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The State Legislature, by virtue of a concurrent resolution passed in May of 1873, directed the Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities to investigate the causes of crime, pauperism, and insanity in New York. Acknowledging a "vast increase of crime and pauperism in this State" and the need to supply taxpayers with "statistics in concise form which shall show the various influences that are producing these effects," the legislature empowered the board to "examine the records of all public institutions and institute inquiries." The resolution further directed the board to submit a report of its findings to the next legislature. Shortly after the resolution was passed, the Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities was renamed the State Board of Charities (Laws of 1873, Chapter 571).
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