66 personal, and to use and disburse the same in furtherance of the objects of the said corporation." Approved November 17, 1909. 28. The Lakeview Home," principal office, Borough of Richmond, New York City. Incorporated "to conduct and maintain a home for wayward girls and unmarried mothers and their infants under the auspices of The New York Section of the Council of Jewish Women." Approved November 17, 1909. 29. "New York Nursery and Child's Hospital," principal office, city, county and State of New York. Formed by the con solidation of the Nursery and Child's Hospital, and the New York Infant Asylum. Incorporated for "the maintenance and care of the children of wet nurses and the daily charge of infants whose parents labor away from home; the maintenance of a home for illegitimate children and a lying-in asylum, and receiving and taking charge of foundlings and other infant children of the age of two years and under, which may be entrusted to its charge, and to provide for their support and moral, physical, intellectual and industrial education, and providing such lying-in wards and methods of care and guidance as shall tend to prevent the maternal abandonment of homeless infants and diminish the moral dangers and personal sufferings to which homeless mothers are exposed; procuring the adoption of suitable foster parents for such children as may properly be adopted out; the establishment and mainte-· · nance of schools and exercising and enjoying each and every power and privilege" heretofore enjoyed by the Nursery and Child's Hospital and the New York Infant Asylum. Approved November 17, 1909. The following applications for the approval of certificates of incorporation were presented for consideration by the Board, and after investigation were disapproved: 1. East New York Maternity Hospital. Disapproved January 13, 1909. 2. New York Mission and Home for Homeless Boys. Disapproved January 13, 1909. 3. Society for Aiding the Sick of East New York. Disapproved January 13, 1909. DISPENSARIES LICENSED DURING THE YEAR. Article 15 of chapter 57 of the Laws of 1909, the State Charities Law, constituting chapter 55 of the Consolidated Laws, provides that the licensing of dispensaries in this State shall be one of the duties of the State Board of Charities. In the performance of this duty the following licenses were granted by the Board during the year 1909: 1. The Dispensary of Har Moriah Hospital of the Galician and Bucovinaen Federation, 138-140 Second street, Borough of Manhattan, New York City. Granted April 14, 1909. 2. Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church Dispensary, 211 West 129th street, Borough of Manhattan, New York City. Granted June 10, 1909. 3. The Homeopathic Hospital Dispensary, 163 North Pearl street, Albany, N. Y. Granted June 10, 1909. 4. The Tuberculosis Dispensary, 165 Swan street, Buffalo, N. Y. Granted October 13, 1909. The following application for a dispensary license was not approved: 1. The Williamsburg Jewish Mission Dispensary. License refused June 10, 1909. In all cases where applications were made to the State Board of Charities for the approval of a certificate of incorporation or for a license to establish a dispensary within the city of New York or its immediate vicinity, public hearings have been held at the Eastern Inspection District Office in New York City in order to give all interested persons an opportunity to be heard. Several applications were withdrawn after objections had been filed with the Board. Other applications are pending for further consideration into their merits. PLANS APPROVED. During the past year the Board approved plans and specifications for new buildings and improvements in connection with municipal or county charitable institutions with the proviso in each case that the expense should not exceed the appropriation. therefor, as follows: 1. Department of Public Charities of the city of New York. Pavilion for tuberculosis patients, Metropolitan Hospital on Blackwell's Island. Approved January 13, 1909. 2. Rensselaer County Hospital for Tuberculosis. Approved February 10, 1909. 3. Newburgh City Home. Approved April 14, 1909. 4. Annex to Kings County Hospital, Borough of Brooklyn, New York City. Approved April 14, 1909. 5. Bradford Street Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. Approved June 10, 1909. 6. New York City Home for the Aged and Infirm, Brooklyn; additional plumbing. Approved June 10, 1909. 