The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-06-24

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the infant or his parent or guardian, than
that, in substance, such infant-naming
him, was on a day therein named, was Of
the age of--years having been brought
before such court or officer, and the court
or officer having ascertained by the tes-
timony of the witnesses therein named
was a suitable person to be committed
to the discipline and instruction of the
house of refuge, under the guardianship
of the directors thereof, such infant was
80 committed, and delivered to the charge
of such directors.
Sec. Is. No commitment Of any in
FAINT to q house of refuge shall be for a
shorter period than till infant shall be
reformed or attain the age of majority,
except in case of infants committed to
await their trial, or as witnesses, and ex-
cept in such cases as the directors may,
by their general rules provide; but any
infant, by whomsoever committed, or
for whatsoever PAUSE committed, may at
any time be discharged upon the order
of the board of directors, duly entered
upon their minutes. The directors shall
have power to place such infants COM
mittel 10 their care, during the minority.
at such employment, for account of the
institution, or otherwise; and cause them
to be instructed in such branches of
useful knowledge as may be suitable to
their years and capacities; and they shall
have power at their discretion, to bind
out the said infants, with their copsent,
as apprentices during their minority, to
such persons, and at such places,t to learn
proper trades and employments as in
~ hair 1,loronnta putlt hn mOct o0pA yoivo
to the reformation and amendment, and
as will tend to the future benefit and
advantage of such infants, and the direc-
tors shall, for such purpose, have power
to appoint a committee of one, or more,
of their own number, with power to
execute and deliver, on behalf of the
board, ipdentures of apprenticeship for
any infantin such institution whom they
may deem a proper person for an ap-
premiership, and such indentures sh all
have the like force and effect as other in
dentures of apprenticeship, under the
laws of Ohio. These indentures shall
be fled and kept in the Office of such
house of refuge, and it shall net be
necessary to file or record them in any
other place or Office.
Sec. l6. In case any infant 80 appren-
ticed shall prove un~trustwothy and IN
reformed, the directors may,at their dis
erection, permit such infant to be return
ed to such house of Refuge, to be held
in the same manner as before such ap-
premiership, and may thereupon order,
the indentures for such infant to be can
coled. And if, in the opinion of tho di-
r~ectors, any infant ~apprentieed out by
kAn,a ohall have NJ 1 5000 -.
if the person to whom such infant is in
dontured shall become unfit or incapable
to properly raise or take care of such in
FAINT, the directors may, at their discre-
ton, return such infant to the ~institu-
ton from which it was indentured.
SEC. IL. Any fugitive from q house
Of refuge or fugitive from apprenticeship
under indentures executed by the d.
r~eosors of such house Of refuge, may be
arrested and returned to such house by
= sheriff or constable Of any county in
this State, or police officer Of the city,
or officer Of such house of refuge, on
the written order of any two directors
of such house, directed to such officer
or officers; and fugitive so arrested by a
sheriff, constable or police officer, may
be delivered to the custody of such
officer of a house of refuge as the direc-
tors may name.
SEC. 1s. The expenses of maintain
ing infants committed to n house of
refuge by a court or magistrate of the
county in which such house of refuge
may be situated, or by the police or 9TH
er court of the city, for offence against
any Law Of this State, Or for trial, or as
a witness, in such cases shall be paid by
the county, those infants committed by
township trustees, shall be paid by the
township, and those committed by parents
and guardians shall be paid by them, IN.
less in cases where the directors shall
otherwise determine; such expenses being
according to rates fixed in the regula.
tions of the board of directors.
Sec. 10. It shall be a sufficient return
to any writ of habeas corpus directed tc
any person or officer inquiriDg into the
cause of the detention of any infant
committed to q house of refuge, that the
infant named in the writ was, on a day
therein named, committed to the guar.
diansbip of the director of the house Of
refuge in the city of--by the person
or officer who executed the commitmen
naming him, until such infant should ar.
rive at legal age, and that period has mol
arrived. When a commitment has, in
fact, been executed by a person authoriz
ed by this act to execute it, the exis
tenee of the circumstances justifying it:
execution, shall not be otherwise TX
aminable thar in an action against the
directors of such house of refuge, a:
: provided in this act.
+ SEC. 20. If any parent, guardian
master to whom an infant has been ap
prentioed, any person occupying the
, position of parent, protector, OF guardian
in fact, or any relative by blood or mar
rage, not further remote than first cous
in to such infant shall feel aggrieved By
the commitment of any infant to the
directors of a house of refuge, by any
person authorized by this act to commii
!, such infant, he shall make a written ap
plication to the directors; at such as
the directors, may by rule or resolution
provide for hearing applications not Later
than the next regular meeting of tht
/ board, to have the infant delivered t.
!, him; which application shall state thu
ground of the applicants claim to thu
custody of such infant, and the reason
for claiming such custody. Within ter
days after hearing such application the
directors shall decide; and if they shall
be of opinion that the welfare of sucI
infant will be promoted by granting tn,
r application, they shall make an order