Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-05-28

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That at any time after five years from
the passage of this act, the State may dis
continue the payment of said five thou
sand dollars per annum to any city that
may establish said House of Refuge for
Females, in which event the Board of
Directors of said House of Refuge for
Females shall be released from all obi
cation to receive therein female youth
from the State. And the sum Of five
thousand dollars is hereby appropriated,
to be paid to the Board OF Directors of
such House Of Refuge for Females, for
the current year, on the order of the
said Board of Commissioners and the
warrant of the Auditor of State, out of
any moneys not otherwise appropriated,
and into the House of Refuge, when es-
tablished as aforesaid, the females in the
temporary House Of Refuge, provided
in the preceding section, shall be re-
moved, IN said temporary House Of
Refuge shall thereon be closed and dis
continued.
SEC. 8. The said Board of Commits
sioners are hereby authorized and di-
rected to enter at once into the proper
contracts and arrangements with the
board of Directors Of the House of Re
fuge of Cincinnati, and said directors
are hereby also authorized and directed
to enter into, make and execute such
contracts and arrangements for the re-
ception into said House of Refuge, IS
soon as the females shall be removed in
to the Houseof Refuge, provided in sec
ton four, of such of the male youth
from all parts of the State, not exceed
ing n hundred in number, at least
four-ffths of whom shall be from with
out the city of Cincinnati, as may under
the law regulating said institutions, and
the provisions of this act, be received
therein, and such youth, when SO re-
ceived, shall be subject to all the rules
of said Institution; and under the due
execution ofsuch contract, ratified by the
Governor, said Board of Directors shall
be entitled to receive annually, the sum
often thousand dollars, to be expendedfo
said House of Refuge, as now is, or may
hereafter be provided by law; Provided,
that at any time after five years from the
passage of this act, the State may dis
continue the payment Of said sum of
ten thousand dollars per annum, to the
Board of Directors of said House Of
Refuge Of Cincinnati, in which event
said Board of Directors of said House
of Refuge ofCincinnati shall be released
from all obligation to receive therein
any youth from the State. And there
is hereby appropriated for the purpose
aforesaid, the sum of ten thousand dol
lars for the current year, to be paid on
the order of said Board of Commission
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State, put of any moneys in the State
Treasury not otherwise appropriated;
Provided, that no payment shall be
made under the authority contained in
the fifth and sixth section Of this act, ex-
ceeding the rate Of one hundred dollars
per annum for each inmate of such
House of Refuge sent there by the
State, and at that rate per annum where
such inmate shall be kept for a fraction
Of Il year.
SEC. 7. There shall be established
a Reform School to be called the Ohio
State Reform Farm for the reception
of such youth therein as may be sent
thither under section nine of this act, and
as may be provided by law,
Sec. 8. The said Reform Farm shall be
established by the Board of Commits
~sioners, and under their control and
supervision upon a body of land con-
tanning as near as may be, one thousand
acres of land, the site of which the said
Board of Commissioners are hereby au-
thorized and directed to select and CON
tract for, by and with the advice and
consent of the Governor, at 4 price not
exceeding fifteen dollars per asre, the
title to be examined and approved by
the Attorney General, and the price
agreed upon to be paid on the order Of
said Board of Commissioners, upon the
warrent ofthe 4 uditor of State, out ofany
moneys in the treasury, not otherwise
appropriated; and the sum of fifteen
thousand dollars is hereby appropriated
for that purpose.
SEC. 9. Immediately upon the pur-
chase of said farm, as provided in the
preceding section, and obtaining posses
sion thereof, the said Board of Commits
sioners shall proceed to erect one or
more suitable buildings for the recep-
ton and accommodation of forty male
youth, and the necessary officers and
employers; and as soon as the said bull
dings shall be completed, the said Board
Of Commissioners shall call upon the
Directors of the House of Refuge of
Cincinnati, or upon the Directors ofthc
Ohio Penitentiary, or the officers of any
Jail in the State, for the purpose Of re
ceiying therein male youth to the num-
Der Of forty, such as said Board of Com:
missioncrs shall deem su;.:2ble for being
received upon said State Reform Farm,
and said forty boys shall constitute the
first family of said Reform Farm, and
with the labor of these youth, and thai
Of the officers and employees, further
buildings and accommodations shall BIZ
erected as may be required for the rccep.
ton of youth sent thither, as provided
in the succeeding section. The discip-
line and general arrangements of said
State Reform Farm shall be such as may
be introduced and established by sale
Board of Commissioners not inconsis
tent with the provisions of this act. L
is hereby especially given, as an instruc
ton to be implicitly followed; that the
buildings upon said State Reform Farm
for any II family, shall be plain, no
costing more than two thousand dollars
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