First annual report of the trustees and superintendent of the Ohio Asylum for the Education of Idiotic and Imbecile Youth, to the fifty-third general assembly for the year 1857.

  • Ohio State Asylum for the Education of Idiotic and Imbecile Youth
Date:
1858
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Credit: First annual report of the trustees and superintendent of the Ohio Asylum for the Education of Idiotic and Imbecile Youth, to the fifty-third general assembly for the year 1857. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    youth at said asyium, from any funds under their control applicable to the support • of such infirmaries or township poor.’* The State pupils will be selected in equal numbers, as far as may be, from each judicial district of the State, from those whose parents or guardians are unable to provide for their support; **Provided, that no youth shall be admitted as a State pupil as aforesaid, unless the probate judge of the county, where said youth shall reside, shall certify that he or she is in indigent circumstances, and has resided in tlie State at least one year previous to such application.” State pupils will be expected to come provided with a supply of neat and substantial clothing, adequate for the first six months. A bond will be required in all cases, to insure the rei^ao- val of the pupil, when required by tlie Superintendent, free of expense to the Institution. There will be a vacation during the month of August, unless otherwise directed by the Board, at which period all pupils must be removed by the parents or guar¬ dians, unless otherwise directed by the Superintendent. The law provides, that “ it shall be the duty of the Trustees of this Asylum to receive propositions for donations of land or money, for the benefit of said Institu¬ tion.” All propositions in regard to donations, as herein contemplated, should be directed to Wm. Dennison, Esq., President of the Board of Trustees, Columbus, O. Applications for the admission oi pupils, and all other general correspondence, should be directed to R. J. Patterson, M. D., Superintendent, Columbus, Ohio. ADMISSION OF PUPILS. APPLICATION. I hereby request that-, of --- county, may be admitted as a paying pupil (or if in indigent circumstances, as a beneficiary), into the Ohio Asylum for Idiots.^ --, -, 185 . OBLIGATION. In consideration of -— being admitted into the Ohio Asylum for Idiots, I promise to pay to the Superintendent thereof, or to his order, quarterly in advanceji^ the sum of-dollars and-cents, or at the rate of-dollars per annum, for board and tuition ; to provide, or pay for, all requisite clothing and other things necessary for the health or comfort of said pupil, and remove —when required by the Superintendent, without expense to said Asyliim.f Witness my hand, the-day of —, 185 . I hereby guarantee the performance of the above obligation. » To be signed by a guardian, near relative or friend, and forwarded to the Superintendent ot Ohio Asylum for Idiots, Columbus, O. f The obligation is to be signed by responsible persons as principal and surety; if from a distance, and unknown, a eertinoate affording satisfactory evidence of sufficient ability, must a«eompany the bond. 3—ID. ^ IMB. ASr.
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