[Sixth annual] report of the trustees of the State Idiot Asylum : Feb. 4, 1857 / New York State Asylum for Idiots.

  • New York State Asylum for Idiots.
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[1857?]
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Credit: [Sixth annual] report of the trustees of the State Idiot Asylum : Feb. 4, 1857 / New York State Asylum for Idiots. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    luff uf WctoslTflWft* No. 90. IN ASSEMBLY, FEB. 4, 1857. REPORT Of the Trustees of the State Idiot Asylum. t To the Hon. the Legislature of the State of JVew-York : In compliance with the provisions of the act establishing the Asylum for Idiots, the subscribers, trustees of the institution, respectfully submit this their sixth annual REPORT. No provision having been made by the Legislature with refer¬ ence to the management and government of the institution, the trustees felt it to be their duty, on the removal of the asylum to the new buildings, at Syracuse, to make such changes in its organization as should render it best adapted to fulfil the end designed by its establishment. To effect this object they adopted as their model the special provisions enacted for the government of the Insane Asylum at Utica, which were supposed to embody the views of the Legislature as to the proper mode of manage¬ ment for such an institution. A brief summary of these pro¬ visions may not prove uninteresting. The trustees are to have the general direction and control of all the property and concerns of the asylum, and to take charge of its interests; they are to receive no compensation for their