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Preface
This bulletin is one of a series intended to present in
abstract form the public welfare provisions of the laws of each of
the Stateso
{3 The purpose of these bulletins is to give a brief review
3‘ of the provisions for public assistance under the laws of the several
1% jurisdictions, and of the administrative agencies set up by law with
,2 reference thereto. A chart showing the organizational relationships
'5 of the administrative agencies is included.
? The possibility of error in attempting with a limited staff
. LU and in a limited time to assemble and digest the formidable mass of
‘ :, material incident to such a study is frankly recognized. The coopera-
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jg tion of those who have occasion to use these digests in reporting any
fix errors of omission or commission noted, or in suggesting improvement
% in form or content, is invited and will be greatly appreciated.
'5 meanwhile it is hoped that those interested in considering
S the reorganization or strengthening of public welfare services in the
S several States may find the digests of practical value.
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 INDEX TO
DIGEST OF WELFARE LAWS OF STATE OF WYOMING
Public Welfare Provisions Page
General Poor Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4801
Aid to Dependent Children in Their Own Homes. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4805
Care of Dependent and Neglected Children (Institutions and Agencies). 4805
Blind Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4807
Old Age Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4809
Veteran Relief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4811
Administrative Provisions
State Board of Charities and Reform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4813
State Board of Public Welfare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4815
State Board of Pardons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4815
Commission on Prison Labor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4815
. State Hespital (for the Insane). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4821
State Training School (for feeble—minded and epileptic). . . . . . 4825
Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4829
Industrial Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4832
Hot Springs State Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4855
Saratoga Hot Springs State Reserve.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4858
State Home for Dependent Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4839
Tuberculosis Sanatorium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4840
Girls' School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4841
General Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4844
State Penitentiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4845
Juvenile Court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4848
Board of County Commissioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4855
County Board of Public Welfare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4857
County Lunacy Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4860
Chart Showing Public Welfare Agencies

 Wyoming 4801
. DIGEST OF PUBLIC WELFARE PROVISIONS
GINERAL POOR RELIEF
(a) Description of class
Any poor resident of the State. _1/
(b) Procedure for determining eligibility

Care in poorhouse: County Board of Public Welfare, or
County Board of Commissioners, where Public Welfare Board has not
been established, fixes the terms and conditions of admission. 3/

Direct relief: Application must be made by pauper to
Cmmty Board of Public Welfare, or County Board of Commissioners. f_5/

(c) Measure of resEnsibilitz

Such relief as the case may require (form not specified) y; ,
care in county workhouses, hospitals, poorhouses _2_/; care by contract
in State hospitals 3/; and for non-residents, direct relief, medical
attendance, burial expenses. g/

(d) Qualifications impgsed
. Care in poorhouse: No provision.

Direct relief: Resident of county 90 days immediately
preceding application. 3? (Except for temporary assistance to non-
residents. y) At death of pauper who was in possession of property,
not exceeding $100 in value, the County Board has a possessory lien
on such property with power of sale. y

_ (e) Incidence of financial responsibility V

On the county. 1/ (Obligation optional. 1/) (Obligation
mandatory in Laramie County. 2 ) (Obligation toward non-residents
mandatory in all counties. '

~ (1‘) Bags

No specific provision. County general fund. 2/

1. Rev. Stat. (1931), See. 29-1202.
2. Ibid, Sec. 29—1212, as amended by Lawns (1955), Ch. 64, Sec. 4, 9.
3. Rev. Stat. (1951), Sec. 29-1204, as amended by Laws (1955), Ch.

64, Sec. 4, 9.
4. Rev. Stat. (1931), Sec. 29—1208. .
5. Ibid, Sec. 29—1205.

. 6. Ibid, Sec. 29-1210.

7. Ibid, Sec. 29-1205, as amended by Laws (1935), Ch. 64, Sec. 4, 9.

 4802 Wyomipg - Digest of Public Welfare Provisions
GENERAL POOR RELIEF (Cont'd) .
(g) Administrative gemies
County Board of Public Welfare, where established p],
otherwise County Board of Commissioners. 2/
(h) Supervisory controls
State Board of Public Welfare supervises the adminis-
tration of all public relief and public welfare. icy
8. Laws (1955), Ch. 64, Sec. 4, 9, 11.
9. Rev. Stat. (1951), Sec. 29-1201.
10. Laws (1935), Ch. 64, Sec. 2.

