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1994.CAYUGA ASYLUM FOR DESTITUTE CHILDREN,
Owascp Street, between Walnut and Bradford Sts.
AUBURN, N. Y.REPORTS, RULES,
REGULATIONS AND STATISTICS
OF THE
FOR
TOGETHER WITH
ACT OF INCORPORATION,
BY-LAWS, ETC.,
'EWoli It$ Ofgkqi^ktion iq JMky, to Odtobef, 1883.
AUBURN.N. Y.
Daily Advertiser and Weekly Journal Printing House,
1882.TRUSTEES, 1882.
Charles Standart, President, -	When Elected Trustee. i860.
Homer N. Lockwood, Sec'y and Treas.,	- 1868.
S. L. Bradley, . - - - - - -	- 1865.
D. H. SCHOONMAKER, -	- 1868.
E. B. Marvin, - -		6 CO
Charles C. Dwight, ------	1872.
Cyrenus Wheeler, Jr.,	- 1875-
JOSIAH LeTCHWORTH, - - - - George E. Barber, - - -	1877. - 1881.
1881.OFFICERS.
First Directress,
MRS. JAMES SEYMOUR, Jr.
Second Directress,
MRS. DR. HUNTINGTON.
Third Directress,
MRS. D. H. SCHOONMAKER.
Correspdnding Secretary,
MRS. B. C. SMITH.
Recording Secretary,
MRS. C. WHEELER, Jr.
Treasurer,
MRS. S. L. BRADLEY.
Provider,
MRS. WM. B. SMEAD.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Mrs. Chas. Standart,	Mrs, Lansing Porter,
Mrs. O. F, Knapp, with the Officers.MANAGERS.
Universalist Church.
Mrs. Chas. Coventry,
“ J. L. Grant,
“ C. B. McNeil,
“ B. H. Leonard,
“ S. D. Reed,
Mrs. W. A. Kirby,
“ B. B. Snow,
“ O. H. Burdick,
“ M. O. Selover,
Miss Eliza Townsend,
Central Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Wm. H. Seward,
“ T. M. Pomeroy,
“ A. Shimer,
“ H. D. Woodruff,
“ G. Mills,
“ Wm. Sprague.
Mrs. C. Wheeler, Jr.,
“ C. M. Howlett,
“ E. Town,
“ E. R. Page,
“ Henry Mosher.
Wall St. Methodist Church.
Mrs. H. J. Rhoades,
“ John Morse,
“ Dwight Chapman,
Mrs. Daniel Lawson,
“ Jos. H. Howland,
“ Joseph Huntoon,
First Methodist Church.
Mrs. John Elliott,
“ J. Newbold,
“ A. J. Sanders,
“ Thomas Jones,
“ R. Weston.
Mrs. D. H. Schoonmaker,
“ B. I. Ives,
u J. L. Treat,
u J. W. Haight,5
Calvary Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. F. O. Cushing,	Mrs. A. H. Clark,
Robt. Tuckerman.	“ Samuel Griggs,
“ Jas. Chiverton,	“ G. L. Mead.
“ Jas. Calhoun.
First Baptist Church.
Mrs, John Choate,
“ H. S. Dunning,
“ S. E. Payne,
“ J. Y. Bettys,
“ S. Y. Groot,
Mrs. O. F. Knapp,
“ G. H. Battams,
“ A. B. Hamblin,
“ VVm. B, Smead,
“ E. T. Tomlinson
First Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Chas. Standart,
“ I. F. Terrill,
“ H. N. Lofckwood,
“ Josiah Letchworth,
u D. R. Alward,1
“ J. Seymour, Jr.,
Mrs. D. Hewson,
“ Lansing Porter,
“ B. C. Smith,
u A. J. Upson,
“ Jas. Hyde.
St. Peter s Chttrch.
Mrs. Geo. Barber,	Mrs. A. T. H. Groot3
“ Eva White,	“ J. Wilkie,
“ A. C. Miller,	“ C. C. Dennis,
“ Rev. Dr. Brainard,	“ E. G. Talbot,
“ E. H. Groot,	“ G. W. Peck,
“ C. H. Carpenter,	“ J. C. Reed.
Second Presbyterian Church.	
Mrs. Dr, Huntington,	Mrs. R. Nelson,
“ Dr. Armstrong,	“ S. L. Bradley,
“ E. R. Fay,	“ W. Hollister,
“ C. Carpenter,	“ S. C. Hoyt.
Miss F. VanVechten.	0
St. Johns Church.
Mrs. H. Wilson,	Mrs. Anna M. Lord,
“ Thomas Adams,	“ Geo. R. Peck.
Disciples' Church.
Mrs. J. C. Goodrich, “ D. C. Goodrich, J. Colvin, “ Wm. White,	Mrs. Mary Pierson, “ A. Chambers, “ D. Brill, “ Nelson,
Second Baptist Church.
Mrs. F. L. Wilkins, “ E. A. Havens, “ R. I. Sanders.	Mrs. P. W. Healey, “ J. W. Ramsay.
MRS. J. B. WHEELER,
Ree. Sec/
CAYUGA ASYLUM.
The Cayuga Asylum for Destitute Children, now located in the
city of Auburn, N. Y., was founded by the unwearied efforts of a
few benevolent ladies, in the spring of 1852, and incorporated by
an Act of the Legislature the same year. t
“ The object of this institution (as specified in the Act of In-
corporation) shall be to provide a home for orphans, half orphans,
and destitute children, supply their necessities, promote their
moral, intellectual and religious improvement, and fit them for
situations of usefulness.”
The management of its financial interests is entrusted to a
board of nine male Trustees, (Sec. 4, Act of Incorporation); the
appropriation of its incomes, the care and management of its
children, and its internal domestic concerns, to a board of female
Managers, consisting of three Directresses, a Treasurer, a Cor-
responding and Recording Secretary, a Provider, and Managers,
residing at the time of their appointment in the city of Auburn
and County of Cayuga.
