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	Record Group Number:	000145
	Series/Collection Number:	.S 431
	Creator:	Florida. Board of Commissioners of State Institutions.
	Title, Dates:	Minutes, 1869-1991.
	Amount:	37.00 v. 2.00 cubic ft.
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	Organization/Arrangement:	Chronological.
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	Biographical/Historical:	The Board of Commissioners of State Institutions was created in 1868 (Article V, Section 20, 1868 Constitution) and consisted of the Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Comptroller, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Commissioner of Agriculture (General Commissioner of Lands and Immigration prior to 1885) and, until 1885, the Adjutant General. The Board controlled state hospitals, correctional institutions, the construction of public buildings, the ownership of Seminole Indian reservation lands, the Governor's Mansion Commission, and the buildings in the Capitol Center Complex (except the Capitol). The Board maintained prison workshops and alcoholic rehabilitation centers; licensed airports; insured public buildings under its control; and held title to every patent, copyright or trademark owned by the state. The Board was abolished in 1969 with its functions passing to various departments of the reorganized Executive Department (Ch. 69-106, Laws).
	Summary:	This series contains bound volumes of meeting minutes that document the topics of discussion, decisions made, and actions taken by the Board of Commissioners of State Institutions. The records reflect the Board's involvement in managing the facilities of various state institutions, including the state prisons, psychiatric hospitals, juvenile detention homes, and colleges and universities.
	Finding Aids:	Volume and box listing available. 0 A partial index to the minutes is located in Series 410, Indexes to Minutes, 1919-1958. It contains three bound volumes covering the years from 1919 to 1921 and card indexes for 1935 to 1958. #
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	Subject Access Fields:	Florida Industrial School for Boys. Florida State Hospital. Florida Board of Regents. Florida Industrial School for Girls. Florida Division of Child Training Schools. Florida Division of Mental Health. G. Pierce Wood Memorial Hospital (Fla.) South Florida State Hospital. Northeast Florida State Hospital. Florida School for Boys. Florida School for Boys at Marianna. Florida School for Boys at Okeechobee. Florida School for Girls at Ocala. Florida School for Girls at Forest Hills. Florida Division of Construction. Florida State Prison. Florida Division of Corrections. Florida Division of Sunland Training Centers. Florida Board of Control. Florida Farm Colony. Capitol Center Complex (Tallahassee, Fla.) Alcoholic Rehabilitation Program (Florida) Florida Board of Parks and Historic Memorials. Florida Division of Office Buildings. Florida Division of Youth Services. Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind. Florida State Fire College. Parks Florida Psychiatric hospitals Florida State hospitals Florida Public buildings Florida Prisons Florida Juvenile detention homes Florida College buildings Florida Universities and colleges--Buildings Minutes. aat
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