notice of such visits shall be given to the persons in charge of the institutions visited, and at every such visit an opportunity shall be offered to each inmate for private conversation with some member of the Board. Any communication directed to said Board, or to any member thereof, by any inmate of any of said institutions, shall be immediately mailed, without inspection; and any inmate of any of said institutions may personally deliver to any member of said Board, and any member of said Board may receive, any communication without interference or inspection of the person or persons in charge. The inmates of said institutions shall be informed of their rights under this section by the persons in charge, to the satisfaction of said Board or any visiting member thereof. SEC. 2766. ASYLUMS SUBJECT TO VISITATION. All asylums in this State shall be subject to the inspection and visitation of the State Board of Charities, and shall be so visited and inspected at least once in six months in each year.

1895, ch. 256, $23.

$22.

SEC. 2765. RETURNS TO STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES. Every keeper of 1895, ch. 256, an asylum in this State shall, quarterly, make written return to the State Board of Charities, containing the name, age, and sex of each patient confined therein, and the time when committed, and by whom, and such other information and in such form of return as said Board of Charities may prescribe.

SEC. 2790. HOMes for Dependent and NeglecTED CHILDREN. In each county the County Commissioners thereof, with one member of the State Board of Charities and one member of the State Board of Health, shall constitute a Board for the location, organization, management, and general supervision of such temporary home or homes in the county, etc.

SEC. 2795. COMMITMENT OF NEGLECTED CHILDREN. Any court of probate, any city, police, borough, or town court may, upon proceedings instituted in the manner provided for the commitment of children to the industrial or reform schools of the State, or upon the petition of the Connecticut humane society or the State Board of Charities, commit any child belonging to the classes enumerated in section 2788, to any temporary home that may have been established, etc.

1893, ch. 28.

1901,

ch. 184.

SEC. 2859. BOARD MAY RECOMMEND AND VISIT HOMES FOR CHILDREN. 1895, ch. 298, §1. The Board may recommend to the boards of managers of the temporary homes in the several counties suitable family homes for the dependent and neglected children in such temporary homes, and may visit any family home in which any such child has been placed by the county board in any county, or any place in which any such child has been placed at employment by any county board, to ascertain whether such child is properly treated and whether such home is a suitable one, having in view the welfare of the child.

SEC. 2860. REPORT OF ILL TREATMENT. Whenever it shall be found 1895, ch. 298, §2. that any such child is not properly treated in any family home, or that any such home is not a suitable one and is of such character as to jeopardize the welfare of any child so placed therein, the Board shall report the facts in the case to the county board which placed the child

1895, ch. 298, $3.

Rev. 1888, §2612.

Rev. 1888, 2613.

Rev. 1888, $3312.

Rev. 1888, §1888.

in such family home, and said county board, upon being satisfied of the ill treatment of the child, or the unsuitableness of the home, shall remove the child from such home and take such further action as shall be necessary to secure the welfare of the child.

SEC. 2861. DELEGATION OF DUTIES. AUTHORIZATION OF Agents. The Board may authorize its secretary or superintendent, or any agent appointed by it, to visit family homes in which dependent and neglected children under the charge of temporary homes may be placed, to recommend suitable family homes to the county boards, and to perform such further duties in connection with such dependent and neglected children as said Board may prescribe.

SEC. 2555. BOARDING OF INFANTS. INSPECTION. Such house or premises shall at all hours during the day and before nine o'clock in the evening be open to inspection by any officer or agent of the State Board of Health, of the State Board of Charities, or of the Connecticut humane society; provided, that such inspection be made in company with a selectman of the town in which such house is located, or with some other proper person appointed by the selectmen of such town, the court of probate for the district where said house is located, or by the judge of any city, borough, or district court having jurisdiction in said town or probate district over children that may be committed to a county temporary home. Such authorized visitors may direct and enforce such suitable measures respecting such children and premises as they may deem proper.

SEC. 2556. PENALTY. Every person violating any provision of Sections 2553, or 2555, or refusing admission to any of the persons specified in Section 2555, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

SEC. 2492. OVERSEERS OF THE POOR TO KEEP RECORDS AND MAKE RETURNS. Overseers of the poor shall keep full and accurate records of the paupers fully supported, the persons relieved and partially supported, and the travelers and vagrants lodged at the expense of their respective towns, together with the amount paid by them for such support and relief, and shall annually in October make return of the number of such persons supported and relieved, with the cost, to the State Board of Charities.

SEC. 2864. OFFICE RECORDS, MEETINGS, AND BY-LAWS. The Board shall have an office in Hartford, where its records, papers, and books shall be preserved. It shall meet at least once in two months, and as much oftener as it shall deem best, and three members shall constitute a quorum. It shall make by-laws for the conduct of its business; and shall appoint a secretary or superintendent, prescribe his duties, and fix his compensation, which shall not exceed fifteen hundred dollars per annum. The members and officers of the Board, excepting the secretary or superintendent, shall receive no compensation for their services, but their traveling and other necessary expenses, as audited by the comptroller, shall be paid by the State.

SEC. 2865. SECRETARY; POWERS. REMOVAL OF MEMBERS OF BOARD. The secretary or superintendent of said Board shall hold office during the pleasure of the Board, and he shall give his whole time to the duties of his office. He shall have all the powers of a member of the Board except that of voting at meetings, may make any visits required by statute of a member of the Board, and may be a member of boards of management of temporary homes. The Board may commit to him any powers or duties which may be exercised by it, but in the exercise and performance thereof he shall always be subject to the direction and control of the Board. If any member of the Board appointed by the Governor shall be appointed secretary or superintendent, his office as a member of the Board shall become vacant, and the vacancy shall be filled as by law provided. The Governor shall have power to remove any of the members of the Board for cause.

1895, ch. 311.

SEC. 2863. STATISTICS RELATING TO PAUPERISM. ANNUAL REPORT. Rev. 1888, §1887. Said Board shall collect information and statistics relating to pauperism and the administration and operation of the poor laws and State charities, and embody the same, with such suggestions as they may deem best, in an annual report.

SEC. 183. REPORTS TO BE MADE TO THE GOVERNOR. All reports re- 1895, ch. 294. quired to be made by State departments, institutions, commissions, boards, or any recipients of State money, shall be made to the Governor and by him transmitted to the General Assembly; all such reports except those of the insurance commissioner, the State Board of Education, hospital societies receiving aid from the State, the State Board of Agriculture, and of the Agricultural Experiment Station, shall be made to and including September thirtieth, and shall be published on or before the thirty-first day of December following.

SEC. 134. NUMBER OF REPORTS. He (the comptroller) shall cause to be printed at the expense of the State, annually, a sufficient number of copies of each of the following annual reports not exceeding the number hereinafter stated, that is to say:

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of the State Board of Charities, two thousand

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