Second. The city pays for each individual supported in charitable institutions, like orphan asylums, hospitals, etc. DEAR SIR: Replying to your inquiries of the 18th, would say: First. Whether any charitable institution in the city of which you are mayor receives the whole or a part of its maintenance from municipal or State moneys? Answer. Springside Home (the almshouse) is wholly maintained by the town, at a cost of about $35,000 per year. Second. Are any public moneys appropriated to aid charitable institutions under the care or control of any religious denominations? Answer. Two thousand dollars to St. Francis Orphan Asylum. Same sum to the New Haven Orphan Asylum. One thousand dollars to the New Haven Dispensary. Third. Are any public moneys appropriated to aid charitable institutions controlled by private corporations, whether sectarian or nonsectarian? SIR: In answer to your communication concerning charitable institutions in this city, I will reply to your questions consecutively, as numbered: First. No charitable institution in this city receives any part of its maintenance from the municipal or State funds. Second. No moneys are regularly appropriated to aid charitable insti tutions under the control of any religious denomination. Third. No moneys are regularly appropriated to aid charitable institutions controlled by private corporations, sectarian or unsectarian. Our city council has a "fuel fund" under its own control through which the very poor are supplied during the winter months with small supplies of coal. On an extraordinary occasion the council might make an appropriation to aid an institution, but at present there are none receiving aid. Our county (Newcastle) has its hospital, or almshouse, and the State an insane asylum, and there are a number of charities, all supported by endowments and contributions from private sources. Very truly, yours, Hon. JAMES MCMILLAN, United States Senate. S. Doc. 185-27 C. R. JEFFERIS, Mayor. Fourth. Home for Friendless, $3,000; Atlanta Charitable Association, $3,500: Home for Girls, $1,200; Carrie Steele Orphanage, $1,200; Grady Hospital, $24,000; total, $32,900. If you desire any further information I will be very glad to furnish it. Very respectfully, Hon. JAMES MCMILLAN, C. A. COLLIER, Mayor. United States Senate, Washington, D. C. AUGUSTA. MAY 22, 1897. First. Whether any charitable institution in the city of which you are mayor receives the whole or a part of its maintenance from municipal or State moneys? The board of charities is supported by the city and county. Second. Are any public moneys appropriated to aid charitable institutions under the care or control of any religious denominations? No. Third. Are any public moneys appropriated to aid charitable institutions controlled by private corporations, whether sectarian or unsectarian? None. MAYOR'S OFFICE, Savannah, May 21, 1897. DEAR SIR: In answer to your esteemed note of 18th instant, I beg to reply: First. Charitable institutions in this city do receive a part of their maintenance from municipal moneys. Second. Public moneys are appropriated to the charitable institutions under the care and control of religious denominations. Third. Public moneys are appropriated to aid charitable institutions controlled by private corporations. Fourth. The amount expended by this city is $10,800 per annum. This amount is distributed between the Savannah Hospital, a private corporation governed by a board of trustees; the St. Joseph's Infirmary, the title to which I apprehend is vested in the Roman Catholic Bishop of Savannah, and the Georgia Infirmary, an institution for negroes. I understand that the Georgia Infirmary is controlled by trustees. The amount paid by the city is $300 per month to each one of these three institutions. It is proper to add that while the St. Joseph's Infirmary is controlled by a religious denomination, yet so far as its treatment of patients is concerned, it is entirely nonsectarian, Yours, very truly, Hon, JAMES MCMILLAN, P. W. MELDRIM, Mayor, Washington, D. O. IOWA. DES MOINES, IOWA, May 21, 1897. DEAR SIR: Replying to your question: First. Whether any charitable institution in the city of which you are mayor receives the whole or a part of its maintenance from municipal or State moneys? Partially supported by city and State. Second. Are any public moneys appropriated to aid charitable institutions under the care or control of any religious denominations? Not directly. Third. Are any public moneys appropriated to aid charitable institutions controlled by private corporations, whether sectarian or unsectarian? Yes. Fourth. In case public moneys are so appropriated, please give the names of the institutions and the amounts of the annual appropriations. One thousand dollars annually to Home for Friendless Children. Respectfully, Hon. JAMES