The first meeting of the ladies, on record, was held May 5th,
1852, when the society was organized, and the managers elected,
as mentioned in Sec. 8 of the Act of Incorporation.
This Society in 1853 purchased the lot on which the Asy-
lum now stands for....................................$ 3,500
In 1857 erected the main Asylum building on the lot, val-
ued including lot and fence........................... 12,000
Shortly after purchased the Harris premises for....	800
Subsequently purchased the Bradford premises for......	800
In 1858 purchased the Snow lot in consideration of....	1,600
Prior to the last named purchase erected a building on
the rear of the main Asylum building, for a school
room, and for other purposes at a cost of...... 6,000
In 1870 laid flag stone walk and curb at a cost of....	1,4008
In 1871 repaired main building and fence, also made a;
new and more desirable passage or walk from the
street to the front steps, at a cost of about......... 2,000
Total,.,.................. ...............$28,100
1882, The value of the Asylum real estate estimated at $35,000
The Asylum grounds now embrace about two acres of land,
also some 20 acres located in the town of Owasco.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Have received, annually, County appropriations, $3,000 to
$3.500-.
In 1864 received from Jas. S. Seymour and others voluntary
donations to the amount of about $2,000, which was applied in
liquidation of the then building debt.
The following legacies have been received, a portion of which
are still held as a permanent endowment fund, affording an in-
oVoSleUhe past year of $1,156.04.
LEGACIES.
Dr. Healy, of Syracuse.................................. $2,700
Laban Hoskins, of Union Springs . .................... 5,000
Mr. Baker, of Fleming................................ — 1,440
Mrs. Mary Miller, of Auburn........................ 300
Mrs. Dr. Rudd, of Utica............................... 100
Kittlewells............................................. 1,059
Oct. 1, 1874, David	Madden, Auburn.................... 1,000
Oct. 11,	1875,	Mrs.	Lucy Goodrich, Auburn.............. 500
Apr. 15,	1876,	John	Welch, Niles....................... 309
May 19,	“	Mrs.	Sally Wood, Auburn	... •...........  50
July 8,	“ John H. Chedell, “	..........:.....3,000
Nov. 9,	u	Laban Hoskins, Union Springs,	{additional) 762
Dec. 12,	“	James S. Seymour, Auburn............... 10,000
June 16,	1877, Hugh McDowell, Niles.................. 1,310
Jan. 12, 1878, Mrs. Anna Noyes, Auburn................ 200
Feb. 18,	“	Mrs. Morville Chadwick, Groton...........	100
Dec. 24,	“	J. V. Westfall, Moravia............... .. 300
Jan. 8, 1881, Mrs. Laura Chedell Williams, Auburn.....	200
Mrs. S. M. Reed,..................................
Lewis Sanford, Moreland, Schuyler Co., estate not yet
settled.9
In addition to the foregoing, the friends of Orphan and desti-
tute children have caused a constant stream to flow into the
treasury from a great variety of benevolent resources too numer-
ous to specify. We give below, list of Auxiliary Societies, from
which we acknowledge the receipt of repeated valuable gifts
and many kind words of cheer.
From 1852 to Oct. 1st, 1882, this institution has cared for 1,671
children.
AUXILIARY SOCIETIES.
Sherwoods and vicinity Benevolent Association.
Cato Orphans’ Aid Society.
Oivasco Outlet Orphans’ Aid Society.
Victory Orphans’ Aid Society,
Throopsville Union Aid Society.
Niles, eastern vicinity, Orphans’ Aid Society.
Meridian Union Aid Society.
Owasco Ladies’ Sewing Society.
Moravia Ladies’ Sewing Society.
Poplar Ridge Aid Society.
NOTICE.
The ladies of the several towns of the County of Cayuga are
cordially invited to form themselves into Associations that shall
be Auxiliary to this Society. The presiding officer of each
Auxiliary is entitled to a vote at the Annual Meeting of the
parent Society of the City of Auburn.
Auxiliary Societies are requested to send the names of their
officers annually to the corresponding Secretary of Cayuga
Asylum, that they may be invited to meet with us at our annual
meeting.
FORM OF A BEQUEST.
I give and bequeath to the Cayuga Asylum for Destitute
Children incorporated by the Legislature of the State of New
York, in the year 1852, the sum of $-—, to be applied for the
benefit of said Asylum.ANNUAL REPORTS.
At the annual meeting of the board of managers of Cayuga
Asylum for Destitute Children, held October n, 1882, the annual
reports were presented, and the board of managers and officers
of the board were duly elected for the ensuing year. The reports
follow:	-	.	- .
TREASURER’S REPORT.
Report of the treasurer of Cayuga Asylum for Destitute Chil-
dren, for the year ending Sept. 30th, 1882:
RECEIPTS.
By balance in treasury, October, 1881 ................ $11	60
“ donation visit, Nov. 9th, 1881..................   353	25
“ Mrs. Lydia Cornell...............................  100	00
“ Mrs. Sarah Hunt................................ .	100 00
“ County appropriation............................ 3,000	00
“ Charity Ball, by Mrs. Boyd, Pres’t...............  253	97
Received from trustees............................ 1,600 00
By board of children............................. 343 00
“ Managers fees...............— . ................. 53 00
“ other receipts................................. 156 85
Total......................................... $5,971 67
EXPENSES.
To paid salary of superintendent .................. $572 00
“ women service and hired man,.................... 1,118 00
“ bread and flour bills......................... 1,526 98
“ meat ......................................... 467 61
“ grocery....................................... 589 40
“ hardware................ ..................... 303 53
“ wood and coal................................. 379 62
For work on and around the place..............---- 176 04
Druggist bills.............................. ..... 169 22
For cows and feed..— ............................. 132 20
Gas Light Co....................................... 72 6511
Shoe bills.................................... 192 01
Interest on temporary loan......................... 10 17
Other expenses....................................... 176 02
Balance in treasury Sept. 30th, 1882................. 86 22
Total........ ...........................$5,971 67
JANE L. BRADLEY,
Oct. 1st, 1882.	Treasurer.
