The governor and council shall be visitors of the state prisons and shall annually, and as much oftener as may be proper, visit the prisons and see that all regulations made for the government thereof are proper and properly executed.
Source. RS 227:10. CS 242:10. GS 270:10. GL 288:10. 1883, 28:1. PS 285:6. PL 400:7. RL 464:7. 1998, 386:16, eff. Aug. 26, 1998.