The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy, January 1862Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons
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The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy, January 1862
Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons
Charities -- Periodicals; Prisons -- Periodicals
No alterations of the Constitution shall be made, unless the same
shall have been proposed at a stated meeting of the Society held not
less than a month previous to the adoption of such alterations. All
questions shall be decided where there is a division, by a majority of
votes; in those where the Society is equally divided, the presiding
officer shall have the casting vote.
OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY.
PRESIDENT,—JAMES J. BARCLAY.
VICE-PRESIDENTS, {TOWNSEND SHARPLESS,
{DR. WILLIAM SHIPPEN.
TREASURER,—EDWARD H. BONSALL.
SECRETARIES, {JOHN J. LYTLE,
{EDWARD TOWNSEND.
COUNSELLORS, {HENRY J. WILLIAMS,
{SAMUEL H. PERKINS.
_Members of the Acting Committee._
Charles Ellis,
W. S. Perot,
Thomas Latimer,
John M. Wetherill,
Samuel Caley,
Abram C. Brown,
Benjamin H. Pitfield,
Isaac Barton,
James E. Kaighn,
Alfred H. Love,
Jeremiah Willits,
William H. Burr,
Jacob T. Bunting,
John C. Farr,
George Taber,
William J. Kiderlen,
Mahlon H. Dickinson,
William Ingram,
James Peters,
Robert E. Evans,
Albert H. Franciscus,
William R. MacAdam,
Charles Palmer,
Charles P. Perot,
Charles C. Lathrop,
Thomas A. Robinson,
Samuel Emlen,
William Dorsey,
Abram Martin,
R. B. Morrell,
John Adolph Beaux,
Dr. Wm. Armstrong,
F. B. Atmore,
Wm. Nicholson,
Charles W. Funk,
Philip P. Randolph,
Joseph R. Chandler,
Samuel Townsend,
A. G. Roland,
Coulson Heiskell,
Benj. H. Shoemaker,
C. L. Newman.
_Visiting Committee on the Eastern Penitentiary._
Townsend Sharpless,
Edward H. Bonsall,
John J. Lytle,
Edward Townsend,
Samuel Caley,
Abram C. Brown,
Isaac Barton,
James E. Kaighn,
Alfred H. Love,
Jeremiah Willits,
William H. Burr,
George Taber,
William L. J. Kiderlen,
Mahlon H. Dickinson,
James Peters,
Robert E. Evans,
Albert H. Franciscus,
William R. MacAdam,
Charles Palmer,
Samuel Emlen,
William Dorsey,
Robert B. Morrell,
Frederick B. Atmore,
William Nicholson,
Charles W. Funk,
Samuel Townsend,
Albert G. Roland,
Benj. H. Shoemaker.
_Visiting Committee on County Prison._
William Shippen, M. D.,
Charles Ellis,
William S. Perot,
Thomas Latimer,
John M. Wetherill,
Benj. H. Pitfield,
Jacob T. Bunting,
John C. Farr,
William Ingram,
Charles P. Perot,
Charles C. Lathrop,
Thomas A. Robinson,
Abram Martin,
John Adolph Beaux,
Wm. Armstrong, M. D.,
Philip P. Randolph,
Joseph R. Chandler,
Coulson Heiskell,
C. L. Newman.
☞ WM. J. MULLEN is agent of the County Prison, appointed by the
Inspectors, and acting under their direction, and also appointed by
the Prison Society.
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