 Wyoming — Digest of Public Welfare Provisions 4803
' . AID T0 DEPENDBNT CHILDREN IN THEIR 0121‘] HOMES
(a) Description of class

Poor mother of child unier 14 years of age, whose husband
is dead, permanently disabled for work by reason of physical or mental
infirmity, a prisoner, or has deserted her for a period of one year or
more. 1/

(b) Procedure for determining eligibility

Written application by applicant or agent in her behalf
to County Board of Public Welfare, where established, otherwise to
Board of County Commissioners; hearing before County Board, at which
evidence and reports are heard; subsequent order granting or denying
relief, as County Board deems proper. 2/ Subsequent visits and re—
ports on home conditions by member of Board. 1/

(0) Measure of responsibility

Cash pension of $20 per month for first child and $10

per month for each additional child. 1/
(d) Qualifications imposed

Mother: Must be a resident of the State at the time of

her husband's death or incapacity, and a resident of the county one

. year. _1_/ She must be a proper person morally, mentally, and physi—
cally for the bringing up of her children. The allowance must be
necessary to enable the mother to remain at home, but she may be
employed away from home for such periods as the County Board may
specify. 3/

Child: Must be a resident of the county for one year l/,
and must be living with its mother. It must be beneficial for chil-
dren to remain with their mother, and the allowance must be necessary
to save children from neglect and avoid breaking up the home. 3/

(e) Incidence of financial responsibility
On the county. 3/ (Obligation optional. y)
(f) Taxes

County property tax of 5/10 mill. 3/
_________________________________________________..___________________.
1. Rev. Stat. (1931), Sec. 84-101.

2. Ibid, Sec. 84-105, as amended by laws (1935), Secs. 4, 9.
3. Rev. Stat. (1931), Sec. 84-102, as amended by laws (1935), Secs. 4, 9.
4. Rev. Stat. (1931), Sec. 84—103.

. 5. Ibid, Sec. 84-106.

 4804 Wyoming — Digest of Public Welfare Provisions
AID T0 DEPENDENT CHILDREN IN THEIR OWN HOMES (Cont'd) .
———._____________________
(g) Administrative Agencies
County Boards of Public Welfare, where established,
otherwise County Boards of Commissioners. _6_/
(h) Supervisory controls
State Department of Public Welfare makes rules and
regulations and receives reports. y
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6. Rev. Stat. (1931), Sec. 84-105, as amended by Laws (1935), Secs. 4, 9.
7. Laws (1935), Sec. 10.

 Wyoming - Digest of Public Welfare Provisions 4805
. CARE OF DEPENDDIT AND NEGLECTEH) CHILDREN (INSTITUTIOIB AND AGENCIES)
(a) Description of class
Any child who is a county charge, or an orphan, or any
child deserted by one or both of its parents, who has no suitable
home or abode; or any child of any infirm, indigent or incompetent
person; or any child of any person who is supported in whole or in
part from the public poor fund; or any child having vicious or
immoral parents or guardians, or who is surrounded by vicious.
humeral or corrupt influences; or the child of a reputed thief or
habitual drunkard; or the child of any person who is confined in any
penal or charitable institution of the State; or any child in the
possession or control of any person not its parent, next of kin or
lawful guardian. 2/ Any minor child under 14 years of age unable
to support itself, whose parents or proper guardian are dead, cannot
be found, or are convicted of assault and battery on the child, or
who treat the child with gross and habitual cruelty 3/; or for whom
there is no person legally responsible for the child's support and
meintenance. g]
(b) Procedure for determining eligibility
Petition for guardianship to the District Court or
Judge thereof by any person, supported by one or more persons, and
Jerified by petitioner; subsequent citation of parents or guardian
to appear before the court at a designated tins and show cause why
. the court should not assume guardianship. _l/ Application by any
person to the proper court of the county for appointment of the
guardianship of the child. The court may, in its discretion, make
such appointment and may subsequently remand the child to its
parents or guardian, upon reasonable assurance being given by the
parents or guardian, that they have become fit and proper persons
to assume the care of the minor. 3/
(c) Measure of responsibility
Commitment by the court to the care of County Boards
of Public welfare or County Boards of Commissioners §/, or homes '
‘ for destitute children 3/, care in county hospital, poorhouse,
private institutions §/, adoption by private families 2/, care in
State Home for Dependent Children §/.
1. Rev. Stat. (1951), Sec. 20-501.
2. Ibid, Sec. 20~112.
5. Ibid, Sec. 20-114.
4. Ibid, Sec. 20-108.
5. Ibid, Sec. 20-114, and Laws (1935), Ch. 64, Sec. 4, 9.
6. Rev. Stat. (1951), Sec. 20-111.
7. Ibid, Sec. 20-115, 20-201.
. 8. Ibid, Sec. 108-703, as mended by (1954 Supp.), Sec. 108-703.

