PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD.

The Board here presents a summary of its official proceedings from the time of issuing the last Annual Report.

Regular Monthly Meeting, Saturday, January 2, 1897.

Report of Committee on Inspection of Institutions, showing a visit made to Worcester Lunatic Hospital.

Report of Committee on the removal of insane persons out of the State, and action thereon.

Report of Committee on Lunacy; Monthly report of the Inspector of Institutions; recommendations adopted, (1) authorizing the transfer of four children from Taunton Lunatic Hospital to the Hospital Cottages for Children; (2) suggesting to the Trustees of Medfield Insane Asylum the advisability of placing electric lights about the grounds of the Institution; (3) providing for the transfer of 25 women from Danvers Lunatic Hospital to the asylum ward of the State Almshouse.

Report of Committee on Charities: Monthly reports of the Superintendents of In-door and Out-Door Poor; recommendations adopted, involving action on applications for discharge of inmates of the State Farm, and children in the custody of the Board, including three adoptions.

Action on petitions for licenses to maintain boarding-houses for infants.

Report of the Clerk and Auditor.

Resignation of William H. Nichols, 3rd, as temporary visitor in the Department of Out-Door Poor, and the appointment of Albert A. Carlton in his place.

Appointment of the Chairman, Mr. Donnelly, Mr. Pratt, Mr. Lincoln, and Mr. Haskell, as a Committee to appear before any Committees of the Legislature on matters of concern to the Board.

Regular Monthly Meeting, Saturday, February 6, 1897.

Report of Committee on the removal of insane persons out of the State, and action thereon.

Report of Committee on Lunacy: Monthly report of the Inspector of Institutions; recommendations adopted, (1) providing for the transfer of 40 men and 200 women from the State Lunatic Hospitals to Medfield Insane Asylum; (2) providing for the transfer of a patient from Taunton Lunatic Hospital to Danvers Lunatic Hospital; (3) ordering commitments of insane persons from Suf

folk County to be made to Worcester Lunatic Hospital until farther order.

Report of Committee on Charities: Monthly reports of the Superintendents of In-Door and Out-Door Poor; recommendations adopted, involving action on applications for discharge of inmates of the State Farm, and children in the custody of the Board, including six adoptions.

Action on petitions for licenses to maintain boarding-houses for infants.

Report of the Clerk and Auditor.

Action requesting the Governor to appoint the Chairman, with Dr. Hildreth as substitute, to represent the Commonwealth at the meeting of Charities and Correction to be held in New Orleans on the 3rd proximo.

Regular Monthly Meeting, Saturday, March 6, 1897.

Report of Committee on Inspection of Institutions, showing visits made to Worcester and Taunton Lunatic Hospitals, Worcester Insane Asylum, and Westborough Insane Hospital.

Report of Committee on the removal of insane persons out of the State, and action thereon.

Report of Committee on Lunacy: Monthly report of the Inspector of Institutions; recommendations adopted, (1) providing for regular weekly returns from the private insane asylums; (2) providing for the transfer of a patient from the State Almshouse to Medfield Insane Asylum; (3) ordering commitments of insane persons from Suffolk County to be made to Westborough Insane Hospital until farther order.

Report of Committee on Charities: Monthly reports of the Superintendents of In-Door and Out-Door Poor; recommendations adopted, involving action on applications for discharge of inmates of the State Farm, and children in the custody of the Board, including one adoption.

Action on petitions for licenses to maintain boarding-houses for infants.

Regular Monthly Meeting, Saturday, April 3, 1897.

Report of Committee on Inspection of Institutions, showing visits made to Dr. Bemis's private asylum, Worcester Lunatic Hospital and Worcester Insane Asylum.

Report of Committee on the removal of insane persons out of the State, and action thereon.

Report of Committee on Lunacy: Monthly report of the Inspector of Institutions; recommendations adopted, (1) providing

for the transfer of an inmate of Taunton Lunatic Hospital to the Hospital Cottages for Children, and an inmate of the same Hospital to the Massachusetts School for Feeble-Minded; (2) accepting the resignation of Mabel E. Simmons, as visitor in the Inspector's Department.

