The state commissioner of public institutions shall also have the power and authority to transfer, from time to time, any number of inmates of the industrial school for boys at Pruntytown, to the Andrew S. Rowan Memorial Home, if, in the opinion of the commissioner, the maintenance of boys at this institution will promote their rehabilitation. The commissioner of public institutions shall prescribe rules and regulations pertaining to transfers of this nature. The commissioner shall also have the authority to return such boys to the industrial school for boys as he sees fit.