Charities+&+Reform

The First State Legislature, 1890-1891, by constitutional provision, created the office of State Board of Charities and Reform, which was composed of the State Treasurer, State Auditor, and Superintendent of Public Instruction. The board had general supervision and control of all such charitable, reformatory, and penal institutions as were established and supported by the State; the State Treasurer was president of the board, the superintendent of public instruction, its secretary, who was required to keep a careful record of its transactions, which were known as the records and proceedings of the State Board of Charities and Reform.
 * Board of Charities and Reform **

The Third State Legislature, 1895, provided for the membership of the State Board of Charities and Reform to be the Governor, Secretary of State, State Auditor, State Treasurer, and Superintendent of Public Instruction; the Governor to be the president of the board.

The Seventh State Legislature, 1903, designated the office of secretary of the State Board of Charities and Reform, and prescribed his duties; it provided for the Superintendent of Public Instruction to be the secretary of the board, his general duties were to record the transactions of the board, to countersign all papers, instruments, or documents approved, made, or directed by the board, for the board, and under its direction: to make a biennial report to the governor during the month of December in even numbered years, said report to contain such recommendations as the board saw fit to make to the governor or the State legislature.

The Twentieth State Legislature, 1929, provided for the State Board of Charities and Reform to appoint a secretary, enumerating his powers and his duties, which were, about, as of 1903. This Legislature also provided for the board to have general supervision and control of all such charitable, reformatory, and penal institutions as are, and may be, established and supported by the State.

The Twenty-fourth State Legislature, 1937, created an act providing for the membership of State boards and commissions; the five elective officers to comprise the membership of all State boards and commissions upon which two or more such officers were then serving by provision of statutory law; the membership of the State Board of Charities and Reform was thereby composed of the Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Auditor, and Superintendent of Public Instruction.

The board is required to make a biennial report, on or before the first day of November, to the governor, one copy to be filed with the Governor, and one with each house of the State Legislature.

The board was abolished by popular vote on a constitutional amendment in 1990. Its duties and institutions were divides among the Department of Family Services, Department of Corrections and Department of Health.

=Institutions=

Correctional
(formerly the Industrial Institute) ||  || Worland ||   || Delinquent boys ||   ||   ||   || Department of Family Services ||
 * ~ Name ||~  ||~ Location ||~   ||~ Mission ||~   ||~ Established ||~   ||~ Moved to ||
 * Boys' School
 * Girls' School ||  || Sheridan ||   || Delinquent girls ||   ||   ||   || Department of Family Services ||
 * State Penitentiary ||  || Rawlins ||   || maximum security prison ||   ||   ||   || Department of Corrections ||
 * Honor Farm ||  || Riverton ||   || minimum security prison ||   || 1929 ||   || Department of Corrections ||
 * Wyoming Women's Center ||  || Lusk ||   || women's prison ||   || June 20, 1977 ||   || Department of Corrections ||
 * Wyoming Honor Conservation and Boot Camp ||  || Newcastle ||   || minimum security prison ||   || 1986 ||   || Department of Corrections ||

Charitable
(later called Wyoming Youth Treatment Center) ||  || Casper ||   || orphanage/delinquent children. (Closed 1996) ||  ||   ||   || Department of Family Services || (now call the Veterans Home) ||  || Buffalo ||   || elder care/nursing home for military veterans ||   ||   ||   || Department of Health || (now called Wyoming Life Resources Center) ||  || Lander ||   || special needs care and occupational therapy ||   ||   ||   || Department of Health ||
 * ~ Name ||~  ||~ Location ||~   ||~ Mission ||~   ||~ Established ||~   ||~ Moved to ||
 * Children's Home
 * State Hospital ||  || Evanston ||   || mentally incompetent treatment ||   ||   ||   || Department of Health ||
 * Hot Springs State Park ||  || Thermopolis ||   || State bath house ||   || 1897 ||   || State Parks and Cultural Resources ||
 * Pioneer Home ||  || Thermopolis ||   || elder care/nursing home ||   || 1950 ||   || Department of Health ||
 * Sanitarium ||  || Basin ||   || Tuberculosis treatment, later nursing home/elder care ||   ||   ||   || Department of Health ||
 * Soldier's and Sailors' Home
 * State Training School

=Secretaries=
 * ~ Name ||~  ||~ Start Date ||~   ||~ End Date ||
 * Amy Abbott ||  || March 1929 ||   || March 1931 ||
 * Gregory Powell ||  || March 1932 ||   || March 1, 1935 ||
 * L.G. Flannery ||  || March 1, 1935 ||   || May 9, 1935 ||
 * Adolph Hanson ||  || May 9, 1935 ||   || March 1, 1939 ||
 * Leslie R Brewer ||  || March 1, 1939 ||   || March 5, 1940 ||
 * Joseph S. Weppner ||  || March 5, 1940 ||   || 1945 ||
 * Malcolm F. Lesuer ||  || 1945 ||   || 1947 ||
 * E.C. Rothwell ||  || 1947 ||   || 1959 ||
 * Archie Ewpoldsen ||  || 1959 ||   || 1962 ||
 * Lloyd N. Hovee ||  || 1962 ||   || 1976 ||
 * Donald G. Glidden ||  || 1976 ||   || 1982 ||
 * Jermy B. Wright ||  || 1982 ||   || 1987 ||
 * K.Gary Sherman ||  || 1988 ||   || 1990 ||
 * abolished by popular vote on constitutional amendment ||  || 1990 ||   ||   ||