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ever the supplies funrished do not fully correspond in quality and quantity to the samples previously furnished by the contractors, and to the letter and spirit of the proposals made by them: and, Provided further, that no drawbacks, presents or secret discounts shall be given to, or received by any person whatever on account of any articles or materials furnished to or labor done for any state institution, and a violation of this proviso shall subject the offender, on conviction thereof in any court of record, to a fine of not more than one thousand dolor imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not less than one nor more than three years.

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24. Every state institution shall keep a register of the number of officers, employes and inmates present each day in the year, in such form as to admit of a calculation of the average number present each month.

§ 25. Every state institution shall, so far as may be practicable, keep a record of stores and supplies, showing the amount of stores, etc., received and issued, with the dates and the names of the parties from or to whom the same were received or issued.

§ 26. All residents of the state of Illinois who are or may become inmates of the state charitable institutions, shall receive their board, tuition and treatment free of charge during their stay. The residents of other states may be admitted to said institutions upon the payment of the just costs of said board, tuition and treatment: Provided, that no resident of another state shall be received or retained to the exclusion of any resident of the state of Illinois: And, provided, further, that should any inmate be unwilling to accept gratuitous board, treatment or tuition, then any superintendent of a state charitable institution is hereby authorized to receive pay therefor, and is required to account for the same in an itemized monthly or quarterly statement to the trustees, as donations, duly credited to the persons from whom they were received; and if any superintendent shall receive any moneys for the purpose of furnishing extra attention and comforts to any inmate of the institution under his charge, he shall account for the same, and for the expenditures, in like manner, to the trustees: And, provided, further, that until July 1, 1877, superintendents of state institutions are hereby authorized to charge for board to inmates as heretofore authorized by law.

§ 27. In all cases where persons sent to the institution for the blind, the institution for the deaf and dumb, or the institution for feeble-minded children, are too poor to furnish themselves with sufficient clothing, and pay the expenses of transportation to and from the institution, the judge of the county court of the county where any such person resides, upon the application of any relative or friend of such person, or of any officer of his town or county (ten days' notice of which application shall be given to the county clerk), may, if he shall deem such person a proper subject for the care of either of said institutions, make an order to that effect, which shall be certified by the clerk of the circuit court to the principal or superintendent of such institution, who shall provide the necessary clothing and transportation at the expense of the county, and upon his rendering his proper accounts therefor semi-annually, the county board shall allow and pay the same out of the county treasury.

28. On or before the first day of November preceding each regular session of the general assembly, the trustees of each of the state institutions named in this act shall make out and transmit to the state commissioners of public charities, and they, if they find the same to be correct, shall deliver the same to the governor, a full and detailed statement of all their transactions and doings for the two years ending on the thirtieth day of September immediately preceding, showing, for the two years, and for each of them, separately, the number of inmates admitted and discharged since their last report, the number then remaining in the institution, the average annual attendance, the receipts, disbursements and expenditures of moneys and other funds, the valuation of property in the hands of the trustees, the amount of each appropriation or fund under their control, and the balance thereof remaining unexpended in their hands or in the treasury of the state. The reports required by this section shall be accompanied with a cash statement made by the treasurer of the institution, and such other information, financial, statistical or otherwise, in such tabulated form as the commissioners of public charities may prescribe and require: Provided, that the said commissioners shall prescribe forms of statements as nearly uniform as may be practicable for all the institutions, to the end that their accounts may be compared and consolidated for the information of the general assembly: And, provided further, that the said commissioners may call for and require special reports when, in their judgment, the public interest shall demand the same.

$29. The number of copies of the several reports of the state institutions named in this act, now or hereafter prescribed by law, shall be printed and published under the supervision of the state commissioners of public charities, who shall have said reports printed, bound and ready for distribution to the members of the general assembly, within ten days after the meeting thereof.

§ 30. The board of state commissioners of public charities, created by an act approved April 9, 1869, is hereby recognized and continued, and the powers heretofore granted to said board, of visitation, investigation, inquiry, counsel, recommendation and report, with respect to the management and affairs of the state and county charitable and correctional institutions, are hereby confirmed, and the same jurisdiction now exercised by said board over a portion of the state institutions is extended so as to apply to all penal institutions, all of which shall hereafter be subject to visitation and investigation by said board.

§ 31. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of public instruction to visit such of the charitable institutions of the state as are educational in their character, and to examine their facilities for instruction; and the several superintendents of these institutions shall make to him reports, at such times, on matters educational relating to their institutions, and in such forms as he may prescribe.

§ 32. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

APPROVED APRIL 15, 1875.

FIFTH BIENNIAL REPORT.