 4806 Wyoming — Digest of Public Welfare Provisions
CARE OF DEPENDENT AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN (INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES) (Cont'd) .
(d) Qualifications imposed
None.
(8) Incidence of financial responsibility
On the county. 2/ State supports State Home for Depend—
ent Children. 10/ (Obligation optional. 2/)
(f) Taxes
No specific provision. (State and county general funds. 10/
(g) Administrative agencies
District Court of any county makes commitments to State and
private institutions, and makes orders for adoption. 11/ County Boards
of Public Welfare, Where they exist 1§/, or County Boards of Commission-
ers, place children temporarily in private institutions, county hospitals,
or county poorhouses. 13/
(h) Supervisopy controls .
The State Board of Public Welfare supervises all juvenile,
welfare and social security matters in the State. 14/ .
9. Rev. Stat. (1931), Sec. 20—114.
10. Ibid, Sec. 108—703, as amended by (1934 Supp.), Sec. 108-703.
11. Rev. Stat. (1931), Sec. 84-101, 20-113 20-201.
12. Laws (1935), Ch. 64, Secs. 4, 9.
_ 13. Rev. Stat. (1931), Sec. 20-111.
14. Laws (1935), Ch. 64, Secs. 1 to 10. .

 Wyoming - Digest of Public Welfare Provisions 4807
. BLIND ASSISTANCE
(a) Description of class
Persons over 21 years of age, who have less than 3/60 or
10/200 normal vision. 1/
(b) Procedure for determining eligibility
Written application to the Director of‘the County Depart-
ment (Board) of Public Welfare, whereupon the Director makes a complete
investigation into the application. 2/ The State Department (Board) of
Public Welfare and the County Department (Board) of Public Welfare are
authorized to make investigations from time to time concerning the
physical and financial situation of the applicant or recipient. 3/
(c) Measure of responsibility
Pension of $30 per month. ($50 per month to a head of
a family). 2/
(d) Qualifications imposed
Applicant must have been a resident of the State for at
least 10 years immediately preceding application. (Absence in service
of State or United States not deemed to interrupt continuous residence
if a new domicile is not acquired.) Applicant must not, at date of
. making application, be an inmate of any prison, jail, workhouse, insane
asylum, or other public reform or correctional institution; must not
have sufficient means of his own to enable him to maintain himself, and
must be incapable of, or lacking the opportunity of self-support; must,
because of defective vision, be unable to earn a livelihood except
through special training, and in occupations which can successfully be
carried on by blind persons. 1/
V (6) Incidence of financial responsibility
On the State. y (Obligation optional. y)
(f) Taxes
License fees and excise taxes on alcoholic and intoXicat-
ing liquors covered into State Treasury. l/
1. Laws (1935), Ch. 129, Sec. 2.
2. Ibid, Sec. 3.
3. Ibid, Sec. 4.

 4808 Wyoming — Digest of Public Welfare Provisions
BLIND ASSISTANCE (Cont'd) .
(g) Administrative agencies
County Department (Board) of Public Welfare. 4/
(h) Supervisory controls
State Board of Public Welfare. 5/
4. Laws (1935), Ch. 129, Sec. 1, 3; Ch. 64, Sec. 2.
5. Laws (1935), Ch. 129, Soc. 1; Ch. 64, Sec, 2, 5, 9.

