The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-06
MANM|AG'S APPOINTMENTS,
SELECTS MEN FOR CHARITIES
AND CORRECTIONS COM
MISSION,
Duties strictly Visitorial and Advis-
Ory Without Administrative or Ex.
ccutive POwer"-TO Improve PEN
al InstitutiOns-TO Elect Two Sec
rctaiieS.

Columbia, March 4.-GOv. Manning
announced yesterday the members Of
the state board Of charities and cor
rections. who will have charge of the
new department Of the State govern
ment created by the last general as
sembly. His appointees are: Dr.
George b. Cromer, member Of the
Newberry bar; Or. u. T. Cody of
Greenville, editor Of The Baptist
Courier; DR.. D. D. Wallace of the
Wofford college faculty; r. H. King,
secretary of the Charleston branch of
the Y. NJ. c. A; l.. o. Patterson,
member of the Greenville bar. The
board will begin it's work on April ]. .
1t will appoint a secretary and an
assistant secretary.
The Christensen -Graydon act Gre
ating the State board Of charities and
corrections, provides that it's duties
shall be strictly visitorial and ad-
visory without administrative or ex-
ecutive power" Either as a whole
or oy committee or by it's secretary
or assistant secretary, the State board
Of charities and corrections is re-
quired to visit and inspect once
year or oftener state, county, mu-
nicipal and private institutions which
are of an eleemosynary, charitable,
correctional Or reformatory charac-
ter or which are for the care, Gus
tody or training Of the defective, de-
pendent delinquent or criminal
classes. except that the hospital for
the insane, the penitentiary and the
reformatories shall be visited as often
as once in six months and by at least
two members Of the board"
The board must make reports on
the inspections of institutions under
its supervision to officials having di-
rect charge of them. In addition Of
ficials Of State, county and municipal
charitable and correctional institu-
tions must make quarterly reports to
the board in such form as it may pro-
vide.
Plans for new jails. almshouses and
buildings must be submitted
to the board by county and municipal
authorities for suggestions and roc
before they are
adopted,
The State board of charities AMI
corrections is authorized TO appoint
local boards in cities and counties.
On these boards is to be a member
Of the board of health Of the city or
county. One member may be a wo-
man.
Besides its duties of inspection and
the State board must COL
lect statistics on dependent, defective
and delinquent classes both in and
out of institutions and such other
data as may be of value. Annual re-
ports to the governor, to the CLERKS
of court Of the counties and monthly
reports to the State board of health
must be made by the board Of chari-
ties and corrections. The governor
may call upon the board to make in
spections Of any institution at any
time.
Immediately after it's organization.
the State board Of charities and COR
rections is required through one or
more OF it's agents to investigate the
financial condition of inmates now in
the State Hospital for the Insai.e or
hereafter committed to the institu-
ton. An investigation must also be
made Of the financial resources of
relatives of inmates liable for their
support.
The board Is to submit its findings
to the board Of regents Of the asylum.
No payments will be required of in
mates or their relatives prior to May
2, 1915. In ascertaining the finan-
cial resources of inmates of the
asylum to determine whether they are
able TO bear the whole or part OF the
cost Of their treatment at the State
hospital the board is cautioned to
consider other members of the fam
lily who depend for support on the
estates of inmates.
The act creating the board provides
elaborate machinery for making in
vestigations Of the financial resources
of patients at the State hospital. The
board is authorized to employ two
agents prior to January l, 1916, to
make these Investigations and one
agent for this purpose after this date.