Examined by trustees and approved.
HOMER N. LOCKWOOD,
Sec. of Board of Trustees.
RECORDING SECRETARY’S REPORT.
As we review the interests pertaining to the asylum since our
last annual report, we behold the hand of the Lord has been out-
stretched towards us, filled with mercy and rich with blessing.
Through each month of the year, children not only the orphan,
but destitute children, have been brought to us from deserted
homes, while others were going out to find love and care in the
hearts of those who are obeying Christ’s command of “ feeding
the hungry and clothing the naked.”
Since its organization, in 1852, sixteen hundred and seventy-one
(1,671) children have found shelter here. Ninety-eight has been
the average number for the past year. Eighty-three have found
homes, or returned to friends. Present number in the asylum,
eighty-seven.
On donation day, which occurred in November, large hearts and
willing hands brought to us of their stores of food and clothing,
preparing us for the winter that was approaching. This proved
only a beginning of what was to be done for this family, averag-
ing nearly one hundred. The large-hearted citizens of our city
united their skill and energy in raising money for the charities of
Auburn, in which we were given a bounteous share. Our auxili-
aries were busy plying the needle and sending us from time to
time the result of their labors. Mr. E. O. Wager interested the
friends of Five Corners in sending two loads of potatoes, when
they were, by their price, counted a luxury. Mr. Peet, superin-
tendent of the I. A. & W. railway, gave the transportation ; for
which we express our thanks.
We were glad to welcome the board of supervisors. The in-
terest shown by them and their words of encouragement made
complete by the excellent report of their committee in our behalf,
is recorded among the bright days of the year.12
Also the gentlemen of the grand jury, who expressed them-
selves well pleased with the care bestowed and the good dis-
cipline the children were under. Thanksgiving dinner which
has been provided by some one of the Auburn churches, was
sent by the kind-hearted friends of the Wall street church, Rev.
Mr. Munger, pastor.
The holidays came with their glad surprise. Mrs. E. T. T.
Martin heralded the approach of Christmas by sending the beau-
tiful Christmas tree which filled the school-room from floor to
ceiling ; so laden was it, not alone with toys, but much that was
useful, it seemed as if every parent when buying Christmas for
their own little ones must at the same time have sent a gift to the
orphan children.
We remember with pleasure and many thanks the lovely young
mother who through her tender love for children, sent the beau-
tiful dolls, and Mrs. D. M. Osborne for her beautiful gift of books,
one for each child, in which was placed his or her name and the
name of the giver. After they were read they were cared for, to
be numbered among their possessions when the'y go to their new
homes.
The bountiful Christmas dinner was provided by the kind
friends of St. Peter’s church, Dr. Brainard, Rector.
Mrs. M. H. Thomas and Mr. H. N. Lockwood extended the
gift season by presenting their’s, after the holidays, greatly to the
delight of the children.
To the kind friends of Sherwood and vicinity we are indebted
for the children’s New Year’s dinner, which was collected under
many difficulties of stormy weather and bad roads.
Through the kindness of Superintendent James G. Knapp,
Mrs. E. T. T. Martin, D. M. Osborne & Co. and Messrs. Tallman,
Bell and Peacock, who kindly provided transportation, the chil-
dren had their romps by the waters of Lakes Ontario and Owasco.
They have received invitations from various entertainments.
The Hook & Ladder company treated them to a royal lunch in
their pleasant rooms. Mr. John E. Allen and Mr. Humphrey
Tallman gave them a merry sleigh ride, after which a sumptuous
lunch was served at Mr. Allen’s tables.
Our thanks are due to Dr. Wm. Sprague for his tender sympa-
thy and watchful care over the health of this household. This
is the fifth year he has given his services to the institution.
Fifty cases of chicken-pox and diseases incidental to children
have occurred, causing those in charge to be very watchful lest
the terrible experience with diphtheria of last year might return.
Mr. H. N. Lockwood has added one more stone to the asylum
lot on Fort Hill bearing the name of Alice Robbins, aged 9 years,
the only death that has occurred during the year. Thanks to
Mr. Bender for his professional services at this time.13
We appreciate the care and time our pastors have given in the
spiritual welfare of these little ones from Sabbath to Sabbath,
during the summer vacation at the seminary.
The students having returned, Mr. Walker, one of their number
has kindly assumed charge of these services, in place of Mr. Carl
Stone, who served us so acceptably during the year. To Mr.
Hemenway we are indebted for his care of the Sabbath school
during the summer. Mr. Rice, of the seminary, is now acting
superintendent. .
We consider ourselves fortunate in being able at the opening
of our fall term of day school to secure the service of Miss H.
Clara Post, who has had long experience as a teacher, excellent
in discipline, with a heart ever tender towards the children.
At the annual meeting for the election of officers for the Or-
phans' Friend, January, 1882, Mrs. J. W. Wilkie, who had served
us with great ability for fifteen years as editress, felt obliged, on
account of ill health, to tender her resignation. At a business
meeting held January 9th, Mrs. J. W. Haight was duly elected
editress, and during the summer has acted as treasurer for Mrs.
E. H. Groot, to whom in her affliction the sympathies of the
board are extended, with the earnest desire that Old Ocean will
deal very kindly with her, and permit us soon to welcome her
back to her home and duties.
Thanks are due to our Daily Press for copies of each and a
gratuitous use of their columns, also for the Advertiser of Union
Springs, the Republican of Moravia and the Cayuga Chief of
Weedsport. To Miss G. Willard we are indebted weekly for the
“Gospel in all Lands,” also “The Christian World,” to which
she made Mrs. Rogers, our superintendent, a life member. Mrs.
M.	A. Crozer of Portageville sends us the “ Advocate and Guar-
dian,” Mr. Lockwood sixteen copies (16) of Sunday school
papers, all of which are highly appreciated.
