Report of the Commission Appointed to Inquire Into the Expediency of Revising the System of Administration of the Public Charities of the Commonwealth

Excerpt from Report of the Commission Appointed to Inquire Into the Expediency of Revising the System of Administration of the Public Charities of the Commonwealth: December, 1877
The first meeting, at which an organization was effected, was held on the twenty-ninth day of August. Since that time we have held numerous hearings, all of which have been of an informal nature; and an opportunity was offered to all the inspectors, trustees, and superintendents of the various State institutions, to confer with us In relation to the present system of administering the affairs of the sev eral institutions under their care. We also invited the views of past and present members of the Board of State Charities, the Commissioners of Prisons, the several Advie ory Boards of Women, and also gentlemen whose large acquaintance and experience with our 'system of public charities we felt would be of great value and aid in our investigations. Nearly all of the above availed themselves of the Opportunity offered, and all gave expression to the Opinions they held in the most thoughtful and satisfactory manner. We have also visited most of the institutions of the State, and have endeavored to make as complete an investigation into the system of administration of the public charities and reformatory institutions Of the Com monwealth as was possible in the limited time at our disposal.
We have confined ourselves, in our investigations, entirely to the system of public relief, as administered by the State in its several institutions. We have felt that this was a subject that should be most carefully considered, that all its imperfections and inconsistencies should receive the utmost care, and any changes should be only for the best of reasons and for the highest interests of the State.
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