Many have formed committees of patronesses who by means of entertainments and personal contributions strive to provide these charities with the necessary funds. Similarly, institutions in charge of men have formed committees of patrons. Wills and Testaments.—The greatest liberty in the matter of ...
The regulation of charities, education, marriages, land tenures, religious corporations, etc., about which it says nothing, is reserved, by inference, to the various states. The period from 1783, when the definitive treaty of peace was signed, until 1789, is known as the critical era of ...
There is a State Board of Charities and Corrections, of which the governor is a member ex officio. This board has general supervision over the charitable institutions conducted by the state. There is a state hospital at Fulton, at St. Joseph, at Nevada, and at Farmington. There is a state...
The public charities of Minnesota are famous throughout the world for their advanced humanitarianism and general excellence. MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE. The statutes of Minnesota declare that marriage, so far as its validity in law is concerned, is a civil contract, to which the consent of the ...
The general supervision of all public charitable institutions of the state is vested in a state board of charities. Direct control of each separate state benevolent association is vested in an individual board of trustees. The following charitable institutions are provided for by statute in Ohio: In...
CHARITIES.—Associations.—Any association of individuals for the support of public worship, to build churches, and for the maintenance of all missionary undertakings may be incorporated. All property belonging to any religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational institution is exempt from...
CHARITIES AND CORRECTION.—There are three asylums for the insane: one situated at Lexington in Fayette County, another at Lakeland in Jefferson County, and the third at Hopkinsville in Christian County. All of these institutions have competent superintendents and physicians in charge. Inmates who ...