The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-07-01

grand jury of the proper county shall
be imprisoned in the Jail of the county
not less than thirty nor more than ninety
days, aud be fined any sum not exceed
ing FIVE hundred dollars.
N H. VAN VOORHEES,,
Speaker Of the House Of Reps.
THOMAS ii. FORD,
President Of the Senate.
April l6, 1857.
mo. 1871 AN ACT,
70 provide for the establishment of
Reform Schools.
SEc. /. Be it enacted 6y the General
Assembly of The State Of Ohio, That the
term reform school shall be understood
to apply to institutions where youth are
detained under discipline for their re-
formation, which institutions shall con-
sist Of three GLASSES.
CLASS ONE.
This class shall consist of reform
schools such as the house of refuge now
in operation at Cincinnati, to be main
tanned by stated contributions from the
State, by local taxation, and by volun-
tary private aid, and to be under the
control of the several parties contribu-
ting to their support, to which schools, as
hereinafter provided, either only male
or only female youth shall be commit
ted, but no male under twelve nor female
under ten years of age-such youth to
be of the class that are of greater age
and more depraved, sent either (thither)
by judicial decision only, and to be en-
ployed under rigid restraint chiefly in
mechanical and manufacturing labor.
CLASS TWO.
This class shall consist of reform farms
of such . character as is the one estab-
lished by Law in this act, into which are
to be received youth sent thither either
by judicial decision, or by parental or
township authority, as provided in this
act, and to be employed under less re-
s~traint, chiefly in agricultural labor.
Las THREE.
This class shall consist of such fur
Their private reform schools as shall be
called into existence and recognized by
Law, to be established and maintained
by private charity under the care of
bodies corporate, or private individuals.
SEC. 2 Fer the purpose of the econ
omical establishment and maintenance,
and the uniform and effective regula-
ton and supervision of these reform
schools, there is hereby established q
board of commissioners, to consist of
three members, to be appointed by the
Governor, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate; one of the num-
Der to be designated by tho appointing
power aforesaid as acting Commissioner,
and all of them to hold their Offices for
three years, unless removed for cause,
as herein provided, and until their sue
cessors are appointed and qualified
Each of them, before entering upon the
duties of his Office, shall take and sub
scribe an oath of affirmation, as requir-
ed in the constitution of the State
They shall also give bonds with security,
for such sum as may be approved by
the Governor, said bonds to be deposi-
ted with the Treasurer of State. The
acting Commissioner shall receive a
salary of fifteen hundred dollars per
annum to be paid quarterly, but no
other fees, expenses, or perquisites what
soever; and the two advisory commits
sioners shall receive three dollars per
diem for the time actually employed in
the discharge of their duties; the acting
CtuLuic1iO4CL ~ RltC ali Ills tlLuC u buG
subject matter; the whole board to meet
at least once quarterly, but no per diem
to be paid to any advisory commissioner
for more than seventy days, in any one
year, and the salary and per diem to be
paid q of the treasury of the State on
the warrant of the Auditor issued on the
separate certificates of the commission
ers; Provided that after the expiration
of three years from the time when this
act shall take affect, no commissioner
shall receive any compensation for his
services, but shall only be paid for his
necessary expenses.
SEC. 8. The reform schools embraced
In classes one and three of first section
of this act, shall be subject at times to
be visited and advised by the board of
commissioners aforesaid, and those em-
braced in class two of the said section,
shall be under their entire control, and
they shall have the same powers over the
last named class as are incident to the
Office of a sheriff. The said board
shall have power, and it is hereby made
their duty, to make, establish and en-
force, and from time to time alter or
amend, rules and regulations for the
government and control of such reform
schools, the proper classification of the
inmates, their discipline aud employ
ment: Provided, that such rules and
regulations, and any amendments there
TO or alterations therein, shall not be in
force till approved by the Governor, and
the rules and regulations thus establish.
ed shall be binding upon officers as we'll
as inmates, as by both be faithfully OBJ
served. Said board shall have power, by
and with the advice and consent of the
Governor. to authorize or direct the ap-
pointment and removal of all officers,
sub-oficers and employees needful for
such reform schools, giving them such
official designation as they may think
proper, and to prescribe their p,we-s and
duties and fix their compeDsation-it
being understood that these officers and
employee are to be appointed solely with
reference to their qualification aud good
character. They shall participate in the
exercises and manual labor of the insti-
tuition, and all or any of them entrusted
with money shall give bond with securi.
ty, to be approved by the commissioners
or directors, as the case may be. A ma
jority of said board shall be a quorum,
and vacancies in the board shall be filled
In the same manner as its members are
originally appointed, except when the
General Assembly n not in session, and
than hv the Qouernor alone until the