A very pleasant feature of asylum work during the past year
has been the “ Lockwood Sewing School,” it having developed
from a thoughtful suggestion of Mr. H. N. Lockwood, secretary of
the board of trustees. Mr. and Mrs. L., being absent frown town
a greater part of the year, we are indebted to Mrs. J. C. Rogers,
Mrs. Dr. Lord, Mrs, E. O. Wheeler, Mrs. E. R. Page, Mrs. Joseph
N.	Steel, Mrs. Sereno E. Payne, Mrs. R. S. Holmes, Mrs. E. H.
Groot, Miss Frances Van Vechten and Miss Grace Smith, for
giving their time, attention and patience every Saturday from
November until June, towards the practical workings of the
school. Mr. Lockwood offered prizes of five, three and two dol-
lars which were awarded according to the judgment of a com-
mittee chosen from the board of managers at the close of the
school. The* only difficulty experienced was in saying which was
best, these little workers had done their tasks so well. The
money was placed in the bank in the child’s name, and a bank-14
book given each. Mr. L-----’s love of children would not allow
one to be disheartened, and so he presented a book to each mem-
ber of the class. So much interest has been expressed in this
feature of improvement, a little manual is soon to be issued con-
taining the sewing catechism used, etc. The boys were not in-
vited to join in this department of education, but their interest
and curiosity increased from week to week until the awarding of
prizes, when they were invited to be present, and with the pro-
mise of good behavior will be admitted to the class next year if
they wish.
Many of the kind visitors become so interested in the children
when they visit the asylum they enjoy rewarding them with a few
pennies for their very own, which in the course of the year
amounts to quite a sum; for this reason Mrs. Rogers, who is
ever planning for the best interests of the children has arranged
a system of savings bank where each child can deposit its own
money, to be used as the child shall decide.	*
Upon the settlement of the property of Mrs. Sarah Reed, who
was so long connected with the Asylum, forty-seven dollars, came
by her will to the institution. It was precious as a veritable
“ widow’s mite.”
As a board of managers we desire to express our thanks and
appreciation of our faithful superintendent, Mrs. J. G. Rogers,
who still holds her responsible position, sparing neither health
nor strength in her watchfulness over our best interests. At her
invitation the various matrons or superintendents of the Orphan
Asylums in the central and western part of the state met at this
institution Sept. 28, 1882, and organized a mutual.benefit society
to consider the best interests of this particular branch of charita-
ble work. Ladies from Rochester, Elmira and other cities were
present; much interest was manifested and it was felt by those
present, much benefit might accrue.
And now kind friends, what have been our wants in the past,
are our wants to-day. We thank each and all for what you have
done, being thereby assured that the orphan children will not be
forgotten.	Respectfully submitted,
CHARLOTTE L. SMITH,
Cor. Sec’y.LAWS.
FOR THE
REGULATION OF THE FAMILY.
Article i. The family shall rise in the Winter at day-light,
and in the Summer season at 5 o’clock ; the children, as soon
after as convenient. They shall immediately be washed and
dressed. After breakfast, the children, with the family, shall
assemble in the school-room, when a chapter from the Bible shall
be read by the superintendent, and the children may follow in
repeating the Lord’s prayer. The children shall be bathed all
over once each week ; face, hands and feet every day. Particular
attention is to be paid to the head and hair.
Art. 2. The hour for breakfast shall be 7 o’clock. The children
shall be required to keep silence at their meals, after repeating
their blessing, and shall make known their wants to the Superin-
tendent or attendants by a given signal, which they may be
allowed to explain, if necessary. They shall dine at 12 o’clock,
and their supper shall be at half past 5 or earlier in Winter if
deemed necessary. Immediately after supper the family shall be
assembled in the school-room, when the superintendent will close
the day by reading a portion of Scripture, and prayer, after which
the younger children shall be put to bed.
Art. 3. Their breakfast shall consist of bread and milk,
oatmeal or cakes, and occasionally baked potatoes. Bread made
of coarse or fine flour at the discretion of the Superintendent.
The dinner shall consist of soups, meat and plenty of potatoes,
Fruit, Indian pudding, boiled rice or something of that character.
Soup once a week; pudding and soup are not both admissable on
the same day. Their supper shall consist of bread and molasses,
or butter, apple or other sauce, bread and milk for the young16
children. The Superintendent is at liberty to vary this diet, if
she finds it does not agree with the children.
0
Art. 4. The children of a proper age shall be prepared for
the school-room in time for the teacher to commence her instruc-
tions at precisely 9 o’clock. The school is under the direction of
the Board of Education. No member of the family shall inflict
punishment on a child, on any occasion, (except the Superinten-
dent) on pain of being reported to the Board of Managers.
Art. 5. The superintendent shall see that the children are
dressed with neatness and care, on Sabbath morning, and gathered
into the school-room in season to meet their Sunday School
teachers, and that their lessons are perfectly learned during the
week. She shall also attend with them the afternoon services
held in the school-room, and preserve order as may be necessary.
The occupations and amusements of other days shall be suspended,
and silence and quietness prevail throughout the day, as far as
practicable. The superintendent may devote an hour to Bible
instruction and singing in connection with the above exercises,
at her discretion. All sectarian influences must be avoided, as
at variance with the spirit of the Institution.BY-LAWS.
Article I.
The Annual Meeting of the Board of Managers of this Institution shall be
held on the second Wednesday in October in each year, at the Asylum.
Article II.
The payment of $25.00 to the Treasurer of the Orphan Asylum shall consti-
tute the person paying the same a life-member of this Association. Each per-
son upon her election to the office of Manager is required to pay the sum of one
dollar for the benefit of the Asylum.
Article III.
The management of the financial interests of this Association is entrusted to
a Board of male Trustees, and the Board of Managers may not in any case bind
the society by-any contract, or contracts existing, for the payment of any sum
over five hundred dollars without the authority of said Board of Trustees. (See
Article 9th of Act of Incorporation.)
Article IV.
