service.
5
HOWARD H. BUCKHOUT, Steward.
1,300
EVA RAWLINGS, M. D., Pathologist.
2,500
The Kalamazoo State Hospital, 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 29, 1859. Connected with the hospital there are seventy-three buildings, occupying a tract of land containing 1,053 acres. The present value of the entire property is $1,610,915.13.
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At the end of the fiscal year June 30, 1914, there were in the institution 1,100 men and 1,011 women, a total of 2,111 patients. There are nine physicians and 450 employes. The total receipts for the biennial period ending June 30, 1914, were $814,626.63; and the disbursements were $825,109.27 .- Act 217, P. A. 1903.
The legislature of 1913 appropriated $39,064.18 for improvements, etc., for the years ending June 30, 1914 and 1915 .- Act 110, P. A. 1913. The legislature of 1915 appro- priated $89,000 for improvements for the year ending June 30, 1916 .- Act 106, P. A. 1915.
PONTIAC STATE HOSPITAL.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Term expires
STUART GALBRAITH, Pontiac.
Feb., 1917
EDWARD L. KEYSER, Pontiac.
Feb., 1917
C. C. YERKES, Northville.
Feb., 1919
HORATIO J. ABBOTT, Ann Arbor
Feb., 1919
JOHN G. CLARK, Bad Axe .. Feb., 1921
ALBERT E. STEVENSON, Port Huron.
Feb., 1921
(Board receives expenses only.)
OFFICERS.
Salary
EDMUND A. CHRISTIAN, M. D., Medical Superintendent.
$3,00)
FRANK S. BACHELDER, M. D., Assistant Medical Superintendent .
1,800
SAMUEL A. BUTLER, M. D., Assistant Physician ..
1,500
ALICE BAXTER, M. D., Assistant Physician.
1,200
FRANK W. ROMAINE, M. D., Assistant Physician 1,500
EDWARD H. HALSEY, Steward.
2,000
FRANK L. PERRY, Treasurer.
WALTER P. MANTON, M. D., Gynecologist, Detroit.
LOUIS J. Goux, M. D., Ophthalmologist, Detroit.
PRESTON M. HICKEY, M. D., Roentgenologist, Detroit.
CHARLES S. BUTTOLPH, D. D. S., Dentist, Detroit, $2.00 per hour.
The Pontiac State Hospital, 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 $1,308,379.43; the number of patients for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914, was, males, 724; females, 688; the expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, including special appropriations and officers' salaries, were $274,417.58; and for the year ending June 30, 1914, were $306,284.56; the receipts for the year ending June 30, 1913, were $269,116.20, and for the year ending June 30, 1914, were $322,357.58. There are seven medical attendants and 267 employes at the hospital .- Act 217, P. A. 1903.
The legislature of 1913 appropriated $96,300 for building and special purposes .- Act 205, P. A. 1913. The legislature of 1915 appropriated $20,000 for special purposes. -Act 237, P. A. 1915.
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TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Term expires
W. W. MITCHELL, Cadillac.
.Feb., 1917
MARION F. QUAINTANCE, Petoskey
Feb., 1917
WILLIAM LLOYD, Manistee. . Feb., 1919
CURTIS D. ALWAY, Traverse City
. Feb., 1919
HARRY C. DAVIS, Traverse City. . Feb., 1921
S. E. NEIHARDT, South Boardman Feb., 1921
(Board receives expenses only.)
OFFICERS.
JAMES D. MUNSON, M. D., Medical Superintendent
$3,600
A. S. ROWLEY, M. D., Assistant Medical Superintendent.
2,800
WILLIAM D. MUELLER, M. D., Assistant Physician
1,800
J. A. J. HALL, M. D., Assistant Physician.
1,200
H. V. HENDRICKS, M. D., Assistant Physician. 1,200
GEORGE B. PIKE, Steward.
2,150
REV. D. COCHLIN, Chaplain .
260
A. J. MAYNARD, Treasurer.
The Traverse City State Hospital, organized in 1881 and located at Traverse City, Grand Traverse county, received its first patient November 30, 1885. The property consists of forty-two buildings, occupying a tract of land containing 728 acres. Its first cost was $522,430.68, and the present value is $1,104,925.73; the number of patients June 30, 1913, was males, 827; females, 658; and June 30, 1914, was, males, 861; females, 656. Total receipts from all sources for biennial period ending June 30, 1914, were $671,785.97; the disbursements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, were $305,771.12; and for the year ending June 30, 1914, were $340,826.82. There are five medical at- tendants and 285 employes .- Act 217, P. A. 1903.
The legislature of 1913 appropriated $71,137.80 for improvements .- Act 166, P. A. 1913. The legislature of 1915 appropriated $43,472.15 for improvements .- Act 203, P. A. 1915.
