The term "State institutions," as used in this act, shall mean and include all penal, reformatory, or correctional institutions, hospitals for the insane or any other purpose, institutions for feeble-minded, idiotic, or epileptic persons, for the deaf, for inebriates, or for juvenile delinquents, and all charitable institutions whatsoever, within this Commonwealth, maintained in whole or in part by the Commonwealth, and whose board of inspectors, managers, trustees, or directors is appointed, in whole or in part, by the Governor or by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
71 P.S. § 1468