The internal and domestic concerns of the Asylum, the care and management
of the children, and the appropriation of its income, shall be entrusted to a
Board of Managers, consisting of a First, Second and Third Directress, a Treas-
urer, a Corresponding and a Recording Secretary, and a Provider, who shall be
elected annually from the Board of Managers, and subject in all matters of im-
portance to the advice and co-operation of the Board of Trustees. The Board
of Managers are expected to meet at the Asylum weekly on Wednesday P. M.,
to sew for the children, and acquaint themselves with the internal management
of the Institution. They shall, also, hold a monthly meeting at the Asylum the
first Wednesday of each month, for the transaction of such business as may
present itself before the Board. An extra meeting may be called at any time,
if deemed necessary by the Directresses. Vacancies occurring in the Boaid,
may be filled at any stated meeting, a quorum of eight being present. It shall
be the duty of the Board to appoint such committees from their number as may
be deemed proper, to examine the condition of the Asylum, and impart instruc-
tion to the Superintendent or her assistants, as may be for the economy of the
Asylum, or the health of the children.18
Article V.
It shall be the duty of the First Directress to preside at each monthly meet-
ing of the Board, to open the meeting with reading a portion of Scripture and
prayer. It shall be her duty to preserve order during business hours, and in
case of an equal division of the Board, to give the casting vote.( In her absence
the Second Directress shall assume the duties of this office. Should both be
absent, the Third Directress will be expected to preside. In case of a failure of
either of the three Directresses to be present at any important meeting of the
Board, a Directress pro tem. may be elected for the occasion.
Article VI.
The Treasurer shall keep an accurate account of all moneys received, expend-
ed, or remaining in her hands, at each quarterly and annual meeting ; and pre-
pare a report of the same for the Board of Supervisors at their annual session ;
and at least one week before the annual meeting of the Managers, make to the
Board of Trustees, a full report of all receipts and expenditures of money the
year preceding, for their approval.
Article VII.
It shall be. the duty of the Corresponding Secretary to write appeals in be-
half of the Institution, to watch over the children taken from the Asylum, by
correspondence, to fill out indentures, prepare the annual report for the Board,
of Supervisors, also for the Secretary of State when called for, and for the an-
nual meetings at the Asylum.
Article VIII.
It shall be the duty of the Recording Secretary to give notice of the annual,
quarterly and monthly meetings, through the city papers ; to keep a record of
monthly and other meetings of the Managers, and to record the names and ages
of children received into the Asylum, by whom committed, whether surren-
dered, or as boarders, from what State, County or Town, whether orphans, half
orphans, or destitute children, so far as can be ascertained, also, the names of
the children leaving the Asylum, whether for adoption, or service, by whom
taken, place of residence, State, County, and Town, and record same in a Regis-
ter provided for that purpose, and remaining at the Asylum as a book of refer-
ence. This book should be kept as a true record of the history of each child, and
a guide to the Corresponding Secretaiy in making out her annual reports.
Article IX.
There shall be an Executive Committee, consisting of the officers of the Board
of Managers, and three members chosen annually by the Board. It shall be the
duty of this committee to inaugurate such measures as shall best promote the
interests of the Asylum, and to devise ways and means for increasing its useful-
ness and efficiency.19
Article X.
It shall be the duty of the Provider, to obtain twice each week, a memoran-
dum of such articles of food or other necessaries for the Asylum as may be re-
quired, so as to make her purchases in the most economical manner, and no arti-
cles for household use shall be purchased, except by the Provider or her order.
She shall gather in all quarterly bills in season to be Audited by the Board of
Managers at their quarterly meetings.
Article XI.
No person shall be considered eligible to the office of Superintendent, who is
not a professed believer in the doctrines of the Bible, and competent to give
religious instruction to the children, abstaining also from all sectarian influence.
It shall be the duty of the Superintendent, subject to the advice of the Direct-
resses, to receive such children as are brought by overseers of the poor, coming
within the charter as amended, whose ages shall not be under two, or over twelve
years, also such children as are objects of charity, when surrendered to the
Asylum. Children brought as boarders shall be accepted, but not to the exclu-
sion of those children coming under the rules of the Institution. She shall also
see that the children are in a cleanly condition for the schoolroom, and instruct
and employ the older children out of school hours, in such domestic work as
they may be competent to perform, while the younger children shall be under
her especial charge, and she shall assume and perform all the duties which de-
volve upon a housekeeper, and see that all articles of children’s clothing are in
good repair for their weekly wear, being properly washed and mended. She
shall see that the dormitories and beds are kept in a cleanly condition, and
well aired each morning, and that the food provided for the children is well
cooked and economically used. She shall in no way disturb the school during
study hours, except for company. The Superintendent shall report to the Re-
cording Secretary the number of children received and discharged from the
Asylum, quarterly, also the names, ages, where from, by whom taken, also the
names and number of sick, and the Secretary will report the same to the Board
of Managers ; and is also expected to be present at the monthly meetings,
when invited by the presiding Directress, for the purpose of giving information
relative to the subject under consideration.
Article XII.
A strict account of all moneys received at the Asylum shall be kept by the
Superintendent, and handed to the Treasurer, also the expenditures, with vouch-
ers for the same, shall be delivered to the Treasurer before the quarterly meet-
ings, who will report the same to the Managers.
Article XIII.
The Board of Trustees shall have power at their discretion, to make and
adopt such rules and regulations relative to the instruction and management of
the children, and the internal affairs of the Asylum, (advisory with the Board
of Managers), as they may deem conducive to the interests of the Institution.Article XV.
Any child of poor and indigent parentage may be admitted as a boarder, by
the parents paying in advance, the sum of fti.op per week to the Superintendent
or Treasurer, and obligating himself or herself to clothe such child.
Article XVI.
