Section VI-28

Section VI-28: Powers and duties - Report of investigations.

  The Commissioner of Charities and Corrections shall have the
power and it is hereby made his or her duty, to investigate the
entire system of public charities and corrections, to examine
into the condition and management of all prisons, jails,
alms-houses, reformatories, reform and industrial schools,
hospitals, infirmaries, dispensaries, orphanages, and all public
and private retreats and asylums, which derive their support
wholly or in part from the State, or from any county or
municipality within the State; and the officers of the various
institutions named herein shall promptly, upon demand, furnish
the said Commissioner with such information, relating to their
respective institutions, as shall be demanded by said
Commissioner, in writing.  The said Commissioner shall have the
power to summon any person to appear and produce such books and
papers as shall be designated in the summons, and to give
testimony under oath concerning the matter and institution under
investigation.  The said Commissioner shall have the power to
administer oaths to such persons as may be summoned, and to
enforce all such powers as are given to notaries public when they
are taking depositions.  A full report of said investigation,
including the testimony, shall be promptly made to the Governor
and shall be transmitted by him to the next Legislature with any
suggestions which he may desire to make.