NEWBERRY STATE HOSPITAL.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Term expires
PERRY LEIGHTON, Newberry
.Feb., 1917
THOMAS CONLIN, Crystal Falls
Feb., 1917
F. P. BOHN, Newberry.
. Feb., 1919
FRED S. CASE, Marquette.
.Feb., 1919
W. T. MURPHY, Newberry Feb., 1921
FRANCIS T. MCDONALD, Sault Ste. Marie.
Feb., 1921
(Board receives expenses only.)
OFFICERS.
EARL H. CAMPBELL, M. D., Medical Superintendent.
$3,600
EMORY J. BRADY, M. D., Assistant Medical Superintendent.
2,200
FESTUS C. BANDY, M. D., Assistant Physician .
1,100
MINTA P. KEMP, M. D., Woman Physician.
1,200
LOUIS O. WALLACE, M. D., Assistant Physician 800
ROSCOE C. BRADLEY, Steward
2,000
E. M. CHAMBERLAIN, Treasurer
None
Salary
Salary
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The Newberry State Hospital, at Newberry, Luce county, contemplates in the plan, when the institution is completed, in all twenty cottages in the form of a quadrangle, each cottage to have a capacity of about fifty patients. This is the only institution in the state for the care of the insane, built on the cottage plan; this system has the ad- vantage of being better able to classify patients, less danger from fire and better facilities for ventilation. Fifteen cottages and a tubercular ward have been built, also a general kitchen and dining rooms, an administration building, and an assembly hall with a seating capacity of between eight and nine hundred. The buildings are all constructed of pressed brick. Value of property June 30, 1914, $818,595.84; number of inmates June 30, 1913, men, 487; women, 356; number of inmates June 30, 1914, men, 520; women, .370; current expense receipts for the year ending June 30, 1913, $169,915.56; and for the year ending June 30, 1914, $178,639.21; current expense disbursements for the year ending June 30, 1913, $165,617.05; and for the year ending June 30, 1914, $180,467.24. The legislature of 1913 appropriated $93,500 for improvements .- Act 198, P. A. 1913.
The legislature of 1915 appropriated $81,800 for improvements .- Act 309, P. A. 1915.
MICHIGAN HOME AND TRAINING SCHOOL.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
Term expires
HORACE KITCHELL, Coldwater
.Jan. 31, 1917
C. C. PECK, Port Huron
.Jan. 31, 1919
C. J. WALZ, Ann Arbor .
. Jan. 31, 1921
NORMAN FLOWERS, Jackson .Jan. 31, 1921
JOHN S. SMITH, Elba Jan. 31, 1921
(Board receives expenses only.)
OFFICERS.
Salary
H. A. HAYNES, M. D., Medical Superintendent .
$3,000
BYRON E. BIGGS, M. D., Assistant Medical Superintendent
1,500
MILLIE E. WILSON, M. D., Assistant Physician. 1,000
J. H. DOUGLASS, M. D., Assistant Physician 1,000
H. S. EVANS, Steward.
1,800
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 commissioners at the city of Lapeer, Lapeer county, on a tract of land containing 160 acres donated by the city. The home was opened in August, 1895. Act No. 401, P. A. 1913, changed the name of this institution to the "Michigan Home and Training School." 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 de- velop as much as possible their intellectual faculties."-Compiled laws, 1897, chapter 73. The sum of $50,000 was appropriated for construction of buildings. The home is built on the "cottage plan." The present value of the property is $771,960.41, and now consists of 360 acres of land, ten cottages for the care of inmates, hospital, power- house, laundry, school-building, storeroom, bakery, cold storage building, carpenter shop, two dining rooms and kitchen, chapel and amusement hall, farm cottage and dormitory, and farm and dairy buildings. Instruction is given to inmates, as follows: Kindergarten, primary up to fifth or sixth grades, sense training for custodial cases, instrumental and vocal music, calisthenics, sewing, rug and carpet making, basketry, cabinet and furniture making, and picture framing. Number of patients June 30,
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1914, male, 620; female, 540; disbursements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, current expense, $194,361.02. Total number of officers and employes, 165.
In 1909 a revision was made of the law relative to the care of the feeble minded and epileptic, for which, see Act No. 101, P. A. 1909, as amended by Act No. 29, P. A. 1913.
The legislature of 1913 appropriated $115,591.73 for special purposes for the biennial period ending June 30, 1915 .- Act No. 187, P. A. 1913. The legislature of 1915 ap- propriated $110,000 for special purposes for the biennial period ending June 30, 1917 .- Act No. 204, P. A. 1915.
MICHIGAN FARM COLONY FOR EPILEPTICS.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
Term expires
HALLEY H. PROSSER, Secretary, Flushing.
