Annual Report, Volume 35, Part 1901 |
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... efforts to better the condition of the poor . Those who come to the great cities expect to receive a great deal . Influences that will make us more intelligent in trying to grapple with these great problems kindle us , and , shunning ...
... efforts to better the condition of the poor . Those who come to the great cities expect to receive a great deal . Influences that will make us more intelligent in trying to grapple with these great problems kindle us , and , shunning ...
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... effort to relieve the sting of poverty . Now we are here to discuss a great many problems much more definite than that , and I assure you I shall not attempt to venture any ill - digested views on a subject so broad . In this age , in ...
... effort to relieve the sting of poverty . Now we are here to discuss a great many problems much more definite than that , and I assure you I shall not attempt to venture any ill - digested views on a subject so broad . In this age , in ...
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... effort what they consider to be individual effort , and yet I fancy there are very few , however large their hearts may be , who so misuse their own powers as when they become their own almoners . Of course , you are to discuss from ...
... effort what they consider to be individual effort , and yet I fancy there are very few , however large their hearts may be , who so misuse their own powers as when they become their own almoners . Of course , you are to discuss from ...
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... effort on his part , but because of what his ancestors did or did not do . It is neverthe- less charity , not justice , that relieves him . Thus far in the abstract . Now in the concrete . To what prac- tical conclusions , to what ...
... effort on his part , but because of what his ancestors did or did not do . It is neverthe- less charity , not justice , that relieves him . Thus far in the abstract . Now in the concrete . To what prac- tical conclusions , to what ...
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... effort to maintain their self- dependence . Such charity is not true charity . Simple justice were better . But what are our social debts ? What particular acts of justice do we owe our neighbors ? There are many , but there is but one ...
... effort to maintain their self- dependence . Such charity is not true charity . Simple justice were better . But what are our social debts ? What particular acts of justice do we owe our neighbors ? There are many , but there is but one ...
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Page 177 - The Governor may remove the Superintendent for cause at any time, giving to him a copy of the charges against him, and an opportunity to be heard in his defense.
Page 195 - The real property of a corporation or association organized exclusively for the moral or mental improvement of men or women, or for religious, bible, tract, charitable, benevolent, missionary, hospital, infirmary, educational, scientific, literary, library, patriotic, historical or cemetery purposes, or for the enforcement of laws relating to children or animals, or for two or more such purposes, and used exclusively for carrying out thereupon one or more of such purposes ; and the personal property...
Page 137 - Appointments and promotions in the Civil Service of the State, and of all the civil divisions thereof, including cities and villages, shall be made according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained, so far as practicable, by examination, which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive.
Page 177 - Sec. 4. A Superintendent of State Prisons shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and hold his office for five years, unless sooner removed; he shall give security in such amount, and with such sureties as shall be required by law for the faithful discharge of his duties...
Page 30 - July, nineteen hundred and one, the jurisdiction of the department of public charities of The City of New York over Bellevue Hospital and the Fordham, Harlem and Gouverneur Hospitals and the Emergency Hospital in east Twenty-sixth street...
Page 499 - 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 174 - ... that honorably discharged soldiers and sailors from the army and navy of the United States in the late Civil War, who are citizens and residents of this State, shall be entitled to preference in appointment and promotion, without regard to their standing on any list from which such appointment or promotion may be made. Laws shall be made to provide for the enforcement of this section.
Page 430 - ... purposes, or for the enforcement of laws relating to children or animals, or for two or more of such purposes, and used exclusively for carrying out thereupon one or more of such purposes, and the personal property of any such corporation shall be exempt from taxation.
Page 176 - A Superintendent of State Prisons shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and hold his office for five years, unless sooner removed; he shall give security in such amount and with such sureties as shall be required by law for the faithful discharge of his duties; he shall have the superintendence, management...
Page 96 - ... month, and twice there has been a general meeting of all the teachers of the district. The conference held here March 25 and 26 by the Hon. Samuel M. Lindsay, commissioner of education of Porto Rico, assisted by Dr. Charles De Garmo, dean of the pedagogical department of Cornell University, and Dr. Edward T. Devine, secretary of the charity organization society of New York, was quite a success, and was of gicat benefit to those who attended.