The control of the financial, business and all other affairs of state hospitals is hereby transferred from the state board of control to the department of mental health, and, as its chief executive officer, the director shall, in respect to the control, management and property of such state hospitals, have the same rights and powers and shall perform the same duties and functions as were heretofore exercised or performed by the state board of control. The title to all property of such state hospitals is hereby transferred to and vested in the department of mental health.
West Virginia Legal Code