Complex sentence: In 1864, the legislature created an agency called the Board of state charities whose purpose was to make recommendations regarding the management of all of the State prisons, Reform Schools and Almshouses in the State.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1864, the legislature created an agency which they named the Board of State Charities. Its purpose was to make recommendations regarding the management of all of the State prisons, Reform Schools and Almshouses in the State.