7. Westchester County Hospital, East View, N. Y. Nursery building and addition to hospital. Approved July 14, 1909. THIRTY-SIXTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF The Thirty-sixth National Conference of Charities and Correction convened in Buffalo, N. Y., June 9 to 16, 1909, with the Hon. Ernest P. Bicknell, Chicago, Ill., as President. More than 600 delegates were in attendance; they represented philanthropic activities in all the States and territories, and delegates were present from Great Britain, Canada, Cuba and the Philippines. The papers presented were admirable in character and covered many matters of special interest to the public. Prominence was given to the treatment of defectives, the general interests of State institutions and to the work of child saving, correctional work especially. The tramp problem received earnest consideration and the discussion thereon showed that the farm colony method of treatment is favored. The State Board of Charities of this State was represented at the Conference by the President, the Vice-President, a majority of the Commissioners and the Secretary. The Thirty-seventh National Conference of Charities and Correction will be held in St. Louis, Mo., in May, 1910. The officers elected are: President, Miss Jane Addams, Chicago, Ill.; First Vice-President, F. H. Nibecker, Glen Mills, Pa.; Second VicePresident, Ansley Wilcox, Buffalo, N. Y., and Third Vice-President, Judge W. H. DeLacy, Washington, D. C. TENTH NEW YORK STATE CONFERENCE OF CHARITIES AND CORRECTION. The Tenth New York State Conference of Charities and Correction convened in the Senate Chamber at the Capitol, Albany, N. Y., November 16, 1909, and continued its sessions on the 17th and the 18th. Hon. Mornay Williams, of New York City, was the President of the Conference. This Board was represented by the President, the Vice-President, a majority of the other Commissioners and the Secretary. Over eight hundred persons were in attendance. An exhibit which several thousand persons examined formed an interesting and instructive feature of the Conference. This exhibit was displayed in the Senate lobbies, and consisted in part of articles manufactured in various public and private charitable institutions. In addition there was a special display by the State Charities Aid Association in co-operation with the State Department of Health, of pictures, cards, photographs, etc., illustrative of the dangerous character of tuberculosis and of the methods employed to prevent its spread. The site of Letchworth Village was shown by photographs and maps, as was also the site of the New York State Training School for Boys. The Conference laid special emphasis upon the preventive side of charitable and correctional work, and other matters related to the public welfare. The program included papers and addresses upon "Public Institutions," "State Provision for the Feeble-Minded," "The Relation of Boards of Managers to the Institutions and to the Public," "Child Desertion," "Former Failures and Present Success in the Institutional Training of Girls," "Boarding-out Children," "Social Insurance," "Coordinating Legislation," and "The Prevention of Tuberculosis." The full report of the Conference will be found among the appended papers of this report. The officers for the Eleventh Conference, which will meet in Rochester in November, 1910, are as follows: President, George A. Lewis, Buffalo; First Vice-President, Mrs. Max Landsberg, Rochester; Second Vice-President, Homer Folks, New York City; Third Vice-President, Patrick J. Carlin, Brooklyn; Secretary, Frank E. Wade, Buffalo; Treasurer, Frank Tucker, New York City. THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE POOR. The Thirty-ninth Annual Convention of the County Superintendents of the Poor of the State of New York was held at Thousand Island Park, Jefferson county, N. Y., June 22-25, 1909. It brought together a large and representative gathering of county superintendents of the poor, supervisors, officers of institutions and others interested in the care of the poor. The President of the Convention was William H. Townsend, of Yates county. The papers presented related to the problems connected with public relief and the operations of the State Poor Law; consideration was given also to the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis, moral and social prophylaxis, and to the care of delinquents. An address on "Progress in the Methods of Almshouse Administration" was delivered by President William R. Stewart, who attended the Convention with the Secretary, the Superintendent of State and Alien Poor, and the Statistician to represent the Board. The full proceedings appear with the appended papers of this report. THE CHARITABLE LEGISLATION OF 1909. Several important bills affecting charitable and correctional work in this State were introduced during the legislative session of 1909, and with the approval of the Governor became laws. Among the more important of these measures were the following: Chapter 55 of the Consolidated Laws is the former State Charities Law with other laws incorporated so as to bring together the general laws of the State which have to do with charity. This chapter will form the basis for subsequent legislation, and when properly amended will contain in a single chapter all laws germane to the supervision and control of the charitable and reformatory institutions which in the contemplation of the Constitution are to be subject to the visitation and inspection of the State Board of Charities. Assembly bill No. 129, introduced by Mr. Lowman, became chapter 6, and authorized the city of Elmira to accept as a gift |