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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    NEW HAMPSHIRE. Authorities : Public Statutes in force January 1, 1901. Session Laws, 1901 to 1913. [The side-note references are to pages of Public Statutes and to pages and years of Session Laws. The years in which the session laws were passed are shown in boldface type.] I. Administrative and supervisory agencies. A. Public. 1. General.— (1) The state board of charities and correction is composed of five unsalaried members appointed by the governor and council, and the secretary of the state board of health, ex officio. The board appoints a salaried secretary to act as visiting agent to children placed in families, and as supervisor of volun- teer visitors, and to perform other duties under the direction of the board; supervises the execution of the law in regard to minor children, providing that they receive suitable education, training and support; inspects all state and county charitable or correc- tional institutions, reports and recommends to county commis- sioners, or other county or state officers any changes to be made in the institutions; and reports biennially to the governor, coun- cil, and legislature with recommendations for such changes in existing laws as in their judgment the public good requires. (2) The board of control consists of the governor, the secre- tary of the state board of charities and correction, two members, and a purchasing agent appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the council. The two members are appointed for four-year terms and receive a per diem rate for the time spent; the purchasing agent is salaried and gives his whole time. The duties of the board include the supervision of the administration of the state institutions and the purchase of supplies for all state institutions and departments; the institu- tions being New Hampshire State Hospital, State Industrial School, New Hampshire School for Feeble-minded, and State Sana- torium for Consumptives. The board has all the powers for ap- pointment of superintendents, physicians and employes, for the establishment of rules and regulations for the admission, care, and discharge or transfer of inmates, and the general conduct of the institutions, formerly vested in the separate boards of trus- tees. It reports biennially to the governor and council. 2. Institutional.—The New Hampshire Soldiers' Home is under the management of a board of managers consisting of the gov- ernor and the commander of the Grand Army of the Republic for the department of New Hampshire, ex officio, and five citizens appointed by the governor, three of whom, at least, must have 45977°—14 12 I77 1913: Ch. 6 1911: 234 1913: Ch.l40 99
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