§ 102. General powers and duties of managers.— The board of managers of each reformatory shall:

1. Have the general superintendence, management and control of such reformatory, of the grounds and buildings, officers and employes thereof, of the prisoners therein, and of all matters relating to the government, discipline, contracts and fiscal concerns thereof.

2. Make rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law for the proper government of such reformatory and of the officers and employes thereof, and for the employment, discipline, education, transfer, parole and discharge of prisoners sentenced thereto.

3. Investigate the affairs of such reformatory, inquire into any improper conduct alleged to have been committed by any officer or employe, and require reports from the superintendent and other officers thereof in relation to the discipline, labor and gov ernment of such reformatory and have power to take proof under oath in any such investigation or inquiry.

4. Meet at least once in each month at the reformatory for the purpose of performing the several duties prescribed in this article.

5. Examine, monthly or quarterly, all the accounts, expendi tures and vouchers relating to the business of such reformatory, and certify their approval or disapproval thereof to the comptroller.

6. Report to the legislature, annually, on or before the tenth day of January, for the year ending with the last day of the next preceding September, the condition of such reformatory, the amount of money received and expended by them during such year with a detailed statement thereof; their proceedings in regard to the prisoners therein, and such other matters as they may deem proper, or as the legislature may require.

7. Make such other reports from time to time as the legislature may require.

[L. 1887, chap. 711, §§ 2, 10, 11.

Subdivision 1 is a re-enactment of the first clause of the first sentence of such section, which provides that such "board of managers shall have the charge and general superintendence of the grounds and buildings for said reformatory;" the rest of such sub. 1 is new.

Subdivision 2 is new. But by § 11 of the act of 1887, the board of managers is authorized to "establish rules and regulations under which prisoners within the reformatory may be allowed to go upon parole outside of the reformatory buildings;" and in the same section the board is authorized "to make all rules and regulations necessary and proper for the employment, discipline, instruction, education, removal and temporary or conditional release and return, as aforesaid, of all convicts in said reformatory." By § 10 of such act the board of managers is required to provide for reformatory discipline, which necessarily implies the power to make rules and regulations relating thereto.

Again, in § 13, it is made the duty of the managers "to maintain such control over all prisoners committed to their custody, as shall prevent them from committing crime, best secure their self-support and accomplish their reformation." It is evident, then, that although no general power to make rules and regulations is expressed in the present law, special powers are imposed upon the board, in such a manner as to render it necessary for them to make such rules and regulations.

Subdivisions 3 and 4 of the proposed section are new.

Subdivision 5 of such section is a re-enactment of the second sentence of L. 1887, chap. 711, § 2, without change.

Subdivision 6 is a re-enactment of the last sentence of § 2 of the present law.

Subdivision 7 is new.]

§ 103. Appointment and removal of officers and employes.The board of managers of each reformatory may appoint a gen. eral superintendent, and remove him for good and sufficient cause, upon written charges preferred after an opportunity to be heard, and may also appoint one or more chaplains and physicians and remove them at pleasure.

The superintendent of each reformatory may appoint and remove at pleasure other officers, guards, keepers and employes, the number of which shall be determined by the board of managers. Such superintendent shall also appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the board of managers, such foremen and instructors as may be necessary, any of whom may be removed by the board of managers or by the superintendent.

[L. 1887, chap. 711, §§ 3, 4.

The present law makes it the duty of the superintendent to appoint the chaplains and physician. Such officers should be appointed by the boards of managers and be responsible to them. We have proposed that the office of financial agent be abolished. The financial affairs of the reformatory are under the direct control of the superintendent. Under the existing circumstances the office is useless. We do not, therefore, propose a re-enactment of any part of § 4 of the former act.

For the sake of comparison we insert that part of the present § 3 relating to the subjects embraced in the proposed section: "The said board of managers shall appoint a general superintendent of said reformatory, and shall have power to remove him for cause, after opportunity shall be given him to be heard upon

written charges. The said general superintendent shall, by and with the advice and consent of the board of managers, appoint such foremen and instructors as may be necessary, any of whom may be removed by the board of managers or by the general superintendent. All other officers, guards and employes at said reformatory, except the financial agent, shall be appointed by the general superintendent and be removable at his pleasure."

Under the present law no provision is made for the appointment of a chaplain.

It is suggested that the office of chaplain is as important in a reformatory as a state prison. The utility of the office is generally recognized, and there seems no valid reason why such an officer should not be connected with our state reformatories.]

§ 104. Compensation of officers and employes. The annual compensation of the several officers, guards and keepers of each reformatory shall be fixed by the board of managers, but shall not exceed the following sums: To the superintendent, the sum of three thousand and five hundred dollars; to the physician, one thou sand five hundred dollars; to the clerk, one thousand dollars; to the principal keeper, one thousand dollars; to the chaplain or chaplains, one thousand dollars; to the kitchen keeper, eight hundred dollars; to the storekeeper, eight hundred dollars; to the hallkeeper, six hundred dollars; to the yardkeeper, six hundred dollars; to the keepers, each, six hundred dollars; to the guards, each, five hundred dollars. Maintenance and supplies may be allowed to such officers in the discretion of the board of managers. [L. 1887, chap. 711, § 5.

The salaries of the several officers are not changed. No reference is made to the salary of the financial agent, since it is pro

posed to abolish that office. The provision for the chaplain or

chaplains is new.

The clause at the end of § 5 of the act of 1887, which reads as follows, is omitted: "And if, for any reason, the term of service of any of them shall terminate before the end of any year, their compensation shall be paid only for the term of service, at the rate of the annual compensation above provided, and such salaries shall be in full for all services performed by them." This clause seems unnecessary.]

§ 105. Oaths and bonds.-All persons appointed to office as prescribed in this article shall take the constitutional oath of office and file the same in the office of the secretary of state within fifteen days after such appointment. The superintendent and such other officers and employes, as may be so required by the comptroller, shall give bonds to the state in such sums and with such sureties as he shall approve, conditioned for the faithful performance of their lawful duties.

[L. 1887, chap. 711, § 6, without change.]

§ 106. General duties of superintendent.—The superintendent of each reformatory, subject to the direction and control of the board of managers, shall:

1. Have the general supervision and control of the reformatory, of the grounds and buildings, subordinate officers and employes thereof, the prisoners therein, and of all matters relating to the government and discipline thereof.

2. Make such rules, regulations and orders, not inconsistent with law, or with the rules, regulations and directions of the board of managers, as he may deem proper or necessary for the government of such reformatory and of the officers and employes