The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-06-01
NO. 80.

ton and classification of double the num-
Der of inmates which the buildings at
present occupied are capable of rcceiV-
ing
And Whereas, 1t is deemed desirable,
by the Board Of Managers, that the Coun-
ties (other than that of Philadelphia)
composing the Eastern District of Penn
sylvania, should have extended to them
greater facilities for the commitment Of
Juvenile Delinquents to the lnstitution,in
| order that the said counties may partlci
pate more fully in its benefits
And Whereas, the Board of Managers
of the said House of Refuge have mem
oriaized the Legislature, praying that
the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars,
payable in four equal annual instalments
of Five Thousand Dollars, may be appro-
priated from the Treasury Of the Common
wealth, for the purpose Of completing the
the said buildings
Therefore,
SECTION FIRST, BE itenactcd by tue
| Senate and House of Representatives Of
the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania, in
! General Assembly met, and it is hereby
onacted by the authority Of the same, that
in lieu Of the manner prescribed by the
! fourth section of the Act entitled IAN
! Act to endow the house of Refuge, and
for other purposes therein mentioned
passed the 2d day March, 1927, the Man
I ayers of "The House of Refuge shall
receive under their care and guardian
ship, infants under the age of twenty-one
years, committed to their custody, by two
Judges, the President Judge being one,
of the Court of Common Pleas of any
County in the Eastern District Of Penn
sylyania (Which said District shall en-
brace all the Counties Of the Common
wealth from which infants cannot be sent
to the House of Refuge Of Western
Pennsylvania'O except the County of
Philadelphia, in which said infant resides
or may be found, on complaint and due
proof made to them by the parent, guard
ian, or next friend OF such infant, that
such infant is Uumanageable and beyond
the control Of the complainant, and that
the future welfare Of said infant requires
that such infant should be placed under
the care and guardianship Of said Mana
gers of the House Of Refuge; or when sail
complaint and due proof shall be made by
the prosecuting officer Of the County, that
said infant is unmanageable, or a vag-
rant, and has no parent or guardian ca
pable and willing to restrain, manage, and
take proper care of such infant.
SECT. SECOND. BE it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, that the said
Judges shall carefully examine the com
plaint made to them in the presence OF
the complainant and infant complained
of, and for the purpose Of bringing the
parties and witnesses before them, shall
be fully authorized to use such process OF
the Court as may be necessary;aud where
the said Judges shall adjudge an idfant to
be a proper subject for the care and
guardianship of said Managers of the
House of Refuge, they shall IN addition
to their adjudication, transmit to the said
Managers the testimony taken before
them, on which their adjudication was
founded, and the testimony shall be taken
under oath or aft nation of the witnesses,
and in the presence Of the party COM
planned Of.
! SEc. THIRD. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, that the power
and authority of the said Managers of the
House of Refuge shall be as full and am
pie in all respects over the infants COM
mitted to their care and guardianship,
under this Act, as are given and granted
to the said Managers over infants COM
mitted to their care and guardianship
from the County of Philadelphia, by the
said Act, entitled can Act to incorporate
the subscribers to the articles of assocja-
tiou for the purpose Of establishing an In
stitution for the confinement and reEor-
nation of juvenile dclinquents, under the
title of The House OF Refuge. .
SEC. FOURTH. Be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, that the Fourth
I Section of the Act entitled Gan Act to
endow the House of Refuge, and for 9th
er purposes therein mentioned passed
the I'd day of March, 1927, be, and the
same is hereby repealed.
SEC. FIFTH BE it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, that the sum Of
Twenty Thousand Dollars be, and the
same is hereby appropriated towards the
erection and completion of buildings for
the accommodation of white Juvenile de-
linqueuts; which said sum of Twenty Thou
sand Dollars shall be paid IN manner
following, to wit Five Thousand Dollars
thereof on or before the first day OF Sep
tember, one thousand eight hundred and
ffv-6ye; Five Thousand Dollars thereof
on or before the first day of September,
one thousand eight hundred and ffty-six;
Five Thousand Dollars thereof on or be-
fore the first day of September, one thou
sand eight hundred and ifty-seven; and
the remnining Five Thousand Dollars
thereof on or before the first day OF Sep
tember, one thousand eight hundred and
ffty-eight; aud for which said sums the
Governor of this Commonwealth shall, as
they respectively fall due, draw his or,