To his Excellency GEORGE STONEMAN, Governor of California: The Penological Commission have the honor, in accordance with Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 5, passed February 16, 1885, to submit to you the following report. PENOLOGY. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. SEC. 1. Resolution providing for appointment of Commission. SEC. 2. Appointment of Commission. SEC. 3. Importance of subject. Increase in crime. SEC. 4. SEC. 1. RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSION. At the last session of the Legislature of this State a concurrent resolution was adopted on the sixteenth day of February, 1885, and in the words and figures following: Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 5, relative to directing the Governor to appoint a committee of five citizens to inquire into the subject of penology as applicable to the condition of prison affairs within this State. Resolved by the Legislature of the State of California, the Senate and Assembly concurring, as follows: WHEREAS, The criminal element in the State of California is increasing; and whereas, measures should be taken to reform youthful criminals and to properly care for discharged prisoners; and whereas, owing to the short time the Legislature of this State is in session it is impossible to enact such laws as shall do full and complete justice to the subject-matter; therefore be it Resolved, That the Governor of this State is directed to appoint a Commission of five citizens of this State, who shall inquire into the subject of penology as applicable to the condition of prison affairs within this State, and report to the Governor before the meeting of the next Legislature such suggestions and recommendations as shall enable the Legislature to enact such laws as shall remedy existing evils, improve present conditions, and reform and aid the criminal; provided, that the State of California shall in no manner be chargeable with the expenses incurred by said Commission, except such expenses as may be incurred in the employment of a Secretary. In compliance with such concurrent resolution the undersigned were, on the twenty-sixth day of October, 1885, appointed by your Excellency as such Commission, and immediately afterwards organized by electing Ŵ. C. Hendricks President and Robert T. Devlin Secretary. SEC. 3. IMPORTANCE OF SUBJECT. The Commission were fully convinced of the importance of the subject, the study of which they had undertaken. The alarming increase in the |