Appendix A. — A Descriptive Digest 

 of State Laws 



Alabama. Alabama belongs primarily to the trustee type, having no 

 general State supervision of charity, with the management and control 

 of each institution in the hands of a separate board of trustees. For 

 penal institutions, however, it has two methods of supervision and inspec- 

 tion. In this field, Alabama is of the Indiana type. A board of three 

 persons, styled the Board of Inspectors of Convicts, has general super- 

 vision and control of State and county convicts. A single official, styled 

 State Prison Inspector, inspects twice a year every county jail, alms- 

 house, and every municipal jail or prison; he has authority to order such 

 jails, etc., to be put in proper condition, sanitary in particular, and may 

 condemn unsanitary jails. — Code, Vol. iii, § 6479; Acts, 1911, p. 356. 



Arizona. Arizona is of the Iowa type, but its board is ex officio. A 

 hoard of three, consisting of the governor, auditor, and one citizen, styled 

 Board of Control, has full charge of all charitable, penal, and reforma- 

 tory institutions, as well as of the capitol buildings and grounds. The 

 board appoints certain officials, receives bids for supplies for the State 

 institutions, and for all purchases exceeding $100 in amount must award 

 contracts after competitive bidding. The governor alone, however, 

 appoints the heads of institutions. Not more than two of the members 

 shall belong to the same political party. The citizen receives an annual 

 salary of $1,800.— i^emsed Statutes, 1913, § 4452. 



Arkansas. Arkansas is of the Iowa type, but with two State boards 

 dividing the work of administration. A board of three persons, styled 

 State Board of Penitentiary and Reform School Commissioners, has full 

 charge of the State farm. State penitentiary, and reform school. Its 

 members serve for six years and receive an annual salary of $3,000. 

 The board purchases supplies by sealed bids and makes detailed financial 

 statement thru the State auditor. In 1915 there was created a Board of 

 Control of three members, with a salary of $2,500, to have charge of the 

 State institutions for the blind, deaf, nervous diseases, and the soldiers' 

 home. This board replaced the former boards of trustees which had charge 

 of the same institutions. The latter law provides for supervision or inves- 

 tigation at any time by the appointment by the governor of a suitable 

 individual to examine the affairs of any or all the State charitable insti- 

 tutions. This individual then has rather full powers to issue subpoenas, 

 administer oaths, and take depositions. The work of the State boards in 

 Arkansas is confined to strictly State institutions. — Acts, 1911, p. 154; 

 Acts, 1913, pp. 213-257; Acts, 1915, p. 404. 



California. California is of the dual type and there are three main 

 State boards : one purely fiscal, the other two dividing the work of super- 

 vision. A board of three persons, styled Board of Control, is empowered 

 to examine the books of the different institutions, commissions, bureaus, 



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