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board of control of the reform school, or boards of trustees of other insti- 

 tutions. Members of the State board receive no compensation. — Statutes, 

 1912, Vol. V, Ch. 432, p. 5934, §§15510-15523. 



Minnesota. Minnesota is of the Illinois type. A board of three, 

 styled Board of Control, has exclusive management of the State prison, 

 State reformatory. State training schools for boys and for girls, school 

 for feeble-minded, State hospitals and asylums for the insane, and State 

 sanatorium for consumptives. It has slight fiscal supervision of State 

 educational institutions and establishes uniform system of accounts at 

 the institutions under its control. It investigates the whole system of 

 public charities and all charitable and correctional institutions of the 

 State, especially prisons, jails, infirmaries, public hospitals, and asylums, 

 and examines their condition and management. It approves new plans 

 for jails, lock-ups, etc. Members receive a salary of $4,500. — General 

 Statutes, 1913, Vol. i, p. 906, §§4001-4139. 



A board of six persons, styled State Board of Visitors, studies the whole 

 subject of care and management of charitable and correctional institu- 

 tions. It has power to examine persons and papers. The governor is ex 

 officio member. The other members serve for six years with no compen- 

 sation. Not more than three shall be from the same political party. 

 The governor may order an investigation by the board at any time and the 

 board then has the power to summon witnesses and administer oaths. 



Members of the board of control must devote their entire time to their 

 duties and shall hold no other lucrative office. Purchase of supplies is 

 by an estimate system, but each institution makes its own contracts. — 

 General Statutes, 1913, p. 930, §§ 4139-4142. 



Mississippi. Mississippi is of the trustee type, having no State super- 

 visory board. However, an ex officio board, consisting of the secretary 

 of State, auditor of public accounts, and the attorney-general, styled 

 Board of Public Contracts, has sole power and authority to make con- 

 tracts for printing, fuel, and repairs of all public institutions except the 

 educational and of all State offices and departments. — Code, 1906, § 284. 



Missouri. Missouri is of the Indiana type. A body of six persons, 

 styled State Board of Charities and Corrections, two of whom are women, 

 investigates the whole system of public charities and corrections, examines 

 the condition and management of all prisons, jails, almshouses, reforma- 

 tories, reform and industrial schools, hospitals, infirmaries, dispensaries, 

 orphanages, and all public and private retreats and asylums deriving their 

 support in whole or in part from State, county, or municipality. Members 

 receive no compensation. 



A board of county visitors of six persons keeps fully advised of the 

 conditions and management of all corrective institutions supported wholly 

 or in part by county or municipal taxation, or under county or municipal 

 control, especially county jails, almshouses, and municipal prisons. Each 

 county board makes an annual report to the State Board of Charities and 

 Corrections. 



A municipal charity board is also provided by State legislation for 

 cities of more than 50,000, and less than 150,000 population. This board 



