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all such white minors under the age of twenty-one years, as may be com-
mitted to it by any Court or Justice of the Peace of this State, and any
Court or Justice- of this State shall have power and authority in its or his
discretion to commit to said Republic any white minor, under the age of
twenty-one years who may be convicted before such Court or Justice of the
Peace of any crime, misdemeanor or offense under or against any law or
laws of this State, and with respect to minors so committed, the said
Republic shall have the right to exercise such authority, and shall have
such power as to their retention, returning, placing out and otherwise as
may now or hereafter be prescribed by the Laws of this State for Juvenile
institutions and societies with respect to minors committed to them under
the laws of this State.

The Department of Welfare.

1922, ch. 29 (p. 59). 1924, ch. 283, sec. 1.

661. The Department of Welfare is hereby established. The head of
this Department shall be the Board of Welfare, consisting of the Director
of the Department, who 'shall serve as the Chairman of the Board and six
associate members, who shall be appointed without regard to political affili-
ation, who shall each be not less than thirty years of age, interested and pref-
erably, experienced in social welfare, and at least one of whom shall be a
woman. The Director and Chairman of the Board, and the associate mem-
bers thereof, shall all be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, except that the appointments first made hereunder shall
be made by the Governor alone on the taking effect of this Act, and these
terms of office shall begin then. The Director first appointed 'shall hold office
until the first Monday of May, 1924, and until his successor shall have been
appointed and qualify, and thereafter the term of the Director shall be four
years. The associate members first appointed shall be so classed by the Gov-
ernor that the terms of office of two shall expire on the first Monday of May,
1924, the terms of .office of two on the first Monday of May, 1926, and the
terms of office of two on the first Monday of May, 1928, and thereafter in
each case the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall ap-
point two associate members in the place of the two whose terms shall so ex-
pire, and thereafter the terms of the associate members shall be six years, re-
spectively. Vacancies in said Board shall be filled by the Governor for the
unexpired term, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Gov-
ernor may remove any member of said Board for inefficiency, neglect of
duty or misconduct in office, giving to such member a copy of the charges
preferred, and the opportunity of being first publicly heard in person or by
counsel. If such member shall be removed, the Governor shall file in the
office of the Secretary of State a complete statement of all charges made
against such member, and his findings thereof, together with a complete
record of the proceedings. The salary of the Director and Chairman shall