 Wyomipg - Digest of Public Welfare Provisions 4809
‘l. OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
(a) Description of class
Persons not less than 65 years of age who are not inmates
of public or other charitable institutions. 1/
(b) Procedure of determining eligibility
Written application sworn to and affirmed by application
to the County Board of Public Welfare, if one exists, or to the County
Board of Commissioners; subsequent investigation and findings of fact
made by the Board; the application is then forwarded to the State
Department (State Board of Public Welfare) with recommendation of the
award or rejection of application. In case of rejection, the applicant
has a right of appeal to the State Department (Board). 2/
(c) Measure of responsibility
Cash pension of $30 per month 3/; burial not to exceed
$100 _4_/.
(d) Qualifications ipposed
Applicant must be a citizen of the United States, and
must have resided in the State 5 or more years within the 10 years
immediately preceding application; income, when joined with that of
. spouse, must be inadequate to provide a reasonable subsistence
compatible with decency and health. §/ Annual income, including
pension, must not exceed $360 per annum. Applicant must not have
deprived himself, directly or indirectly, of any property for the
purpose of qualifying. State has preferred claim for total amount
of aid, plus 3% interest, which claim is doubled in case of misrep—
santation. g/
(9) Incidence of financial responsibility
On the county §/, subject to 50% reimbursement by the
State Z/° (Obligation mandatory. §/)
(f) Taxes
County property tax not to exceed one-half mill. g/
State general fund. 2/
________________.___________________.___________________________________
1. Laws (1935), Ch. 101, Sec. 1.
2. Ibid, Sec. 4.
3. Ibid, Sec. 3.
4. Ibid, Sec. 11.
5. Ibid, Sec. 2.
6. Ibid, Sec. 7.
. '7. Ibid, Sec. 8.

 4810 Wyoming - Digest of Public Welfare Provisions
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE (Cont'd) .
(g) Administrative agencies
state Department (Board) of Public Welfare, assisted by
County Boards of Public Welfare, or County Commissioners, where no
County Boards of Public Welfare exist. _8/
(h) Supervisory controls
No provision.

 Wyoming - Digest of Public Welfare Provisions 4811
‘I’ VETERAN RELIEF
(a) Description of class

Wyoming Soldiers' and Sailors' Home: Honorably dis-
charged soldiers, sailors, and marines who served in the Union and
Confederate armies between April 12, 1861 and April 9, 1865; veterans
of the Mexican War; soldiers and sailors of all wars in which the
United States has been or may be engaged, and members of the State
National Guard disabled while on duty, who, by reason of Wounds,
diseases, old age, or other infirmities, are unable to earn their
own living and have no adequate means of support; dependents of such
veterans. l/

Burial: Any honorably discharged soldier, sailor or
marine, who served in the army or navy of the United States during
the World War, or any previous war on behalf of the United States,
who dies leaving insufficient funds to defray necessary funeral
expenses. 3/

(b) Procedure for determining eligibility

Wyoming Soldiers' and Sailors' Home: No provision.

Burial: Agent of the county must investigate case
to satisfy himself that the veteran served as alleged, was honorably

. discharged and indigent. 55/
(c) Measure of responsibility
Care and treatment in Wyoming Soldiers' and Sailors'
Home. l] Burial not to exceed $100. g/
(d) Qualifications imposed

Wyoming Soldiers' and Sailors' Home: Applicants
must have been residents of the State for at least one year preced-
ing application for admission. 3/

Burial: Veteran must have died in the county. 3/

(e) Incidence of financial responsibility
W 0min Soldiers' and Sailors' Home: On the State. 4/
(Obligation optional. 55)
V
I 1. Rev. Stat. (1931), See. 108-1301.

2. Ibid, Sec. 100-301.

3. Ibid, Sec. 100-302.

4. Ibid, Sec. 108—1308.

. 5. Ibid, Sec. 108-1301, 1308.

