Washington (State). Board of Control

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Between 1871 and 1897, state institutions were supervised by the governor and boards of trustees. In 1897, House Bill 364 authorized the creation of the State Board of Audit and Control, the primary function of which was to audit the accounts of the Commissioner of Institutions. On 1 Apr. 1901, the Board of Audit and Control was replaced by the State Board of Control, which oversaw the several hospitals, soldiers' homes, and mental health facilities in Washington State; and quarries at Fidalgo, Meskill, Marshall, Dixie, North Yakima or Selah. The Board also oversaw the Capitol buildings and grounds in Olympia; accounts and bookkeeping for the University, the State College, and the three Normal schools; the Indeterminate Sentence Board; transportation and deportation of "convicts, insane and incorrigibles"; armories; and country tuberculosis hospitals. The Board of Control was superceded by the State Board of Business Control in 1921.

From the description of Records of the Washington State Board of Control, 1901-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 74985975

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Armories
Buildings
Teachers colleges
Hospitals
Mental health facilities
Mental health services
People with mental disabilities
Prisons
Public institutions
Public welfare
Purchasing
Reformatories
Soldiers' homes
Tuberculosis
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Active 1901

Active 1921

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