Annual report of the managers of the State Lunatic Asylum : made to the Legislature January 18, 1844 / New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica.

  • New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum
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1844
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Credit: Annual report of the managers of the State Lunatic Asylum : made to the Legislature January 18, 1844 / New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Brought, forward,.-.. $1,661 7 5 carriages, harness and farming implements, from 1st January to 1st Dec., 1843, as per annexed abstract of treasurer’s report,....... 11,738 69 Advanced to purchase clothing for patients.......... 414 71 Balance in treasury, Nov. 30,..................... 490 11 $14,305 26 Balance of appropriation of 1843, received as above, and applied as above to payment of current expenses,.. $9,887 45 Received for board, and advances for clothing of pati¬ ents, to 1st Dec..... 4,008 06 Received for rent of farm for 1842, and for articles sold, as per abstract of treasurer’s report,. 309 75 Received for rent of farm, received prior to 1st Jan¬ uary, 1843, as per last annual report,.. 100 00 $14,305 26 By the 48th section of the act to organize the Asylum, it is provided that “ all purchases for the use of the Asylum shall be for cash, and not on credit or time.” By the preceding statement, it will be seen that the Managers had no means to defray the current expnnses of the Asylum during the last year, except by using for that purpose the mo- neys appropriated at the last session, for the erection of out-buildings. They were thus obliged to defer the erection of any of the buildings provided for in the act of 1843, except a barn, which was indispensa¬ ble. The Institution could be carried on temporarily without the other buildings provided for by that act, though they are much needed. Iu establishing regulations relating to the admission and support of patients, we could not, in justice to the unfortunate class for whose benefit this institution was intended, require payment for their support, jn advance. We supposed that all, or nearly all the counties in the State had not at the time the Asylum was opened, made any provi¬ sion for the support in it of the insane poor, and if payment in advance had been required, nearly all of that class must necessarily have been excluded until the annual meetings ol the boards of supervisors in No¬ vember. Payment for the support of patients is required semi-annually
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