necessary railroad and hotel expenses to be paid in the usual manner, out of the annual appropriation for the expenses of this Board, the total of such expenses not to exceed $500 in any one year. (See page

141.)

TENEMENT HOUSES.

That a law be enacted regulating the building and construction of tenement houses. (See page' 144.)

BUREAU OF CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION.

That an appropriation be made to re-establish the Bureau of Criminal Identification provided for by the last Legislature. (See page 146.)

INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE

STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES AND

CORRECTIONS.

1. The State Prison at San Quentin. John C. Edgar, Warden.

2. The State Prison at Folsom.

Archibald Yell, Warden.

3. The Preston School of Industry. Wm. T. Randall, Superintendent. 4. The State School at Whittier. J. P. Greeley, Superintendent.

5. The State Insane Hospital at Stockton. Fred P. Clark, M.D., Superintendent.

6. The State Insane Hospital at Napa. Elmer E. Stone, M.D., Superintendent.

7. The State Insane Hospital at Agnew. Leonard Stocking, M.D., Superintendent.

8. The State Insane Hospital at Ukiah. E. W. King, M.D., Superintendent.

9. The State Insane Hospital at Patton. A. P. Williamson, M.D., Superintendent.

10. The Home for the Care and Training of Feeble-Minded Children at Eldridge. Wm. J. G. Dawson, M.D., Superintendent.

11. The Institution for the Deaf and the Blind at Berkeley. Warring Wilkinson, Principal.

12. The Industrial Home for the Adult Blind at Oakland. Joseph Sanders, Superintendent.

13. County hospitals and almshouses, 60.

14. County jails, 57.

15. City prisons and village lock-ups.

REPORT

OF

STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES AND CORRECTIONS.

INTRODUCTION.

The statute creating this Board provides that "three months prior to each regular session of the Legislature the Board shall make a full and complete report to the Governor of all its transactions during the preceding two years, showing in detail all expenses incurred and moneys paid out by it, giving a list of all officers and agents employed and the actual condition of all institutions under its supervision, with such suggestions as it may deem necessary and pertinent, and with recommendations for legislative and executive action."

This Board has, during the biennial period, continued its study of the various institutions of the State, the conditions prevailing in them, and the general field which each is expected to occupy. Its conclusions will appear in detail under the appropriate headings in this report. The offices of the Board were located in the Parrott Building, in San Francisco, and were burned in the conflagration which consumed the greater portion of the city. The Secretary was out of the city when the fire occurred, and was therefore unable to save any of the records and reports. All statistical matter gathered for this report prior to April 18th was burned and can not be replaced. The Board had also collected much data concerning other important questions, particularly that of "vagrancy," and regrets very much that it can not give the results of these inquiries.

INSPECTIONS.

During the biennial period the members of the Board have visited all the State institutions coming under its supervision, and the Secretary has inspected them frequently. In the beginning the Board directed its Secretary to make official inspection, and in doing so he goes unannounced at irregular intervals. In making an inspection he endeavors to see every inmate and every room; to know the condition of the inmates, the condition of the institution itself, and the methods of administration and management.

The Secretary has also visited every county jail and every county hospital in the State. He has also inspected city jails. Written reports of inspection are made upon each visit and filed in the office of the Board.

PLANS OF NEW BUILDINGS.

The Board has received for its suggestions and criticism plans and specifications as follows: for a two-story cottage for Agnews State Hospital; for a three-story wing to the Southern California State Hospital; for four cottages at same institution; for three cottages and hospital at the Home for Feeble-Minded. In all these cases the Board has endeavored to be of assistance to the Superintendents and Boards of Managers. The policy of the Board is to help, and never to obstruct or create friction. We are making a constant study of buildings adapted to the purpose of State and county institutions, and it stands to reason that with such study and having before us the best in other states that we might make some valuable suggestions. After made, the suggestions of the Board must stand on their own merits, for no board is compelled to adopt them.

Plans for new county jails in the counties of Alameda, Humboldt, and Solano, for the rebuilding of the jail in Napa County, for a new city jail in Fresno, and for a cottage for the county hospital of San Benito County, have been submitted to the Board for suggestions and criticism, which it has been pleased to make in writing and file with the proper officers. The aim of the Board in its suggestions has been to get the best possible for the money expended, and it believes the County Boards have adopted the Board's suggestions without exception and are pleased with the help it has been able to give them.

Members of the Board have also, at their own expense, visited institutions in other states. Dr. Moore visited the prisons in the city of Mexico. Mr. Davis visited the New York State Prison at Sing Sing. Mr. Cushing visited the different State institutions of Oregon, located at Salem. Two members and the Secretary, at their own expense, attended the National Conference of Charities and Corrections held at Portland, Oregon, in July, 1905.

The Board has, in some cases, been called upon by Boards of Supervisors to advise with them concerning the needs of the county in reference to a jail or a hospital, and the best methods in which to proceed. In such cases the Board has freely responded.

One of the duties of the Board is to investigate all complaints or reports of mismanagement, or of abuse of inmates in State or County institutions. This is a duty which it is on the alert to perform. It stands between the public and the institutions and must represent the public and protect at all times the interests of the inmates. The institutions must have the confidence of the people, and it is in the