of an attorney may be secured to aid in getting the commutation, but those who lack means to employ an attorney serve out their time. This is unjust to the prisoner who has behaved satisfactorily, and besides imposes on the county a charge from which it might readily be spared. Copies of the law have been given to the officials in charge of the prisons, the conditions have been explained and blanks indicating the information which is to be forwarded to the Governor of the State for his action in the premises have been supplied; and your Secretary has reason to believe that a large number of prisoners will in the future receive the commutation which they have earned. As will be seen from our reports, this Society is engaged in very important service for the prisoners in the Philadelphia County Prison and in the Eastern Penitentiary, both while in prison and after they have been discharged, which work we have no intention to relinquish; but in whatever way this Society enlarges its present field of labor throughout the State, its work would in greater degree correspond to its corporate title, THE PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY. In conclusion I desire to call attention to the hope expressed by the retiring Secretary, John J. Lytle, in the report made in 1907, that the “Pennsylvania Prison Society may constantly widen its scope of operations and grow in efficiency and usefulness as it grows in years.” Very respectfully, ALBERT H. VOTAW, _Secretary_. JOHN WAY, _Treasurer_, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY RECEIPTS. 1908. January 21. To Balance on hand $841 26 ” Members’ Dues and Contributions 278 00 ” Net Income from Investments 1,748 02 ” Income from I. V. Williamson Legacy 645 00 ” Interest on balances to November 30, 1908 58 46 --------- $3,570 74 PAYMENTS