tion with the results in the comparatively short time their children have been under training. Our Institution is open 'daily, except Sundays and Saturdays, to visitors and the public, at all reasonable hours, and all are not only cordially invited to visit our school, but earnestly requested to do so. Each child admitted should be provided with at least two changes of clothing, which will be registered when the child is admitted. Such clothing as may be needed subsequently will be furnished by the Superintendent, registered, and a bill of the same rendered. As a matter of convenience these bills will be sent to the auditor of the county in which the parents reside, so that they can be settled by said parents near home. The board of supervisors of said county shall determine as to the ability of said parents to pay their bills so rendered, and in case of inability, they shall be paid by the county. Any other information desired will be cheerfully given by the Superintendent. F. M. POWELL, M. D., Superintendent. OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE TWENTIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA, APPOINTED TO VISIT THE INSTITUTION FOR FEEBLE-MINDED CHILDREN LOCATED AT GLENWOOD. PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. DES MOINES: GEO. E. ROBERTS, STATE PRINTER. REPORT. To the Twentieth General Assembly: Your committee appointed to visit the Asylum for Feeble-minded children, at Glenwood, respectfully present the following report: On the 6th and 7th insts. we visited the Asylum and made a careful examination of the buildings, grounds, and general management of the Institution, including the expenditure of the money appropri ated by the last General Assembly. We are of the opinion that the funds so appropriated have all been wisely and economically expended. There are now employed forty-nine persons to care for the inmates and perform all the duties necessary to the management and control of the Asylum. The following table shows the names of these persons, the kind of service they severally perform, and the price paid each. All of these employed have their board, fuel, lights and washing, at the expense of the State: LIST OF PERSONS EMPLOYED AT THE IOWA INSTITUTION FOR FEEBLE-MINDED CHILDREN. NAME. F. M. Powell. Mrs. R. E. Fleming. Henry Fleming William Howlett. |
