LAW AUTHORIZING BOARD OF STATE CHARITIES.. Appointment of board. Time and place of meetings, &c. Annual re port to leg islature. AN ACT In relation to state charitable and correctional institutions. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Stateof Ohio, That the Governor shall appoint five persons, who shall constitute the board of state charities; two of the persons so appointed shall hold office for one year, two of them for two years, and one for three years, unless sooner removed. Appointments to fill vacancies caused by death, resignation or removal before the expiration of terms, may be made for the residue of such terms, in the same manner as original appointments, and all appointments to fill vacancies caused by the expiration of terms shall be made in the same manner. SEC. 2. The board of state charities shall be provided with suitable rooms in the state house. They shall hold meetings on the first Wednesday of every month. They may make such rules and orders for the regulation of their own proceedings as they may deem necessary. They shall investigate the whole system of the public charitable and correctional institutions of the state, and shall recommend such changes and additional provisions as they may deem necessary for their economical and efficient administration. They shall receive no compensation for their services, except their actual traveling expenses, which shall be allowed and paid. SEC. 3. The board of state charities shall annually prepare and print for the use of the legislature, a full and complete report of all their doings during the year preceding, stating fully and in detail all expenses incurred, all officers and agents employed, with a report of the secretary and general agent, embracing all the respective proceedings and expenses during the year, and showing the actual condition of all the state institutions under their control, with such suggestions as they may deem necessary and pertinent. SEC. 4. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. April 17, 1867. separation of prisoners in.. dition, abuses, &c.... work houses, their relation to County Infirmaries-general con 9 10 10 12 14 13 15 16 17 18 18 19 19 19 20 21 21 22 22 26 26 26 26 28 29 30 30 30 31 31 31 32 33 33 34 34 35 |