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transfer all dependents to their proper places of residence, 

 whether in the United States or in Europe. 



10. Power to control and supervise Indian dependents in New 

 York. 



11. Power to advise changes in the management of state in- 

 stitutions and to correct defects in the administration of affairs. 



12. Power, with the aid of the comptroller, to fix the salaries 

 of superintendents and other officers of state institutions. 



STATE COMMISSION IN LUNACY 



In 1889^ the State Commissioner in Lunacy was replaced by 

 a Commission in Lunacy, consisting of three persons on salary. 

 This act of the legislature provided that greater powers of in- 

 spection and greater powers to control and manage the various 

 institutions should be given to the commission than belonged to 

 the previous commissioner. New York was now making rapid 

 progress towards complete centralization of control in this great 

 department of charities, and in 1893 the policy of state support 

 was inaugurated. The need of central supervision and control 

 of moneys and all expenditures had become quite evident. The 

 State Commission in Lunacy now has power to control not only 

 current expenditures but also extensions and improvements. It 

 is a board of control. 



STATE COMMISSION OF PRISONS 



The same is true concerning the Commission of Prisons. It 

 constitutes in reality a board of control. These commissions 

 have not only power to supervise and control financial matters, 

 but all other matters relating to the various institutions under 

 their management. 



The necessity for central control of the business and financial 

 side of public institutions was early recognized in New York. 

 A complete system of centralization on the business side was 

 established in 1894,- when a comptroller was given power of 



'Laws of 1889, chap. 283. 

 -Laws of 1894, chap. 654. 



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