No child can be lawfully surrendered to the Asylum unless the parent or
guardian, or person having the care of it sign the following agreement: “ I, the
subscriber, being solicitous that my child should have the benefit of the Cayuga
Asylum for Destitute Children, and the Board of Managers being willing to pro-
vide for him or her, and place him or her out in a virtuous family, (agreeable to
the rules of the society provided I do relinquish my child to them), I do truly
promise not to interfere with the management of him or her, without their con-
sent. And, in consideration of their benevolence in thus receiving and provid-
ing for my child, I do relinquish all right and claim to it and its services, until
he or she shall become of age. And I do engage that I will not receive or ask
any compensation for the same, nor take it from, nor induce it to leave the fam-
ily where it may be placed by the Board of Managers.” The above agreement
is to be signed in the presence of two witnesses, copies of which are prepared
and at the Asylum for use.
Article XVII.
Parents, and friends of the children, are allowed to visit their children once
each month, not oftener unless in case of sickness. The parent or friends shall
first enquire for the Superintendent, that neither the school, nor the domestic
arrangements of the house be interrupted. Visitors may be received each day
in the week, except Saturday and on the Sabbath.
Article XVIII.
All money obtained for board, or otherwise received, shall be paid out exclu-
sively by the Treasurer, and no repairs made in or about the Asylum, requir-
ing the expenditure of money, without the consent of the Trustees or Managers.
And in all cases the Treasurer shall take a voucher specifying the purpose for
which money has been paid out.
Article XIX.
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
1.	Reading of Scriptures and prayer.
2.	Minutes of the previous regular meeting, also of any intervening special
meetings.
3.	Report of the Treasurer.
4.	Report of the Visiting Committee.
5.	Report of the Executive Committee.
6.	Report of Special Committees.
7.	Miscellaneous business.The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, May,
1852, do enact as follows :
Section i. The persons hereinafter named, and such others as shall here-
after become members of the corporation in manner hereinafter mentioned, are
constituted a body, corporate by the name of “ The Cayuga Asylum for Destitute
Children ; ” the object, of the society shall be to provide a temporary home for
orphan, half-orphan and destitute children, supply their necessities, promote
their moral, intellectual and religious improvement, and fit them for situations
of usefulness.
§ 2. The corporate powers of the society shall be exercised, in regard to its
property, by a board consisting, of nine male trustees; and in regard to the
appropriation of its income, the care and management of its children, and of its
internal and domestic concerns by a board of female managers, consisting of a
first, second and third directress, a treasurer, a secretary and1 twenty-seven
other female managers, residing at the time of their election or appointment, in
the County of Cayuga.
§ 3. The trustees and managers for the time being, and all such women as
they shall admit as members, and as shall annually contribute to the funds of
the society the sum of one dollar or upward, or such other sum as shall hereafter
be prescribed by the by-laws of the board of managers, shall, during the
respective periods of their continuance in office, and during the years in or for
which such contributions shall be made, be members of the society, and be
entitled, to vote at its elections, and upon all questions submitted to its decision
by the board of managers and board of trustees respectively, or either of them,
at any public meeting of the society regularly convenedi.
§ 4. John H. Chedell, John W. Haight, Franklin L. Griswold, Zebina M.
Mason, Henry Underwood, J. Ives Parsons, Charles N. Tuttle, Roswell Curtiss
and Ebenezer B, Cobb shall compose the first board of trustees ; and whenever
a vacancy in said board shall happen by death or resignation, or refusal to serve
for a period of three months, the same shall be filled as soon as conveniently
may be, by the votes of the remaining trustees, or the major part of them, at a
regular meeting of the board, to be called for that purpose, and held in pur-
suance of due notice, as prescribed by the by-laws of the said trustees ; but the
appointment so made shall be subject to the approval of the board of managers
and shall not be conclusive until so approved.22
§ 5- The property of the corporation, both real and personal, shall be vested
in and managed by the board of trustees, who shall be, ex-officio, counsellors of
the board of managers, and* as such shall be bound from time to time, upon
request of the said board of managers, to advise them as to the performance of
their duties and to furnish them with such information as shall be needful
regarding the prpperty and funds of the said corporation.
§ 6. The board of trustees shall have power, by a majority of votes, to
choose a president and secretary from their own body, and to appoint such
agents and servants as may from time to time be necessary in the performance
of their trust, and to compensate and pay such agents from the funds of the
corporation, and to prescribe the duties of such officers and servants respectively ;
and, also, to make such by-laws and regulations (not inconsistent with the laws
of this State,) for the government of their own board, and for improving, invest-
ing and disposing of the funds and property of the society, as they may from
time to time judge necessary and expedient.
§ 7. The board of managers shall', after the present year, be annually elected
by a plurality of votes Of the members of said society, present at each election,
and such election shall be held on. the third Wednesday in January in every
year, or on such other day in each year, as the said board of managers may by a
by-law for that purpose prescribe, at such place in the city of Auburn, at such
hour of the day, and upon such notice as the said board of managers shall from
time to time direct ; or in case of the failure in such election at the stated period,
then on such other day as the said board of managers may for that purpose
subsequently appoint. In all cases the members composing the board for the
time being, shall continue in office until others shall be duly chosen in their
stead. In case of any vacancy in the office of a manager, or of any officer of the
board, the same shall be filled for the remainder of the year by such person or
persons as the said board of managers, at any meeting regularly convened, shall
appoint. The said officers of the board of managers shall be elected annually
by that board, by a majority of the votes of the members of the board present
at each election.
§ 8. Harriet T. Pitney shall be the first directress, Mrs. Zebina M. Mason,
shall be the second directress, Mrs. Jesse Segoine, third directress, Caroline F.
Blatchford, treasurer, Harriet S. Conklin, secretary, and Mrs. John W. Haight,
Mary C. Morgan, Florence Mellen, Mrs. Crane, Frances M. Goodwin, Margaret
R. Watson, Mrs. Rice, Charlotte P. Underwood, Sally N. Bacon, Mrs. John
McFarlan, Julia C. Clark, Mrs. W. I. Preston, S. Maria Reed, Abbey Warden,
Henrietta Parsons, Melita Chedell, Mrs. S. L. Bradley, Deborah Ann Bronson,
Lydia H. Young, Caroline Ross, Mary Fowler, Jane H. Woodruff, Mary Ann
Robinson, Eliza Lewis, Andalusia Starin, Celuta Cook and Mary Kipp, shall be
the other managers, who collectively shall compose the first board of managers,
and shall continue in office until the third Wednesday in January, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-three, or until others shall be duly chosen or appointed
in their stead.
