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The North Carolina State Board of Public Welfare

Record #:
20149
Abstract:
This article looks at the history of provision for the poor and underprivileged citizens of the sate beginning with the state constitutional convention of 1868, the establishment of the Board of Public Charities in 1868 and a history of its development and programs including its expansion to the Board of Charities and Public Welfare in 1917 and concluding with legislation passed in 1945. A reprint of the 1868 \"Report of the Committee on Punishment, Penal Institutions and Public Charities\" is included.
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