 4812 Wyoming - Digest of Public Welfare Provisions
VETERAN RELIEF (Cont'd) .
(6) Incidence of financial responsibility (Cont'd)
Burial: On the county. §/ (Obligation mandatory. §/)
(f) Taxes
No specific provisions. State and county general
funds. 2/
(g) Administrative agencies
W 0min Soldiers' and Sailors' Home: State Board
of Charities and Reform. 8/
Burial: County Board of Public Welfare 9 , where
established, otherwise, County Board of Commissioners 10 .
(h) Supervisory controls
No provision.
_____________________________.____________._____________.______._____
7. Ibid, Sec. 108-1308, 303
8. Ibid, Sec. 108-1302.
9. Laws (1935), Secs. 4, 9.
10. Rev. Stat. (1931), See. 100-301.

 flzoming - Abstract of Administrative Provisions 4813
. STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES AND REFORM y
STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATE BOARD OF PARDONS
COMMISSION ON PRISON LABOR
(Statutory Body)
I. General Powers and Duties
(a) Board of Charities and Reform:

(1) The Board has general supervision and control of all
charitable, reformatory, and penal institutions which may be established
and supported by the State, including the following: E/

State Hospital at Evanston

State Penitentiary at Rawlins

Soldiers' and Sailors‘ Home at Buffalo

State Training School at Lander

Industrial Institute at Worland

State Home for Dependent Children at Cheyenne

Girls' Industrial Institute (now Girls' School) at Sheridan

Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Basin

General Hospital at Rock Springs

Big Horn Hot Springs at Thermopolis (Hot Springs State Park)
. Saratoga Hot Springs State Reserve at Saratoga

(2) All deaf, dumb, blind, female juvenile delinquents, orphans,
and other dependent children, who are not otherwise provided for, are also
under the jurisdiction of this Board. 2/

(3) The Board has custody, charge, supervision, and control of
all buildings and grounds of the institutions. One or more members of the
Board nmst personally inspect all buildings of these institutions, except
county jails, at least once a year. 3/

(4) The Board directs the general management of all State
institutions, and is responsible for the proper disbursement of all funds
appropriated for their maintenance. It appoints officers of all penal,
reformatory, and charitable institutions located in the State, and
prescribes the duties and compensations. fi/
_._________._________.________________________________________________.______
l. The members of the State Board of Charities and Reform serve as the
members of the Board of Public Welfare, Board of Pardons, and Commission
on Prison Labor.

2. Rev. Stat. (1931), Sac. 105—102.

The General Hospital, the Big Horn Hot Springs, and the Saratoga Hot
Springs have primarily health rather than welfare functions, but are
included because of their control by the State Board of Charities and
Reform. Ibid.

. 5. Rev. Stat. (1931), Sec. 103—104.

 4814 flyoming - Abstract of Administrative Provisions
I. General Powers and Duties (Cont'd) .
(a) Board of Charities and Reform: (Cont'd)

(5) The Board must make application to the proper district
court in any district or county in the State, through the secretary of
Board, for its appointment as guardian of all children coming into the
care and custody of the State Board of Charities and Reform. The
Board has complete authority to consent to the adoption of all children,
of whom it is ex officio guardian, and the guardianship is continued until
terminated by lawful authority. 4/

(6) The Board must, either by direct expenditure or
contract, provide for the care, maintenance and employment of all inmates
confined in the penitentiary, reform school, or any penal or reformatory
institution in the State, or without the State, used for such purposes.

The Board may, by direct expenditure, provide for the care and maintenance
of all inmates confined in any insane asylum, deaf, dumb and blind institu—
tion, poor farm, or charitable institute of this State. _5/

(7) The Board is authorized to accept and borrow money to
the amount of $500,000 from the United States Government. It contracts
for the repayment of such loan by the creation of a first lien upon
income of a fund, known as the "Omnibus Land Income Fund". 6/

(b) Board of Public Welfare:

(1) The Board must supervise the administration of all .
public relief and welfare. 2/

(2) The Board must supervise the expenditure of a11,State
money appropriated for relief and welfare, and such Federal funds as
may be allocated to the State for similar purposes. 2/

(5) The Board must do all things necessary or required by
the laws of the United States in the administration of Federal relief,
welfare funds, welfare measures, and Federal funds for economic
security. It must take such measures as may be necessary qr required
to enable the State to comply with any laws, rules and regulations
enacted by the Congress of the United States, in order that Federal

relief, Federal welfare funds and Federal funds for economic security

may be obtained by the State. 3/
__________________._._________.___________________________.__________n_l____
4. Rev. Stat. (1951), Sec. 105-105; Laws (1955), Ch. 64, Rev. Stat. (1951),
Sec. 20-708, 710, 711.