MCMILLAN, JOHN MACVICAR, Mayor. United States Senate. SIOUX CITY. First. Whether any charitable institution in the city of which you are mayor receives the whole or a part of its maintenance from municipal or State moneys? None. Second. Are any public moneys appropriated to aid charitable institutions under the care or control of any religious denominations? No. Third. Are any public moneys appropriated to aid charitable institutions controlled by private corporations, whether sectarian or nonsectarian? No. KENTUCKY. OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, DEAR SIR: I have your favor of the 17th instant, and in reply would advise as follows: are First. There are several charitable institutions here which wholly maintained by the city of Louisville, namely: (a) Home for the Aged and Infirm, (b) Louisville City Hospital, (c) St. John's Eruptive Hospital, (d) Louisville School of Reform. There is another institution here which is conducted and maintained by the State authorities, namely, the Kentucky Institute for the Blind. Relative to the second, third, and fourth queries contained in your letter, will say that this municipality does not contribute any funds to the maintenance of any charitable or reformatory institutions under the control of any religious or private corporations. Yours, truly, Hon. JAMES MCMILLAN, GEO. D. TODD, Mayor. Joint Select Committee, Washington, D. C. LOUISIANA. MAYORALTY OF NEW ORLEANS, SIR: The mayor begs to acknowledge receipt of your communication of 18th instant. The accompanying clipping is from the budget ordinance of expendi tures for 1897, and shows the amounts appropriated from the city's revenues in aid of charities, and the institutions which are beneficiaries of such appropriations. Very respectfully, Hon. JAMES MCMILLAN, T. H. THORPE, Secretary to the Mayor. United States Senate, Washington, D. C. PUBLIC CHARITIES. Conference of St. Joseph Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic managers). $192 600 Convent of Perpetual Adoration (Roman Catholic managers).. Evangelical Lutheran Bethel Orphan Asylum (Lutheran managers) 204 204 Female Orphan Asylum Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic managers). 528 600 German Protestant Home for Aged and Infirm (Protestant) 240 Holy Family (Roman Catholic). 240 Home for Incurables (nonsectarian) 804 House of Good Shepherd (House of Refuge for Girls, Roman Catholic) 4,800 St. Mary's Asylum Little Sisters of the Poor (Roman Catholic) Memorial Home (nonsectarian) Mt. Carmel Female Asylum (Roman Catholic) New Orleans Female Orphan Asylum (nonsectarian) St. Anna's Asylum (nonsectarian). St. Alphonsus's Asylum (Roman Catholic).. St. Joseph's Asylum Little Sisters of the Poor (Roman Catholic) 504 852 996 240 504 672 504 336 792 1,020 852 3,876 4,380 60 192 Shakspeare Alms House (nonsectarian). Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (nonsectarian) Widows' Faith Home for Aged Women (colored, nonsectarian). 7,500 492 600 2,650 420 Total 37, 366 MARYLAND. MAYOR'S OFFICE, Baltimore, May 19, 1897. SIR: In reply to your letter of the 18th instant, I have the honor to state, in reply to your questions, as follows: First. Yes; there are a number of such institutions. Second. Yes. Third. Yes. Fourth. See page 26 of the report of the city comptroller for amounts, and institutions marked as to denominations. Copy herewith. If we can be of further service in the matter, command us. House of Refuge heating apparatus. House of Refuge Manual Training School. House of Reformation (nonsectarian). College of Physicians and Surgeons' Hospital (nonsectarian) University of Maryland (nonsectarian). St. Vincent's Infant Asylum (Catholic). St. Elizabeth's Colored Orphan Asylum (Catholic). Nursery and Child's Hospital (Protestant). Home of the Friendless (Protestant).. Industrial Home for Colored Girls (Protestant). Female House of Refuge (nonsectarian) Maryland Homeopathic Hospital (nonsectarian) Hospital of the Good Samaritan (Catholic). Shelter for the Aged Colored Poor (nonsectarian). Dear and Dumb Asylum at Frederick (nonsectarian). Boys' Home Society (Protestant) St. Mary's Home for Colored Boys (Catholic). St. Mary's Female Orphan Asylum (Catholic). Maryland General Hospital.. The Simmons Home (nonsectarian). St. Joseph's Hospital (Catholic). $100,000 800 1,000 20,000 30,000 33,000 20,000 St. Agnes Hospital (Catholic) 5, 070 St. Joseph's Home of Industry (Catholic) 5,070 Baltimore Manual Labor School (nonsectarian) 1,600 St. Vincent's de Panl Orphan Asylum (Catholic). 1,500 Provident Hospital (Catholic).. House of the Good Shepherd for Colored Girls (Catholic) 1,600 2,000 General German Orphan Asylum (nonsectarian). 2,500 1,000 Southern Homeopathic Free Dispensary (nonsectarian) Dental Dispensary, University of Maryland (nonsectarian) 1,500 500 800 1,200 1,800 |