With the present report, the Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities completes the record of the first ten years of its history. For us, the occasion is an anniversary. These ten years have also constituted an epoch in the history of the development of the state institutions. We have witnessed the erection and establishment of two new hospitals for the insane-one at Elgin and one at Anna-and the foundation of a third laid, at Kankakee. We have seen the asylum for feeble-minded children incorporated, removed to Lincoln, and permanently provided for by the purchase of a site and the construction of suitable buildings. We have seen the soldiers' orphans' home completed and opened at Normal; the burning and rebuilding of the institution for the blind, at Jacksonville; the enlargement of the institution for the deaf and dumb to double its former capacity; and the reception of the charitable eye and ear infirmary, at Chicago, after the great fire, into the number of institutions owned and controlled by the state. The building erected for this infirmary is believed to be the best of its class in the world. For some years the universities were under our supervision, and we watched the southern normal university, at Carbondale, from the laying of its corner stone to its inauguration; we also saw nearly all the new buildings erected for the industrial university, at Champaign. The state has just passed through an era of public building, which began in 1867, and is, we trust, now happily drawing to a close.

INSTITUTIONS.

There are, at the present time, ten institutions subject to the supervision of this board, namely: four hospitals for the insane, the institution for the education of the deaf and dumb, the institution for the blind, the asylum for feeble-minded children, the soldiers' orphans' home, the Illinois charitable eye and ear infirmary, and the state reform school. The fourth hospital for the insane (at Kankakee) was created by the last general assembly, and is not yet in operation.

STATISTICAL TABLES.

The tabular statements in the appendix to this report will be found to contain detailed answers to nearly all questions likely to be asked concerning the finances of the state institutions. The following is a complete list of these tables:

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TABLE A. List of institutions and superintendents.
TABLE B. List of trustees of the state institutions.

TABLE C. List of appropriations, 1837 to 1877.

TABLE D. Amount paid to institutions.

TABLE E. The institutions in account with appropriations.

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TABLE F. Recapitulation of appropriation account for 1877 and 1878, and balances remaining in the state treasury, September 30, 1878.

TABLE G. Showing amounts collected from each county in the state, by six state institutions, between the first day of October, 1876, and the thirtieth day of September, 1877.

TABLE GG. Showing amounts collected from each county in the state, between the first day of October, 1877, and the thirtieth day of September, 1878.

TABLE H. Showing balances due six state institutions, and not yet collected, on the thirtieth day of September, 1877, from each county in the state.

TABLE HH. Showing balances due six state institutions, and not yet collected, on the thirtieth day of September, 1878, from each county in the state.

TABLE I. Consolidated financial statement (all funds included) of the income and expenses of the state institutions, classified, for the fiscal year, 1877.

TABLE K. Consolidated financial statement (all funds included) of the income and expenses of the state institutions, classified, for the fiscal year, 1878.

TABLE L. The institutions in account with the local treasurers.

TABLE M. Showing the movement of the population for the fiscal year, 1877.

TABLE MM. Showing the movement of the population for the fiscal year, 1878.

TABLE N. Showing number of inmates actually present on the first day of October, 1876, in nine state institutions, from each county in the state.

TABLE O. Showing number of inmates admitted into nine state institutions, from each county in the state, between the first day of October, 1876, and the thirtieth day of September, 1877.

TABLE OO. Showing number of inmates admitted into nine state institutions, from each county in the state, between the first day of October, 1877, and the thirtieth day of September, 1878.

TABLE P. Showing number of days' board given to inmates of nine state institutions, from each county in the state, between the first day of October, 1876, and the thirtieth day of September, 1877.

TABLE PP. Showing number of days' board given to inmates of nine state institutions, from each county in the state, between the first day of October, 1877, and the thirtieth day of September, 1878.

TABLE Q. Showing number of inmates actually present on the thirtieth day of September, 1877, in nine state institutions, from each county in the state.

TABLE QQ. Showing number of inmates actually present on the thirtieth day of September, 1878, in nine state institutions, from each county in the state.

TABLE R. Duration of terms and vacations.

TABLE S. Showing amounts purchased of articles named.

TABLE T. Showing consumption of articles named, per capita, for two years, from October 1, 1876, to September 30, 1878.

TABLE U. Showing total amounts paid for uses specified.

TABLE V. Showing the comparative cost of provisions, in nine state institutions, for one year, from October 1, 1876, to September 30, 1877.

TABLE VV. Showing the comparative cost of provisions in nine state institutions for one year, from October 1, 1877, to September 30, 1878.

AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR.

On the first of October, 1876, there were in the hands of the several treasurers of the institutions under our care, the following cash balances:

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In addition to these balances in the possession of the institutions, they had, in the state treasury, unexpended balances of appropriations undrawn, to the amount of $566,836 79, as follows:

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