§ 474. Reports to supervisors of appointments and committals to
charitable institutions. 1. Every judge, justice, superintendent or
public welfare official or other person who is authorized by law to make
appointments or commitments to any state charitable institution, in
which the board, instruction, care or clothing is a charge against any
county, town or city, shall make a written report to the clerk of the
board of supervisors of the county, or of the county in which any town
is situated, or to the city clerk of any city, which is liable for any
such board, instruction, care or clothing, within ten days after such
appointment or commitment, and shall therein state, when known, the
nationality, age, sex and residence of each person so appointed or
committed and the length of time of such appointment or commitment.

2. This and the two following sections shall apply to each of the
asylums, reformatories, homes, retreats, penitentiaries, jails or other
institutions, except public homes, in each of the counties of this state
except the county of Kings, in which the board, instruction, care or
clothing of persons committed thereto is, or shall be, a charge against
any county or town therein.