Summary of state laws relating to the dependent classes, 1913.

  • United States Census Bureau
Date:
1914
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Credit: Summary of state laws relating to the dependent classes, 1913. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Brandeis University Libraries, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University.

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    MICHIGAN. Attthoeities : Compiled Laws, 1897. Session Laws, 1899 to 1913. (The side-note references are to sections of Compiled Laws and pages of Session Laws Tlie years in wliicli tlie session laws were passed are stiown in boldface type.] I. Administrative and supervisory agencies. A. Public. 2250 1. General.—The board of corrections and charities, composed of the governor ex officio and four unsalaried members appointed by him with the advice and consent of the senate, has general supervision of charitable, penal, pauper, and reformatory insti- tutions. The board appoints a salaried secretary, and one of its members or the secretary is required to inspect once each year every county Jail, detention place for juveniles, and county infirmary, and has authority to inspect city and village jails, police stations, or lock- ups, and private incorporated institutions for the care and mainte- nance of the aged or defective; and the board, or a majority with the secretary, are required to inspect once a year every state penal reformatory and charitable institution, the Detroit House of Cor- rection, and the Wayne County Asylum; and at its discretion recommend the condemnation of any institution found to be in unfit condition; and if this be approved by the governor or a jus- tice of the supreme court it becomes effective, and failure to ac- cord to it is a misdemeanor. The board is also instructed to license all persons, societies, associations, corporations, or organizations which receive, main- tain, or place minor children in homes on indenture or otherwise; to issue licenses at its discretion to maternity or lying-in hospitals, exercise supervision over them, the children born in them, and the homes or associations where such children may be received; to pass upon plans for any charitable or reformatory building or im- provement authorized by the legislature; to make any special in- vestigation whenever the governor so directs, and report to him; and to make a detailed report biennially. 448 An agent of the board of corrections and charities is appointed by the governor, upon the recommendation of the board, in each county, to care for dependent, neglected, and delinquent children; and the governor may also appoint one or more women to visit and inspect state or county institutions and report to the board on the condition and treatment of inmates, particularly the pro- vision made for women and children; and may instruct the secre- 128 1918: 573, 490 2255 1911! 2259
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