2. Clothing. We trust no form of degrading conspicuous dress may be found at any institution. It is possible for some Board to require the stripes which have been generally discontinued. 3. Penalties. Section 10 prescribes that the superintendent shall punish a refractory prisoner by close confinement and a diet of bread and water only, “or in such manner as the rules and regulations ... may prescribe.” We submit that corporal punishment of any description should be abolished. It would be possible for some Board of Trustees to sanction the whipping post or the hose treatment--penalties which belong to a barbaric age. We suggest that the Trustees limit punishments to confinement, restricted diet, deprivation of privileges and reasonable fines, and if such measures prove unavailing the culprit should be remanded to the county jail. 4. Bookkeeping. Uniformity is highly desirable. The greatest care should be taken to discriminate as to what expenses belong to the general upkeep of the institution and to the care and maintenance of the prisoners. The estimate of the charges to each county is to be based upon such discrimination. Uniformity in a few other matters may be desirable, but care should be taken not to hamper the individual Boards by general rules about petty affairs. Conclusion. We have dwelt to some extent upon the possible defects of this law which, however, has admirable features. In any achievement, involving as many changes as are contemplated in this Act, there will be difficulties encountered. At first we were inclined to see lions in the way, but when we see the effect of the conversion of compulsory idleness into productive efficiency, we may conclude that the difficulties are not insurmountable. We trust that some Board may soon take action and inaugurate this work, which is one of the greatest reformatory movements known in the penological annals of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. We very much hope that next season may find at least one of these institutions in actual operation. Appointment of Trustees. The following list shows the counties composing each district, and the names of the Trustees so far as we have learned of their appointment:-- FIRST DISTRICT Philadelphia, George F. Holmes Chester, David M. Golder Bucks, Watson Davis Delaware Montgomery, Roy A. Hatfield SECOND DISTRICT Allegheny Armstrong Lawrence Beaver, Edwin L. Johnson Butler THIRD DISTRICT York, John D. Jenkins Cumberland, A. E. Sieber Northumberland, Fred. R. Dornsife Lebanon Adams Perry, Allen B. Thompson Dauphin Lancaster FOURTH DISTRICT Washington, Thomas Hill Fayette, Logan Rush Indiana, W. B. Wagner Cambria, T. Stanton Davis Westmoreland, George W. Deeds Greene, George Moore Somerset, Joseph B. Miller Clearfield, H. H. Spencer Bedford, Thomas C. Bradley FIFTH DISTRICT