Seventeenth annual report of the New York Asylum for Idiots : transmitted to the Legislature, January 19, 1868 / New York State Asylum for Idiots.

  • New York State Asylum for Idiots
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1868
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Credit: Seventeenth annual report of the New York Asylum for Idiots : transmitted to the Legislature, January 19, 1868 / New York State Asylum for Idiots. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tecl, when vacancies existed, and on the payment of such a sum as would cover the actual cost of their support and instruction. Its management is vested in a board of trustees, five of whom, State officers, are ex-officio members; the remaining eight are appointed by the Governor and Senate, to serve for a period of eisdit years, going out in classes, eveiy tw’o years. This leaves an opportunity for a change of management, if a change is deemed necessary. There is a general law framed on the model of that relating to the State Lunatic Asylum that is to guide the trustees in the administration of their trust. To these are added a series of by¬ laws for their own conduct, and for the direction of the officers of the institution in carrying out its objects. There is a Treasurer, a member of the Board, who has the cus¬ tody of all its funds, and who disburses no moneys except on the warrant of an executive committee of the Board. The Superintendent is the executive officer of the Asylum. He is responsible for a suitable administration of its internal affairs, in accordance with the instructions contained in the by-laws of the institution. A steward, matron and housekeeper, and a corps of teachers perform the duties incident to their respective offices. By an experience of more than sixteen years these duties have been pretty thoroughly s}7stematized. Especially is this true of all relating to the details of financial management. Thus, no purchases are made in any department without the sanction of the Superintendent is previously given. The supplies received are always accom¬ panied by a bill, with which the articles are compared by the steward. They are then sent to a store-room to be dispensed only by the officer in whose department they belong ; and a daily record is kept of such disbursements. The bills are payable monthly, and all bills, before being paid, are compared with the bills of details accompanying the daily purchases, and certified by the steward. These are then examined by the Superintendent and presented at a monthly meeting of the executive committee, and they are then audited by them, and a record of such audit preserved in a book kept for that purpose. These are then paid by the treasurer at the bank where the account of the Asylum is kept, These vouchers accompany the quarterly statements of the treasurer made to the board at it meetings, and are duly examined ;
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