Section 474. Reports to supervisors of appointments and committals to charitable institutions

1.   Every judge,  justice,  superintendent  or
  public welfare official or other person who is authorized by law to make
  appointments  or  commitments  to  any  state charitable institution, in
  which the board, instruction, care or clothing is a charge  against  any
  county,  town  or  city, shall make a written report to the clerk of the
  board of supervisors of the county, or of the county in which  any  town
  is  situated,  or to the city clerk of any city, which is liable for any
  such board, instruction, care or clothing, within ten  days  after  such
  appointment  or  commitment,  and  shall  therein state, when known, the
  nationality, age, sex and residence  of  each  person  so  appointed  or
  committed and the length of time of such appointment or commitment.
    2.    This  and  the two following sections shall apply to each of the
  asylums, reformatories, homes, retreats, penitentiaries, jails or  other
  institutions, except public homes, in each of the counties of this state
  except  the  county  of  Kings, in which the board, instruction, care or
  clothing of persons committed thereto is, or shall be, a charge  against
  any county or town therein.