In all cases where the Commissioners of Child and Animal Protection of
the State havebeen appointed guardian of any child or children by any
courts of the State, such appointments are declared to be valid and legal,
and to vest in the Board of Charities and Reform all of the rights, powers
and duties conferred herein. Rev. Stat. (1951), Sec. 105—106.

5. Rev. Stat. (1951), See. 105-107.
6. Ibid (1954 Supp.), Sec. 105—115, and Ch. 49.
7. Laws (1955), Ch. 64, Sec. 2. .

 flyoming - Abstract of Administrative Provisions 4815
. I. General Powers and Duties (Cont'd)
(b) Board of Public Welfare: (Cont'd)

(4) The Board must cooperate with the various Boards of
County Commissioners in establishing county Boards of Public Welfare. 8/
One of the 5 members of each county Board must be appointed by the State
Board of Public welfare. §/

(5) The Board must supervise all county departments, and
prescribe records and reports. It has power to delegate to the county
departments authority to act as its agents. It may assist the county
departments financially, and in developing the welfare activities in
counties without public welfare departments. 2/

(6) The Board may assist in working out joint or district
public welfare departments or projects. 10/

(7) The Board must administer old age pensions. 11/

(8) The Board must administer blind pensions. 12/

(c) Board of Pardons:

(1) The Board must investigate all applications for executive

clemency, and with its recommendations as to the action to be taken in
. each case, lay the facts before the Governor. 15/

(2) The Board must meet once every 5 months, and special

meetings are held at such times and places as the Board deems best. 14/
(d) Commission on Prison Labor:

(1) The Commission must, within the appropriations placed
at its disposal by the State, procure and maintain all necessary
machinery, tools, or appurtenances needful for prison labor. All
purchases and contracts for materials to be used in the manufacture of
articles in the Penitentiary must be made by advertising for sealed
proposals, unless, in the judgment of the Commission, it is for the best
interest of the State to purchase the same in open market. 15/
.__________________________._____________________________________________________

8. Lawa (1955), Sec.
9. Ibid, Sec. 10.
10. Ibid, Sec. 11.
11. Ibid, Ch. 101.
12. Ibid, Ch. 129.
15. Rev. Stat. (1951), Sec. 80-102.
14. Ibid, Sec. 80—105.
15. Ibid, Sec. 108-815.

 4816 Wyoming - Abstract of Administrative Provisions
I. General Powers and Duties (Cont'd) .
(d) Commission on Prison Labor: (Cont'd)

(2) The Commission is authorized to sell any articles,
merchandise, or other products so manufactured for prices that will be
to the best interest of the State. 16/

(3) All articles manufactured at the Penitentiary, not re-
quired for use therein, may be furnished to the State, or to any public
institution owned, or managed and controlled by the State. These articles
may be used on any roads or highways, under the direction of the State High-
way Commission, or the county authorities of any county in the State, at
such price as is fixed by the Commission. 16/

(4) The Commission is authorized to sell in the open market,
or in other manner, products that are not sold for public use. all money
received by the Commission from the sale of products must be deposited in
the State Treasury to the credit of the fund provided for the support and
maintenance of the Penitentiary. 16/

(5) The Commission must fix the price at which all labor and
articles are furnished, which price must be uniform to all. It is the duty
of the Commission to classify the buildings, offices, or institutions owned,
or managed, or controlled by the State. It must fix and determine the type
of articles to be manufactured for such buildings, including the articles
and materials to be used in the erection or repairing of the penal institu-

ions in the State. 17/ .

