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under the age of twenty-one years, who may now or hereafter be lawfully
received by or committed to any of the juvenile institutions or societies
under the laws of this State, with the right to exercise such authority
over said minors; and with such powers as to their retention, returning,
placing out and otherwise as may now or hereafter be prescribed by the
laws of this State with respect to juvenile institutions and societies.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 660. 1912, sec. 622. 1910, ch. 732 (p. 99), sec. 547B.

742.¹ The said National Junior Republic shall also be empowered to
receive, in and under its care, custody, guardianship and control, any and
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 Re-
public 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.

Department of Correction.²

An. Code, 1924, sec. 661. 1922, ch. 29 (p. 59). 1924, ch. 283, sec. 1.

743. The Department of Correction ² is hereby established. The head
of this Department shall be the Board of Correction, consisting of the Di-
rector of the Department, who shall serve as the Chairman of the Board and
six associate members, who shall be appointed without regard to political
affiliation, who shall each be not less than thirty years of age, interested and
preferably, experienced in social welfare, and at least one of whom shall
be a woman. The Director and Chairman of the Board, and the associate
members thereof, shall all be appointed by the Governor, with the advice
and consent of the Senate, except that the appointments, first made here-
under 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 Governor 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 appoint two associate members in the place of the two
whose terms shall so expire, and thereafter the terms of the associate mem-
bers shall be six years, respectively. Vacancies in said Board shall be filled
by the Governor for the unexpired term, by and with the advice and consent

¹ Ch. 732 as it appears in the official acts of 1910 (page 99) does not include sec. 547B.
The original act as passed and signed by the Governor, however, includes sec. 547B,
and hence it is codified.

² Formerly Department and Board of Welfare but changed to Department and
Board of Correction by ch: 69, 1939.