. Feb. 1, 1917
ELMER J. RICE, Treasurer, Vassar
. Feb. 1, 1919
FRANK H. MOHR, Bay City . Feb. 1, 1919
HENRY S. HULBERT, President, Detroit . Feb. 1, 1921
THOMAS GORDON, JR.,. Howell.
. Feb. 1, 1921
(Board receives expenses only.)
OFFICERS.
Salary
ROBERT L. DIXON, M. D., Superintendent.
$3,600
CLAY W. GAGE, Steward. 1,200
The above institution was established under authority of Act No. 173, of the public acts of 1913, for the humane, curative, scientific and economical treatment of epileptic persons, exclusive of the insane and idiotic. An appropriation of $200,000 was made for the purchase of a site and the erection of buildings. A location was selected at Wahjamega, in Tuscola county, four miles from Caro, and eleven miles from Vassar. The site consists of 1,510 acres and was purchased for $53,500. The institution has established and under construction three buildings for patients, viz .: Temporary cottage A, and cottages Nos. 1 and 2, housing a population of 150.
The legislature of 1915 appropriated $135,394.87 for special purposes .- Act 143, P. A. 1915.
IONIA STATE HOSPITAL.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Term expires
CHARLES F. BACKUS, Detroit .
Jan. 31, 1917
SALEM F. KENNEDY, Lakeview
Jan. 31, 1919
THAD. B. PRESTON, Ionia Jan. 31, 1921
(Board receives expenses only.)
OFFICERS.
Salary
ROBERT H. HASKELL, M. D., Medical Superintendent.
$3,000
P. C. ROBERTSON, M. D., Assistant Physician.
1,500
H. B. CHAMBERLAIN, Clerk.
1,500
H. B. WEBBER, Treasurer.
The Ionia State Hospital was organized in May, 1885, under the name of the Mich- igan Asylum for Insane Criminals, and the name was changed by Act No. 181, public acts of 1891, to Michigan Asylum for Dangerous and Criminal Insane, the State Asylum by Act No. 17, public acts of 1899, and again to that of Ionia State Hospital by Act No. 21, public acts of 1911. It is located at Ionia, Ionia county. The hospital
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consists of eight buildings, for officers and patients, occupying 217 acres of land. Its first cost was $83,283.29, and the present value of the property is $478,875.24. The number of patients treated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, was, males, 422; females, 62; number of patients June 30, 1914, males, 434; females, 60. Receipts for maintenance of patients for biennial period ending June 30, 1914, were $171,120.95; other receipts were, $41,956.11; balance on hand June 30, 1912, $25,427.80; expense for the same period, $208,468.21; balance on hand June 30, 1914, $30,036.65. There are three medical attendants and fifty-one employes .- Compiled laws, 1897, chapter 69.
The legislature of 1913 appropriated $57,500 for improvements .- Act 112, P. A. 1913. The legislature of 1915 appropriated $26,000 for improvements .- Act 299, P. A. 1915.
MICHIGAN STATE PRISON.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
GOVERNOR WOODBRIDGE N. FERRIS, ex-officio.
Term expires
O. H. L. WERNICKE, Grand Rapids . Feb. 15, 1917
EDWARD FRENSDORF, Hudson. . Feb. 15, 1919
FRANK D. EAMAN, Detroit. Feb. 15, 1921
(Board receives expenses only.)
OFFICERS.
Salary
NATHAN F. SIMPSON, Warden
$5,000
JASPER H. THOMPSON, Deputy Warden
1,600
GEORGE W. BENNETT, Clerk.
1,300
HOWARD H. NEEDHAM, Warden's Secretary.
1,300
REV. GROVER A. JACKSON, Chaplain.
Per diem
MORLEY S. VAUGHAN, M. D., Physician
1,200
The Michigan State Prison was located at Jackson in 1839. The property consists of 774 acres of land, twenty of which are occupied by the administration building, cell wings, shops, etc., and the balance is used for farming. The value of the property June 30, 1914, was, real estate, $1,098,315.84; personal, $149,080; total, $1,247,395.84. The convicts are employed. The official force numbers 104, the pay roll for same amount- ing to $87,430.52 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. Appointments are made by the warden and confirmed by the board of control. A school is maintained, in which a high school education may be obtained. The total amount disbursed for current expenses during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914, was $229,650.01. Total receipts for the same period, earnings from industries, was $229,650.07. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914, no current expense funds were drawn from the state treasury.
The legislature of 1913 appropriated $187,800 for special purposes .- Act 60, P. A. 1913.
The legislature of 1915 appropriated $159,298.80 for special purposes .- Act 30, P. A. 1915.
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STATE HOUSE OF CORRECTION AND BRANCH OF STATE PRISON IN THE UPPER PENINSULA.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
GOVERNOR WOODBRIDGE N. FERRIS, ex-officio.