§ 9. The board of managers shall have power to appoint a superintendent
and such other assistants and servants as they may consider to be necessary in23
conducting the domestic and internal concerns of the institution ; to prescribe
the authority and duties of such superintendent and assistants and servants
respectively ; to adopt a constitution for the said society, and to amend, altar
or repeal the same ; to make by-laws and regulations for the government of
their own proceedings and those of the persons so appointed ; to govern the
children committed to their care, and prescribe the course for their instruction
and rnanagment, to the same extent and with the. same rights as exist in the
case of natural guardians ; provided, however, that such by-laws and constitution
shall not be inconsistent with the laws of the State of New York; provided,
further, that the said board of managers shall not be authorized to transact any
business, unless a quorum of its members, to be fixed by a by-law made at a
previous meeting, be present ; and that said board of managers shall not in any
case bind the society by any contract or contracts existing at the same time, for
the payment of over five hundred dollars, or such other sum as may be
limited by a resolution of the society, approved of by the board of trustees, with-
out authority of the said board of Trustees.	•
§ 10. Whenever any child shall be surrendered to the charge and direction
of the said corporation, by any instrument in writing, signed by a parent or
guardian of such child, or by a superintendent of the Poor of the County of
Cayuga, or by one of the overseers of the Poor of the city of Auburn, the said
trustees may, in their discretion, bind out such child to some suitable employ-
ment, in the same manner as overseers of the poof are bylaw authorized to bind
poor and indigent children ; proper provisions shall in every such case be made
and inserted in the indentures by which said child shall be bound to service,
for securing an education proper and fitting to the condition and circumstances
in life of such a child, and for instruction in mechanical or agricultural pursuits.
§ ii. The corporation hereby created may receive, take and hold, as well
by devise or bequest or otherwise, any real or personal estate for the uses and
purposes contemplated by this act, whether the same be devised or bequeathed
or conveyed directly to the said corporation or to the board of trustees above
mentioned or, otherwise for the use or benefit of such corporation ; provided,
that the same shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars yearly income,
besides its buildings and property in use and its annual contributions.
, § 12. The said society shall be annually entitled to such distributive share
of the school moneys raised in this State, and also in the city of Auburn, in the
same manner and to the same extent as is now or shall be provided in respect
to the common .schools of said city ; and the school of said society shall for all
purposes, be considered a separate and additional district school in said city,
and shall be subject to the general supervision of the board of education of said
city, though remaining and being at all times under the immediate direction
and management of the said society.
§ 13. The supervisors of the County of Cayuga shall annually raise and
collect, in the same manner as other county charges are levied and collected,
any sum of money not exceeding one thousand dollars in any one year, as they
may deem proper and just, for the use and benefit of said society ; and all such
moneys, so raised and collected, shall be paid when collected, by the treasurer24
of the said county, to the treasurer of said society ; and the said society shall,
upon complying with the terms mentioned in the second section of chapter
three hundred and sixty-eight, of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and
forty-nine, be entitled to a distributive share of the moneys appropriated out of
the treasury, and distributed as therein directed, or as shall hereafter be provided
by law in relation to the orphan asylums in this State.
§ 14. , The board of managers shall render an annual account to the board
of trustees of all moneys received or disbursed by them, or any of their officers
or agents; and* the board of trustees shall annually, at the meeting of the
society for the election of managers, exhibit to such a meeting a full and exact
account of the receipts and disbursements, as well by themselves as by the
board of managers, during the preceding year, and also a general statement Of
the property, funds and other pecuniary conditions of the said corporation.
§ 15. The said corporation shall possess the general powers and be subject
to the provisions and restrictio|is of the third title of the eighteenth chapter of
the first part of the revised statutes.	•
§ 16. The Legislature may at any time, alter, modify or repeal this act.
§ 17. This act shall take effect immediately.
Chapter 69.
AN ACT to amend an act entitled “An act to incorporate the Cayuga Asylum
for Destitute Children,” passed April 10th, 1863.
Passed March 28th, 1862—Three-fifths being present.
Section i. Section thirteen of chapter two hundred and seven of the laws
of eighteen hundred and fifty-two, entitled “ An act to incorporate the Cayuga
Asylum for Destitute Children,” is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
The board of supervisors of the County of Cayuga are hereby authorized to
instruct the superintendent of the poor of said county to annually contract with
the managers of said Asylum, to board and clothe all children thrown on said
county for support, who are of a proper age to receive its benefits, at a price not
exceeding eighty cerits each, per week, for their support, and the said board Of
supervisors are hereby authorized to levy and collect annually, in advance, in
the same manner as other county charges are levied and collected, such sums of
money for the above purpose as the said board of supervisors may deem necessary
and expedient; the same to be paid quarterly, by the treasurer of said county,
to the treasurer of the Cayuga Asylum, on the presentation to him of bills
properly verified according to contract with the superintendents of the poor ;
and the said society shall, upon complying with the terms mentioned in the
second section of chapter three hundred and sixty^eight of the laws of one
thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, be entitled to a distributive share of the
moneys appropriated out of the treasury and distributed as therein directed, or
as shall hereafter be provided by law in relation to the Orphan Asylums in this
State.CHAP. 236.
