Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-25
Il is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:

niaily. III the month OF january. with
the advice and consent of the senate, APP
point director Of state institutions, who
shall devote his entire time to the duties
of his Office.
Sec. 2 All OF the powers. duties and
liabilities of the board of penal institu-
tons, of the board of trustees of the
Vermont state hospital for the insane
and of the board Of trustees of the Yer
mont state school for feehle-minded chill
dren and all of the powers, duties and
liabilities of the members of said boards,
arc hereby imposed upon the director of
state institutions; and the words "direc-
tor OF state institutions" are hereby in
serted in lieu of the words board OF
penal institutions. board of trustees of
the Vermont state hospital for the in
sane and board of trustees of the Yer
mont state school for feeble-minded
children" and in lieu of the worG-
member" and trustee as used IN re-
ferring to members of the aforesaid
boards, as used in the Public Statutes,
acts of 1908, 1910, 1912, 1915 and the
General Laws.
Sec. 3. Said director shall in each
even year, make a report TO the gov
ernor, stating in detail the work done
during the preceding two years. Such
report shall contain statements of the
conditions and needs of the Vermont
state hospital for the insane, the Yer
mont state school for feeble-minded
children, the state prison, house of cor
lrection and Vermont industrial school;
the names and salaries of officers of such
institutions and the statistics used by the
secretary of the National Prison Asso-
citation, and such other information and
I recommendation as may seem pertinent,
and such report shall also be printed in
the Vermont Public Documents.
Sec 4. Said director shall maintain
such Office and employ such assistance.
as the governor deems necessary, for the
proper performance of the duties of said
director.
Sec. 5. Section 3776 of the Public
Statutes (Sec. 1856 of the General Laws,
as proposed) is hereby amended so as
to read as follows:
Sec. 1910. (Sec. $3.50 C. L. Said
director shall cause to be kept true and
Just account of all receipts and expendi-
lures; and his report shall contain a
statement of such account together with
a tabulated statement of the work done
by the hospital during the preceding
two years.
Sec. 6. Section 3 of No. ST. of the
acts of 1912 (Sec. 1885 of the General
Laws, as proposed) is hereby amended
SO as to read as follows
Sec. 8. (Sec. 1885 G. L. Said di-
rector shall have the general care, con-
ltrol and management of such school and
shall faithfully carry out its purposes
and objects. Said director shall visit
such school at least once each month.
Sec. 7. Section $3.50 of the Public
Statutes (Sec. 6o46 of the General Laws,
as proposed) is hereby amended so as
Ito read as follows:
Sec. $685. (Sec. oo4o c.. L. The di-
rector of state institutions shall visit the
Vermont industrial school at least once
in each month, examine into all commit
ments thereto, give special attention to
the methods of governing managing and
reforming the inmates, look after their
welfare, see that no injustice is done,
ascertain as far as practicable the wants,
standing and condition of each child
under the control of the school and the
character and qualifications of each Off
Ger employed.
Sec. 8. Section 5000 of the Public
Statutes (Sec. 6o47 of the General Laws,
as Proposed) is hereby amended so as
to read as follows:
Sec. 5000 (Sec 6o47 G. L. Said
director shall have charge of the general
correction and Vermont industrial school,
and see that their affairs are conducted
in accordance with law and shall visit
the state prison and house of correction
at least once in each month and make an
examination of each institution in all its
departments and shall make thorough
examination of the buildings and material
used in and about the same and inquire
into the discipline and sanitary condi-
ton of EACH and give such directions to
the suDerintendents as to the general
management thereof as he deems neces-
sary.
Sec. 9. Section 1904 of the Public
Statutes as amended by section 40 of
No. ! of the acts of 1915 (Sec. 6o5o of
the General Laws, as proposed) is here
by amended so as to read as follows:
Sec. 1904 (Sec. 6o5o G. ID Said
director shall, on the thirtieth day of
June, of each even year, make or cause
to be made an inventory of the property
at the state prison, house of correction,
Vermont industrial school, Vermont state
hospital for the insane and Vermont
state school for feeble-minde children,
appraise the same at its value in money
and examine the just accounts of the
superintendent of said institutions for
the two years preceding
4 Sec. 10. The annual salary Of said
director shall be three thousand dollars
and he shall be paid his necessary ex-
lpenses when away from the capital on
official business, and he shall be supplied
with Office supplies and stationery neces-
lsary for official use, and the payment of
postage, freight, telephone and telephone
rental, Geographic and express charges
necessarily made in connection with his
official duties shall be allowed in the
settlement of his account
Sec. II. Section so88 of the Public
Statutes as amended by section 100 OF
No I of the acts of 1915, sections 62oI
and 62o2 of the Public Statutes, section
l3z68 Of the Public Statutes as amended
by section 40 of No. 1 of the acts OF
1915 and section 376o of the Public
Statutes as amended by section I4I OF