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ble persons" together with the governor, secretary of State, and the State 

 purchasing agent were to constitute the board. Owing to the action of 

 this board in removing a capable superintendent of the State hospital, 

 the board was abolished in 1915, and a Board of Trustees of State Insti- 

 tutions was established in its place. This board has charge of the same 

 institutions as the former board, with the addition of the State prison. 

 It consists of ten members who receive only actual and necessary expenses. 

 They employ a competent person to act as business manager of State 

 institutions, and fix his salary, subject to the approval of the governor 

 and council. The board also appoints a purchasing agent. — Public Stat- 

 utes, 1901, p. 278; Laws, 1911, Ch. 229, p. 289; Laws, 1913, Ch. 140, p. 

 650; Laws, 1915, Ch. 176, p. 249. 



New Jersey. A Commissioner of Charities, appointed by the gov- 

 ernor, inspects charitable and correctional institutions of the State that 

 receive funds from the State treasury, and plans and specifications for 

 State charitable buildings are under his direction. He receives a salary 

 of $4,000, and may be aided in investigations by a committee of two 

 appointed by the governor. — Compiled Statutes, 1910, Vol. i, p. 453, 



New Mexico. New Mexico is of the trustee type, having no super- 

 vision by a State board. The traveling auditor and bank examiner are 

 empowered to install a uniform system of accounting for all county 

 officials and institutions, and for State penal, reformatory, educational, 

 or charitable institutions. — Laws, 1912, p. 105. 



New York. New York is of the dual type. A board of twelve mem- 

 bers, styled State Board of Charities, inspects and maintains general su- 

 pervision of all institutions, societies, or associations which are of a chari- 

 table, eleemosynary, correctional, or reformatory character, whether State 

 or municipal, incorporated or not, except for the insane and reformatory 

 for adult males convicted of felony. Subject to approval by a justice of 

 the supreme court, it may issue orders to such institutions concerning 

 management and treatment of inmates. — Consolidated Laws, 1909, Vol. 

 V, p. 5377. 



A Fiscal Supervisor of Charities, appointed by the governor for five 

 years, with a salary of $6,000, examines the condition of all buildings, 

 and financial arrangements, books, and accounts of charitable institutions. 

 He controls the purchases of supplies by an estimate system. — Laws, 

 1909, Vol. V, p. 5386; Supplement, 1911, p. 733. 



A board of three members, styled State Hospital Commission, has 

 general oversight and fiscal control of all State hospitals for the insane, 

 and supervises all other institutions, public or private, where insane are 

 confined. One member shall be a reputable physician, a graduate of an 

 incorporated medical college of at least ten years' actual experience in 

 the care and treatment of insane. One shall be a reputable attorney and 

 counsellor-at-law in the courts of the State of not less than ten years' 

 standing. The medical commissioner is chairman or president and receives 

 a salary of $7,500. The others receive $5,000 each, receiving in addition 

 $1,200 for traveling expenses. Each institution, however, has a separate 

 board of managers or trustees. — Consolidated Laws, 1909, Vol. ii, p. 2441. 