AN ACT to amend chapter fifty-six of the laws of
eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled “ An act
to Amend chapter two hundred and seven of the laws
of eighteen hundred and fifty-two, entitled 4 An act
to incorporate the Cayuga Asylum for Destitute
Children/ ”
i Passed May 30, 1882 ; three-fifths being present.*
The People of the State of New York, repi'esented in
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows :
Section i. Section one of chapter fifty-six of the
laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled
“ An act to amend chapter two hundred and seven of
the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-two, entitled
4 An act to incorporate the Cayuga Asylum for Desti-
tute Children/ ” is hereby amended so as to read as
follows:
§ I. Section thirteen of chapter two hundred and
seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-two,
entitled “ An act to incorporate the Cayuga Asylum for
Destitute Children,” is hereby amended so as to read as
follows :
§ 13. The Board of Supervisors of the County of
Cayuga shall annually raise and collect, in the same
manner as other county charges are levied and collected,
any sum of money not exceeding six thousand dollars
in any one year, as they may deem proper and just, for
the use and benefit of said society: and all such money
so raised and collected shall be paid when collected by
the treasurer of said county to the treasurer of said so-
ciety, And the said society shall, upon complying with
the terms mentioned in the second section of chapter
three hundred and sixty-eight of the laws of eighteen
hundred and forty-nine, be entitled to a distributive
share of the moneys appropriated out of the treasury
and distributed as therein directed, or as shall hereafter
be provided by law in relation to the orphan asylums of
this state.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
*Not returned by the Governor within ten days after having
been received by him, and became a law without his signature
May 30, 1882.STATISTICS
OF THE
ASYLUM FROM ITS ORGANIZATION
1852—Receipts,............$1,987 55
Disbursements,.....	711 56
Balance,	$1,275	99
1854—Receipts, ......... * .$2,2x0 57
Disbursements,.....3,361 26
Indebtedness, $1,150 69
1855—Receipts,.............$2,124	30
Disbursements, ..... 2,097 31
Balance,	$26	99
1856—Receipts, ... ......$2,497 08
Disbursements, ..... 2,015 63
Balance,	$481	50
1857—Receipts,............$2,350	14
Disbursements,..... 2,344	80
Balance,	$5	34
1858—Receipts,...............$2,325	39
Disbursements,.....3,387	12
Indebtedness, ....$1,061 73
1859—Receipts,............$2,279	57
Disbursements,.....2,272 91
Balance,	$6	66
i860—Receipts, ...........$3,128	06
Disbursements, ..... 2,697 89
Balance,	$430	17
1861—Receipts,............$3,071	32
Disbursements, ..... 2,919 02
Balance,	$152 30
1862—Receipts,........♦ •••$3,39* 5°
Disbursements,..... 3,164 81
1863—	Receipts,..........$4,363 59
Disbursements,........3,322 83
Balance,	$780 76
1864—	Receipts,......... 1 .$4,851 89
Disbursements,........4,088 69
Balance,	$763 20
1865—	Receipts,..........$5,671 06
Disbursements,........4,888 90
Balance,	$782 46
1866—	Receipts,..........$5,393 bo
Disbursements,......4,960 05
Balance,	$433 55
1867— —Receipts,  .........$4,586 60
Disbursements,......4,416 18
Balance,	$170 42
1868—	Receipts,..........$5,279 07
Disbursements,...... 5,326 75
Indebtedness,	$47 68
1869—	Receipts,..........$5,474 87
Disbursements, ..... 4,992 87
Balance,	$482 00
1870—	Receipts,..........$6,468 48
Disbursements,......6,309 14
Balance,	$159 34
1871—	Receipts, ........$5,292	17
Disbursements,...... 5*285 32
Balance,
$229 69
Balance,
$6 8526
1872—Receipts,	 Disbursements, ..	
Balance,	$1,267 69
1873—Receipts,	 Disbursements, ..	• • - $5,839 32
Balance,	$336 40
1874—Receipts,	 Disbursements, ..	... 4,864 20
	$6,000 00
1875—Receipts,	 Disbursements, ..	
Balance,	$56 80
1876—Receipts,	 Disbursements, ..	• •• 4.994 78
Balance,	$93 40
1877—Receipts,	 Disbursements, ..	... 4,855 89
Balance,	$8185
1878—Receipts, 	 Disbursements, ..	...$4,790 33
Balance,	$148 23
1879—Receipts, .. .. Disbursements, ..	.. $4,740 61
Balance,	$40 81
1880—Receipts,	 Disbursements, ..	... 5,013 08.
Balance,	$2 00
1881—Receipts, 		 Disbursements, ..	.. . $6,474 76
Balance,	$11 60THE ORPHANS’ FRIEND.
The publication of the Orphans' Friend, our “official organ,”
its first copy issued in Feb., 1858, still meets with flattering
patronage. The benefit, accruing to the Asylum in various
ways, through its publication, are annually proving it a valuable
medium of communication. Any special want in the supply of
their numerous household, needs only to be expressed through
its columns to meet with a prompt and generous response from
our many friends.
A record of the changes which take place among the Children
of this Institution are noted in its columns from month to month
as they occur.
The following Ladies constitute its Official Board.
MRS. J. W. HAIGHT, Editress.
MRS. E. H. GROOT, Treasurer,
Mrs. S. Hoyt,
“ B. I. Ives,
“ Jas. C. Reed,
“ O. F. Knapp,
Publishing Committee.
Time of holding annual meeting for Orphans’ Friend, second
Wednesday in January. Duties of Publishing Committee defined:
It shall be the duty of the Publishing Committee to exercise a
general supervision over the paper in both its editorial and
financial departments. To this end, they may advise with the
Editress as to the conduct of the paper, and shall have power
to call upon the Treasurer for a statement of the condition of its
finances, whenever it shall be deemed necessary.
They may recommend such changes in the management of the
paper as they consider of advantage to it, but every such change
shall first, before being decided upon, be submitted to the Board
of Managers for their approval.28
In case a change in the Officers of the paper becomes necessarjr
it shall be the duty of the Publishing Committee to select candi-
dates to fill the vacancy and present them to the Board of
Managers for election.
The committee shall meet in June and December of each year*
at such hour and place as they may select, to consider the-
interests of the paper, and shall furnish a brief report to be read
at the annual meeting for the paper, which occurs in January.