874 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 17,

used in building the west wing. The completion of the In-
sane Asylum at Catonsville, Baltimore county, is also sug-
gested as desirable, in view of the fact that the Maryland
Hospital is now full ; applications from six counties having
been recently refused for want of accommodation. The Medi-
cal Superintendent, Dr. John Fonerden, with his Assistant,
Dr. G. Lane Taneyhill, are, assiduous in their efforts for the
comfort of those placed under their care, and the other offi-
cers appear to he equally efficient. We recommend an ap-
propriation of eight thousand dollars

THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY.

Upon the visit of the Committee to this praiseworthy in-
stitution, they were met by a delegation of the Managers and
the efficient Superintendent, Mr. Wm. C. Palmer, who con-
ducted them throughout the entire building, which they
found admirably suited for the purpose to which it is devoted.
This Society has been in existence about seven years, and
during that time upwards of 700 children have been taken
from the streets of the city and cared for at the "Home."
until good homes in the country were provided for them. It
is sustained chiefly by private subscriptions and a small ap-
propriation from the city and State, and it is recommended to
the favorable consideration of the General Assembly, judging
from the character of the officers, that the money will be ju-
diciously expended. We recommend an annual appropriation
of five hundred dollars for two years.

THE BOYS HOME.

This is another of those charitable Institutions, which have
sprung up in Baltimore within the past few years, and seems
destined to be productive of much good in its operations. Very
convenient accommodations have been provided for the in-
mates, all of whom are required to work in aid of the support
of the institution. The children are regularly taught in the
rudiments of an education, and the boys are, encouraged to
earn their own livelihood.

From the moment of entrance, the inmates are impressed
with the necessity of work as a means of securing true inde-
pendence in the world. In a word, the institution is design-
ed to '' shelter and protect destitute homeless boys ; to furnish
them with food, raiment and lodging ; to stimulate them to
honest efforts to earn their own livelihood ; to instruct them,
after working hours, in moral and religious truth, and in the
rudiments of education, and to aid and encourage them out
of their vagrancy and ignorance, to rise up into a better life
of virtue, industry and usefulness." Mr. Henry Bittleston,
the Superintendent, seems a very capable and earnest man.
An appropriation in aid of the " Boys Home" would be very