Conference Papers

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Selected papers from the annual meeting of the Conference.

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Page ix - LORD, who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth ; Send thy Holy Ghost, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee : Grant this for thine only Son Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.
Page 249 - Application to be made to the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, 105 East Twenty-second street, New York City.
Page 203 - ... including institutions for epileptics or idiots) ; a State Commission of Prisons, which shall visit and inspect all institutions* used for the detention of sane adults charged with or convicted of crime, or detained as witnesses or debtors.
Page 135 - Hon. Homer Folks, Secretary of the State Charities Aid Association of New York...
Page 242 - Chairman ex-officio thereof, and shall continue to be a member of the said Committee when his term as President has expired. He shall have supervision of the work of the other officers and of the various Committees in preparing for the sessions of the Conference, and shall have authority to accept resignations and to fill vacancies in the Committees on Topics of the Conference. The President, with the assistance of the Secretary, shall also supervise the editing of the proceedings of the Conference.
Page 215 - The existing department of public charities and correction of the city of New York...
Page 244 - Speakers limited to five minutes each and no one to speak twice on the same subject except by vote of the Conference. 6. Second paper on the program. Not to exceed twenty minutes. 7. Discussion opened by a speaker selected for that purpose. Not to exceed ten minutes. 8. General discussion of the subject presented by the paper. Speakers limited to five minutes each, and no one to speak twice on the same subject except by vote of the Conftrence.
Page 230 - It is a crime against the race to allow those who are so inveterately depraved the freedom to wander abroad, infect their fellows, prey upon society, and multiply their kind.
Page 242 - ... editing the proceedings of the Con'ference, and direct the work of the Assistant Secretaries. 4. Three Assistant Secretaries, who shall assist the Secretary of the Conference, at his request, and work under his direction. 5. A Treasurer, who shall receive all moneys of the Conference, and disburse the same upon vouchers duly certified by the Secretary, and audited by the Chairman of the Executive Committee. III. Committees of the Conference.
Page 78 - One thing should be borne in mind, and that is, that the law does not contemplate the support of the ablebodied vagrant.

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