The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy, January, 1863 — John Shaqi
The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy, January, 1863Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons
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The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy, January, 1863
Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons
Charities -- Periodicals; Prisons -- Periodicals
Knight, Reeve L. Whelen, E. S.
Willits, A. A.
Learning, J. Fisher Weightman, William
Love, Alfred H. Wilhams, Henry J.
Longstreth, William W. Wain, S. Morris
Marshall, Richard M. Yarnall, Charles
Yarnall, Benjamin H.
ARTICLE IV.
The Treasurer shall keep the moneys and securities, and pay all orders
of the Society or of the Acting Committee, signed by the presiding
officer and Secretary; and shall present a statement of the condition
of the finances of the Society at each stated meeting thereof.
All bequests, donations, and life subscriptions, shall be safely
invested; only the income thereof to be applied to the current expenses
of the Society.
ARTICLE V.
The Acting Committee shall consist of the officers of the Society,
ex-officio, and fifty other members. They shall visit the prison at
least twice a month, inquire into the circumstances of the prisoners,
and report such abuses as they shall discover, to the proper officers
appointed to remedy them. They shall examine the influence of
confinement on the morals of the prisoners. They shall keep regular
minutes of their proceedings, which shall be submitted at every stated
meeting of the Society; and shall be authorized to fill vacancies
occurring in their own body, whether arising from death, or removal
from the city; or from inability or neglect to visit the prisons in
accordance with their regulations. They shall also have the sole power
of electing new members.
ARTICLE VI.
Candidates for membership may be proposed at any meeting of the
Society or of the Acting Committee; but no election shall take place
within ten days after such nomination. Each member shall pay an annual
contribution of two dollars; but the payment of twenty dollars at any
one time shall constitute a life membership.
ARTICLE VII.
Honorary members may be elected at such times as the Society may deem
expedient.
ARTICLE VIII.
The Society shall hold stated meetings on the _fourth_ fifth-day
(Thursday) in the months called January, April, July, and October, of
whom seven shall constitute a quorum.
ARTICLE IX.
No alterations of the Constitution shall be made, unless the same
shall have been proposed at a stated meeting of the Society held not
less than a month previous to the adoption of such alterations. All
questions shall be decided where there is a division, by a majority of
votes; in those where the Society is equally divided, the presiding
officer shall have the casting vote.
OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY.
PRESIDENT,--JAMES J. BARCLAY.
VICE PRESIDENTS, { TOWNSEND SHARPLESS,
{ WILLIAM SHIPPEN, M. D.
TREASURER,--EDWARD H. BONSALL.
{ JOHN J. LYTLE,
SECRETARIES, { EDWARD TOWNSEND.
{ HENRY J. WILLIAMS,
COUNSELLORS, { CHARLES GIBBONS.
_Members of the Acting Committee._
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