Section 14-1-10

Functions and duties — Power and authority — Exercise; restrictions.

All functions and duties of the board shall be exercised by the board, acting by itself or by and through such administrative divisions or such officers or employees as it may designate. The board shall have all power and authority necessary or convenient to carry out the functions and duties of the board. The board shall have no authority over the management or control of any of the mental hospitals or asylums or juvenile industrial or training schools of the state, but shall have the duty of arranging for cooperation between, or among, the said institutions on matters of mutual concern. In the performance of such functions and duties and in the exercise of such powers and authorities, the board and all other officers and employees of the board shall, however, be subject to all legal restrictions, limitations, conditions and penalties, civil and criminal, with respect to the performance of such functions and duties and the exercise of such powers and authorities. All reports and statements required to be made by any such department, board, bureau, commission, agency or office shall hereafter be made by the board.

(Acts 1939, No. 91, p. 118; Code 1940, T. 45, §7.)