The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-05-26

such house Of refuge, and nay be there
kept or apprentieed out, under such rules
and regulations as the directors Of the
house Of refuge may prescribe, until they
arrive at the age Of eighteen years; and
il shall and may be lawful for the direc-
tors of any such house of refuge, to re-
ceive and take charge of any children who
may be committed to their custody by
the court of common pleas, or any
Judge, Justice Of the peace, or other Off
Ger. nnder any law of this state; any per-
son over the age of sixteen years, con-
victed of violation Of any ordinance. and
liable to be punish d therefor, BY impris-
onmept, NAV, in lieu thereof be commit
ted to the house of correction, or to the
work house, as may be provided by or
dinance.
SEC. 70. That the board of directors
ofany house of refuge heretofore estab-
lished by any city, be, and they are here
by authorized to appoint committee ot
one or more of their own number, with
power to execute and deliver. on behalf
of said board, indentures OF apprentice
ship for any inmate of said institution
whom they may deem proper person for
an apprenticeship to a trade or occupation,
assaid committee or the board mayselect
and agree with; and that said indenturcs
shall have the like force and effect as 9TH
er indenures of apprenticeship under the
laws of Ohio, and that said lndentureS
shall be filed and kept in said institution
BY the superintendent thereof, and 1t shall
nolbe necessary to file or record the same
ina ny other place or Off e.
SEC. 80. That when any boy or girl
shall be convicted of any offence against
the laws of this state, punishable with I'M
prisonment in the penitenuary. or In the
iail of the county where such house of
refuge may be situate, and shall, under
existing laws, be sent TO the house of ref
uge, instead of the penitentiary or the
ial and said boy or girl shall refuse to
submit to the rules of said institution, and
prove to be stubborn and irreclaimable,
in the opinion of a majority of said board,
he or she may, by their order be deliver
ed into the Gus ody OF the sheriff OF said
county, with written statement of the
cause of his or her commitment, and of
the conduct and character of such boy or
Girl, as exhibited in said institution, which
statement shall be prepared and signed
by the superintendent of the institution;
and it shall be the duty of the sheriff to
receive such boy Or girl into his custody,
and to file said statement in the oitics'oL
the clerk ofthe court of common pleas,
or in the office of the clerk of the court in
which he or she shall have been tried,
a1d notify the prosecuting attorney Of the
comfy thereof; and thereupon, the pros
ecuting attorney shall cause such boy or
girl to be brought before the court ofcom-
mon pleas, or before the co 1T in which
he or she may have been tried, to receive
the sentence which the court shall deem
| iuat. according to the law, for the offence
! of which he or she shall have been con-
| victed, as aforesaid.
SEC. 81. That when any inmate of
SAID institution shall have been apprcn-
tccd and shall prove untrustworthy and
unreformed, he or she shall be recommt-
ted to the said institution, to be held in
} the same manner as before said apprcn
ticeship.
SEC. 80. The city council shall have
power to erect, establish and maintain a
city prison, which shall be in the keeping
Of the city marshal, under such rules
andregulations as the city council shall
prescribe. The city council of such city
/ Shall provide lne or more watch or sta
ton houses; they shall also provide sui5a-
bic rooms for the holding Of the police
court; they shall provide by ordinance for
the election by the qualified voters Of the
city, or for the appointment by the police
Judge, Of a clerk for such police court,
and for the selection, summonlng or en-
pannelng its iuries, and for all such MAJ
tiers touching said court, as may tend to
It's efficacy and dispatch ofbusincss. No
clerk of said court shall be in any m amer
] concerned as counsel, or agent, in the
prosecution or defence Of any person be-
fore such court. 1t shall be tie duty Of
the city marshal, by himself or deputy,
to attend the sittngs Of the police court,
to execute its orders and process, and pre-
serve order.
SEC 50. The police judge allhayc,
in all criminal cases, the powers and ju-
risdiction that are, or may be by law,
vested in the justices Of the peace of the
county in all respects whatsoever; he shall
also have like powerto take the aclnowl'
edgement Of deeds and other writings; he
shall have Jurisdiction ofal violations Of
the ordinances Of the city, and of all
cases ofpetit larceny, and other inferior
offences, which do not require an indict-
ment, or prescntment Of a grand jury,
with power to hear and determine the
same, where jury is NOT demanded, in
cases where it may be properly claimed;
thepoIce Judge Of anysuch city, shallhave
power to hold cou t, to be styled "The
police Court" Every such police court
shall be deemed a court OF record, shall
have a seal, to be porvided by the city
council, with the name of the state in the
centre, and the style Of the court around
the margin, and shall have like jurisdc-
ton as court, as is or may be vested in
the Judge holding the same; and shall al
SO have full jurisdiction and power to
bear and determine all cases of violations
of the ordinances Of the C ty, which shall
be prosecuted in the name, or in behalf OF
the cit :, and all cases Of petit larceny,
and other inferioroffences otevery descrip-
ton, committed With. the limits of the
city, or within one mile thereof, and
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