District of Columbia Code
Chapter 1 - Public Welfare Supervision
§ 4–107. Institutional personnel under supervision of Board; duties of superintendent; appointment and discharge of personnel

The superintendents and all other employees engaged in the operation of the institutions enumerated in § 4-106 shall be subject to the supervision of the Board. Each superintendent shall have the management and control of the institution to which he is appointed and shall be subordinate to the Director of Public Welfare. The superintendent and all other employees of each of the institutions enumerated in § 4-106 shall be appointed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia upon nomination by the Board and shall be subject to discharge by the Mayor upon recommendation of the Board.
(Mar. 16, 1926, 44 Stat. 209, ch. 58, § 7.)
1981 Ed., § 3-107.
1973 Ed., § 3-107.
Superintendents of prisons, see § 24-201.11 et seq.
Board of Public Welfare abolished: See note to § 4-102.
This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 401 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to a single Commissioner. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.

Structure District of Columbia Code

District of Columbia Code

Title 4 - Public Care Systems

Chapter 1 - Public Welfare Supervision

§ 4–101. Board of Charities, Board of Children’s Guardians, and National Training School for Girls abolished. [Omitted]

§ 4–102. Board of Public Welfare — Created; successor to abolished Boards; employees transferred. [Omitted]

§ 4–103. Board of Public Welfare — Composition; appointment; term of office; vacancies; residency requirement; removal; compensation. [Omitted]

§ 4–104. Board of Public Welfare — Officers; meetings; authority to make rules, regulations, and orders. [Omitted]

§ 4–105. Director of Public Welfare

§ 4–106. Institutions placed under control of Board

§ 4–107. Institutional personnel under supervision of Board; duties of superintendent; appointment and discharge of personnel

§ 4–108. Rules and regulations relating to admissions of persons and administration of institutions

§ 4–109. Registration records; system of accounts

§ 4–110. Powers of Board of Charities transferred

§ 4–111. Supervision over institutions supported by congressional appropriations

§ 4–112. Submission of plans for new institutions; investigation of institutions

§ 4–113. Members and employees to have no interest in contracts

§ 4–114. Powers of Mayor over dependent children

§ 4–115. Limitation in number of dependent children

§ 4–116. Children over whom Board shall have supervision

§ 4–117. Investigation of children; confidentiality of records; study of physical and mental conditions

§ 4–118. Commitments by Family Division of Superior Court; placement by Board

§ 4–119. Commitment of children under 17 years of age

§ 4–120. Duties of Trustees of National Training School for Girls transferred

§ 4–121. Annual budget; report of activities; recommendations; study of social and environmental conditions

§ 4–122. Visitation of wards

§ 4–123. Discharge from guardianship

§ 4–124. Duties and responsibilities of Board

§ 4–125. Assisting child to leave institution without authority; concealing such child; duty of police

§ 4–126. Assistance application form standardization