Article XI.
Public Institutions and Prisons

Section 152. Office of Commissioner of State Hospitals abolished

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Office of Commissioner of State Hospitals abolished

Office of Commissioner of State Hospitals abolished

The office of Commissioner of State Hospitals for the Insane is hereby abolished.

There shall be a Commissioner of State Hospitals for the Insane, who shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, for a term of four years. He shall be ex-officio chairman of the general and of each of the special boards of directors, and shall be responsible for the proper disbursement of all moneys appropriated or received from any source for the maintenance of such hospitals; he shall cause to be established and maintained at all of the hospitals a uniform system of keeping the records and the accounts of money received and disbursed and of making the reports thereof. He shall perform such other duties and shall execute such bond and receive such salary as may be prescribed by law.

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