Recommendation that a license be granted Dr. Eugene W. Hill of Newton, to establish and maintain a private asylum for the insane; the matter having been referred by the Governor to the Board for investigation and report.

Report of Committee on Charities: Monthly reports of the Superintendents of In-Door and Out-Door Poor; recommendations adopted, involving action on applications for discharge of inmates of the State Farm, and children in the custody of the Board, including five adoptions.

Action on petitions for licenses to maintain boarding-houses for infants.

Report of the Clerk and Auditor.

Hearing in the matter of a petition for the return of a ward of the State to her former home.

Voted, That the Board declines to approve of the payment on State account of bills for the care and treatment of any inmates of the State Lunatic Hospitals that are classed as private patients at the time of their discharge therefrom.

Regular Monthly Meeting, Saturday, May 1, 1897.

Report of Committee on Inspection of Institutions, showing visits made to Worcester and Danvers Lunatic Hospitals, Westborough Insane Asylum, Medfield Insane Asylum, the Massachusetts Hospital for Dipsomaniacs and Inebriates, and the Lyman School for Boys.

Report of Committee on the removal of insane persons out of the State, and action thereon.

Report of Committee on Lunacy: Monthly report of the Inspector of Institutions; recommendations adopted, (1) discharging three boarded-out patients from the custody of the Board; (2) providing for the transfer of two inmates of Medfield Insane Asylum to Danvers Lunatic Hospital, and for the transfer of an inmate of the State Farm to a Lunatic Hospital; (3) recommending to the Governor the appointment of the Inspector of Institutions as a delegate to the meeting of the American MedicoPsychological Association to be held at Baltimore on the 11th inst.; (4) ordering commitments of insane persons from Suffolk County to be made to Taunton Lunatic Hospital until farther order.

Report of Committee on Charities: Monthly reports of the Superintendents of In-Door and Out-Door Poor; recommendations adopted, involving action on applications for discharge of inmates of the State Farm, and children in the custody of the Board, including five adoptions.

Action on petitions for licenses to maintain boarding-houses for infants.

Report of the Clerk and Auditor.

Appointment of Annie A. Folger to provisional service as visitor in the Department of Inspector of Institutions.

Special Meeting, Saturday, May 29, 1897.

Receipt of a communication from the Governor regarding alleged lobbying on the part of certain of the Board's employees, and action thereon.

Adjourned Meeting, Tuesday, June 1, 1897.

Farther action regarding the letter of the Governor to the Board concerning alleged lobbying on the part of certain of the Board's employees.

Regular Monthly Meeting, Saturday, June 5, 1897.

Annual election of officers. Mr. Johnson elected Chairman, and Mrs. Codman, Vice Chairman.

Stephen C. Wrightington elected Superintendent of In-Door Poor; William P. Derby, M.D., Superintendent of Out-Door Poor; Charles E. Woodbury, M.D., Inspector of Institutions; and John D. Wells, Clerk of the Board.

Appointment of Standing Committees.

Report of Committee on Inspection of Institutions, showing visits made to the State Almshouse, Westborough Insane Hospital, Northampton and Taunton Lunatic Hospitals, the Lyman School for Boys, and the buildings of the Epileptic Hospital at Monson.

Report of Committee on the removal of insane persons out of the State, and action thereon.

Report of Committee on Lunacy: Monthly report of the Inspector of Institutions; recommendations adopted, providing for the transfer of two inmates of the State Almshouse to Taunton Lunatic Hospital, an inmate of Medfield Insane Asylum to Worcester Lunatic Hospital, and an inmate of the State Farm to the State Almshouse; and also of 200 men and 25 women from the different State Hospitals to Medfield Insane Asylum.

Recommendation that Lewis S. Hawes be refused a license to establish and maintain a private asylum for the insane in the town