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A board of seven, styled State Commissioners of Prisons, has visitation 

 and inspection of all institutions for detention of sane adults charged with 

 or convicted of crime, except reformatories which are under the State 

 Board of Charities. There is also a State board of managers of reforma- 

 tories, consisting of seven members who have administrative control over 

 this group of State institutions. By Article V, Sec. 4, of the Constitution 

 there is a Superintendent of State Prisons who has the superintendence, 

 management, and control of State prisons, and appoints agents, wardens, 

 physicians, and chaplains. — Consolidated Laws, 1909, Vol. iv, pp. 4301, 

 4357. 



North Carolina. North Carolina is of the Indiana type. A board of 

 five persons, elected by the General Assembly, styled Board of Public 

 Charities of the State of North Carolina, investigates and supervises the 

 whole system of charitable and penal institutions and makes recommenda- 

 tions. It may visit and inspect county jails and almshouses, and may, 

 at its discretion, transfer insane to the State hospital. Members receive 

 no compensation. — Pell's Revision, 1908, p. 391. 



North Dakota. North Dakota is of the Iowa type. A Board of Con- 

 trol, of three members selected from the two largest parties, has full 

 power to manage, control, and govern the State hospital for insane. 

 State penitentiary, asylum for the blind, school for deaf and dumb, school 

 for feeble-minded. State reform school, and State tuberculosis sanatorium. 

 Members serve for two years and receive a salary of $3,000. The board 

 holds quarterly conferences and makes rules for purchasing supplies. 

 Each institution has a contingent fund of $3,000 for emergencies. The 

 board installs a uniform system of accounts and has full fiscal control, 

 but is in turn subject to examination by the State auditing board. There 

 is no supervision outside of State institutions. — Laws, 1911, Ch. 62, p. 86; 

 Laws, 1913, Ch. 55, p. 63. 



Ohio. Ohio is of the Illinois type. A Board of Administration of 

 four members, serving for four years, has full power to manage and gov- 

 ern all State charitable and correctional institutions. Each member re- 

 ceives as compensation $5,000 per annum. A Board of State Charities of 

 seven members investigates the whole system of public benevolence and 

 correctional institutions, and inspects conditions and managements of in- 

 stitutions of State, county, and municipality. It must approve plans for 

 new jails. Members of the administrative board shall be selected so that 

 the board will have as far as possible in its membership the advantage 

 arising from a special study, knowledge, or experience regarding the 

 proper care and treatment to be afforded at institutions of the kind gov- 

 erned by it. Ohio has also a Commission for the Blind, of six members, 

 which acts as a bureau of information and industrial aid for the blind. 

 There is a board of six county visitors in each county, which inspects all 

 charitable and correctional institutions supported in whole or in part 

 from county or municipal funds. — General Code, 1910, §§ 1349-1369, 

 2971-2976; Laws, 1913, pp. 173, 174; Laws, 1911, p. 211. 



