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for two years and receive a per diem fee of three dollars for 

 each day of actual service. Both boards are limited to State 

 institutions, and there is no State supervision in any other 

 field. 



Oklahoma also belongs to the dual system. Until 1909 

 there was a single officer, styled Commissioner of Charities 

 and Corrections, who performed essentially the same duties 

 as the supervisory board in other States. In 1909 there was 

 created, however, largely thru the efforts of the Commis- 

 sioner, a State Board of Public Welfare. This board is pri- 

 marily fiscal in functions, having charge over all State prop- 

 erty and the purchasing of supplies. It more nearly resembles 

 the Board of Control of California or Board of Control and 

 Supply of Rhode Island than it does the Board of Administra- 

 tion of Illinois. 



Vermont has a rather peculiar system, somewhat similar to 

 that of New York. There is an ex officio Board of Visitors 

 to State Institutions, consisting of the governor, lieutenant- 

 governor, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, which 

 visits the prison, house of correction, industrial school, hos- 

 pital for the insane, and any private retreat or hospital for 

 insane within the State. The governor may also appoint a 

 woman on the board. Another board of three Supervisors 

 of the Insane visits the Vermont State Hospital and the Brat- 

 tleboro Retreat and any other hospital or place where insane 

 are confined, and investigates the treatment of inmates. It 

 has general supervision over insane not in confinement. A 

 Board of Penal Institutions of three members supervises the 

 State prison, house of correction, and industrial school, and 

 inspects the methods of discipline, sanitary conditions, and 

 other details. Until 1913 it made all purchases for these insti- 

 tutions by bids and contracts, appointed superintendents, and 

 fixed salaries. In 1912 there was created the office of Pur- 

 chasing Agent, similar to the Fiscal Supervisor of New York. 

 This development in State administration will be treated at 

 length in a later chapter. 



In 1915 there were two additions to the ranks of the dual 

 system, recruited from the ranks of the supervisory system. 

 Prior to 1915 both Colorado and Tennessee had central super- 

 visory boards similar to the Indiana board. In Colorado there 

 was created a Board of Corrections to have full control over 



