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NEW SERIES No. 51
THE JOURNAL
PRISON DISCIPLINE
AND
PHILANTHROPY
PUBLISHED ANNUALLY
BY THE
PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY
INSTITUTED MAY 8, 1787
MARCH, 1912
OFFICE: STATE HOUSE ROW S. W. CORNER FIFTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS PHILADELPHIA, PA.
OFFICIAL VISITORS.
The above was supplemented by the following Act, approved March 20, 1903:
AN ACT.
To make active or visiting committees of societies incorporated for the purpose of visiting and instructing prisoners Official Visitors of penal and reformatory institutions.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc., That the active or visiting committee of any society heretofore incorporated and now existing in the Commonwealth for the purpose of visiting and instructing prisoners, or persons confined in any penal or reformatory institution, and alleviating their miseries, shall be and are hereby made official visitors of any jail, penitentiary, or other penal or reformatory institution in this Commonwealth, maintained at the public expense, with the same powers, privileges, and functions as are vested in the official visitors of prisons and penitentiaries, as now prescribed by law: Provided, That no active or visiting committee of any such society shall be entitled to visit such jails or penal institutions, under this act, unless notice of the names of the members of such committee, and the terms of their appointment, is given by such society, in writing, under its corporate seal, to the warden, superintendent or other officer in charge of such jail, or other officer in charge of any such jail or other penal institution.
Approved--The 20th day of March, A. D. 1903.
SAML. W. PENNYPACKER.
The foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Act of the General Assembly No. 48.
NEW SERIES No. 51
THE JOURNAL
PRISON DISCIPLINE
AND
PHILANTHROPY
PUBLISHED ANNUALLY
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF "THE PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY" INSTITUTED MAY 8th, 1787
MARCH, 1912
OFFICE: STATE HOUSE ROW S. W. CORNER FIFTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS PHILADELPHIA, PA.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
All correspondence with reference to the work of the Society, or to the JOURNAL OF PRISON DISCIPLINE AND PHILANTHROPY, should be addressed to THE PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY, 500 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
The National Prison Association of the United States for the past ten years has designated the fourth Sunday in October, annually, as Prison Sunday. To aid the movement for reformation, some speakers may be supplied from this Society. Apply to chairman of the Committee on Prison Sunday.
FREDERICK J. POOLEY is the General Agent of the Society. His address is 500 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
Contributions for the work of the Society may be sent to JOHN WAY, Treasurer, 409 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
FORM OF BEQUEST OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
I give and bequeath to "THE PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY" the sum of .... Dollars.
FORM OF DEVISE OF REAL ESTATE.
I give and devise to "THE PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY" all that certain piece or parcel of land. .
OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY FOR 1912
PRESIDENT
JOSHUA L. BAILY, Philadelphia, Pa.
VICE-PRESIDENTS
SECRETARY
ALBERT H. VOTAW, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
DR. WILLIAM C. STOKES, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
TREASURER
JOHN WAY, 409 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
HONORARY COUNSELOR
HON. WM. N. ASHMAN, 44th & Spruce Streets, Philadelphia.
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