(6) The Commission must fix a rate of compensation to be paid
prisoners. The amount expended for compensation of prisoners must not ex—
ceed 10 percent of the earnings of the State Penitentiary. 18/

(7) The Commission may institute and maintain a uniform system
of fines to be imposed at its discretion, in place of other penalties and ,
punishment. The fines are deducted from the compensation paid to prison-
ers. 18/ The proceeds of such fines must be credited to the general fund,
to be disbursed by the Commission, as a special aid to discharged and paroled
prisoners, who are infirm or in any way incapable of earning sufficient sub-
sistence after their release. 19/

(8) The Commission has supervision of labor performed on -
Penitentiary farms. 20/
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16. Rev. Stat. (1931), Sec. 108—816.

17. Ibid, Sec. 108—817.
18. Ibid, Sec. 108—818.
19. Ibid, Sec. 108—819.
20. Ibid, Sec. 108-825.

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. II. Composition and Appointment of Governing Body
(a) Board of Charities and Reform: '

The Governor, the Secretary of State, the State Treasurer,
the State Auditor, and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction consti-
tute the State Board of Charities and Reform. 21/ The Governor is president
of the Board, and it meets at least once each month. Any 3 members of the
Board constitute a quorum, and the Board provides for a president pro tem. 22/
The president has the power to call special meetings. 22/

(b) Board of Public Helfare:

The State Board of Charities and Reform is constituted the
State Board of Public Welfare. 22/ This body constitutes the Emergency
Relief Administration. 25/ The members of the State Board of Public Welfare
receive no compensation, by virtue of such membership, except necessary
expenses. 2§/

(c) Board of Pardons:
(l) The Board of Pardons consists of the members of the State
Board of Charities and Reform. 27/
(2) The members of the State Board of Pardons serve 4-year terms,
without compensation. The Governor is president of the Board. 27/
(d) Commission on Prison Labor:

The Commission is composed of the members of the State Board
of Charities and Reform, and the Warden of the State Penitentiary. 28/
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21. Rev. Stat. (1931), Sec. 103-101; Lawa (1935), Ch. 64.

22. Rev. Stat. (1951), Sec. 105-103.

23. Ibid, Sec. 103-109.

24. Laws (1935), Ch. 64, Sec. 1.

25. Rev. Stat. (1934 Supp.), Sec. 103-121.
26. Laws (1935), Ch. 64, Sec. 12.

27. Rev. Stat. (1931), Sec. 80-101.

28. Ibid, Sec. 108—813.

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III. Reports .
(a) Board of Charities and Reform:

(1) The secretary of the State Board of Charities and Reform
must make a biennial report to the Governor. He must have copies (not to
exceed 500 in number) of the report printed and distributed, and must file
a copy with each member of the Senate and House of Representatives, upon
the convening of the Legislature. 29/

(2) Each public or private child-caring agency or institution
in the State makes an annual report of its work to the State Board of
Charities and Reform. These reports include detailed statistics of all
children served, financial statements of the expense of their care, the
number and kind of workers employed, the value and condition of the plant
owned or used, the amount of endowment or invested funds, and any other
essential matters. The State Board of Charities and Reform publishes the
data biennially in a general report. 30/

(b) Board of Public welfare:

See "Reports" under "State Board of Charities and
Reform".

The Board reports to the Governor as to the expenditure
of State and Federal Emergency Relief Funds. 31/ .

(0) Board of Pardons:

The secretary makes an annual report to the Governor,
stating the cases investigated, recommendations made, and the Governor's
actions thereupon. 32/

(d) Commission on Prison Labor:

No provision.

IV. Executive
(a) BOard of Charities and Reform:
Nb provision.
(b) Board of Public Welfare:

No provision.
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29. Rev. Stat. (1931), Sec. 105-111.

30. Ibid, Sec. 20-711.

31. Ibid (1934 Supp.), Sec. 103-124.

32. Rev. Stat. (1931), Sec. 80—104. .
When the Governor grants a pardon, he immediately notifies the secretary

of the Board of Pardons. Ibid, Sec. 108-804.

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. IV. Executive (Cont'd)
(c) Board of Pardons:
No provision.
(d) Commission on Prison Labor:
No provision.
V. Staff
(a) anrd of Charities and Reform:
(1) The Board appoints a secretary, and provides such
assistants to the secreta