Term expires
W. H. JOHNSTON, Ishpeming. Feb. 14, 1917
EDWARD C. ANTHONY, Negaunee
Feb. 14, 1919
IRA CARLEY, Ingalls . Feb. 14, 1921
(Board receives expenses only.)
OFFICERS.
Salary
JAMES RUSSELL, Warden
$3,000
T. B. CATLIN, Deputy Warden.
1,800
ALFRED WEST, Clerk
1,500
A. W. HORNBOGEN, M. D., Physician.
750
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 institution was organized by Act No. 148, public acts of 1885. The original appropriation was $150,000; first cost of buildings and grounds, $205,989.45. The property consists of 2442 acres of land, buildings and personal property. The present value of its property is $384,102.71. Number of inmates June 30, 1914, 336. The current expense for the biennial period ending June 30, 1914, was $176,082.58, and the receipts for the same period were $169,070.95, of which $69,729.18 were earnings of the institution, $96,000 moneys received from the state treasurer, and $3,341.77 from other sources. The number of officers is 34. Inmates are employed in manufacturing clothing, shoes, overalls, and box shooks, and improving the institution and grounds .- Compiled laws, 1897, chapter 75.
The legislature of 1915 appropriated $109,000 for special purposes .- Acts 109 and 235, P. A. 1915.
MICHIGAN REFORMATORY.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
GOVERNOR WOODBRIDGE N. FERRIS, ex-officio.
Term expires
ALBERT STICKLEY, Grand Rapids.
. Feb. 15, 1917
ALFRED R. LOCKE, Ionia. . Feb. 15, 1919
JOHN H. ROBSON, Ovid. Feb. 15, 1921
(Board receives expenses only.)
OFFICERS.
Salary
OTIS FULLER, Warden.
$3,000
J. R. WALKER, Deputy Warden
1,500
J. R. BRICKER, Clerk ..
1,400
G. F. WASHBURNE, M. D., Physician.
1,200
REV. CYRUS MENDENHALL, Chaplain .
1,200
L. P. EsSICK, Engineer. 1,400
H. S. HALL, Steward.
900
GUY CONNER, Superintendent of Farm.
1,200
The Michigan Reformatory, located at Ionia, Ionia county, was established in 1877, and built at an original cost of $250,000. It was intended as a place of confinement for male first offenders over fifteen years of age, with no maximum age limit, and prisoners
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are received for all offenses except first degree murder, for terms ranging from a minimum of six months to a maximum of life.
The property of the institution consists of 771 acres of land, 199 acres of which were added by the legislature of 1915, and about thirty large buildings, besides many smaller ones. Fire during the past four years, destroyed the industrial building, the hospital and the building of the steward and storekeeper departments. These buildings have all been rebuilt, largely with inmate labor, of fireproof materials and at a minimum cost to the taxpayers. The new main factory building constructed along the most approved modern lines was erected during the last biennial period, at a cost of about $75,000. It is 75 feet wide, 376 feet long and three stories high. The material is sandlime brick, with steel sash and ribbed glass windows, and the building is equipped with an auto- matic sprinkler system, supplied from a 50,000 gallon tank on a 100 foot steel tower.
The present value of the property is over $600,000. Because of fire loss, which caused unusually large expenditures and at the same time hampered the industrial work of the institution, the earnings were less than normal and the expenditures greater. The number of inmates on January 1, 1915, was 613, and in addition to the inmates within the walls there were 250 inmates on parole on that date, outside the walls of the in- stitution in different parts of the state. About 400 of the inmates are employed in the manufacture of reed goods, about fifty in farming, and the balance in the general work of the institution. Total number of officers, forty-four .- Compiled laws, 1897, chapter 75. The receipts for the biennial period ending June 30, 1914, for current expense were $126,000 from the state treasury, and $114,666.18 from earnings of the institu- tion. The legislature of 1915 appropriated $3,000 for general repairs and $8,800 for the purchase of additional farming land .- Act 61, P. A. 1915.
STATE HOUSE OF CORRECTION.
The State House of Correction was established by Act No. 356, of the public acts of 1913, to be located upon a site to be furnished by Bay county. An appropriation of $100,001 was made for the purpose. Site not yet provided.
DETROIT HOUSE OF CORRECTION.
BOARD OF INSPECTORS.
Term expires
JEREMIAH DWYER.
July 1, 1916
JOHN D. WILEY.
July 1,1917
MARVIN PRESTON July 1, 1918
FRED POSTAL ..
July 1, 1919
BERNHARDT JACOB, Superintendent.
The Detroit House of Correction, properly speaking is not a state institution, 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. It receives from courts in the State of Michigan, prisoners con- victed of misdemeanors and first offenders convicted of felonies. Under contract with the state, it receives female prisoners convicted of felonies; and under contract with the United States government, it receives prisoners convicted in the federal courts of Michigan. Estimated value of property, $400,000; number of inmates January 1, 1915, 594 males, 59 females.
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