Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-18
Labs Of Ohio.
AN ACT,
To eatablieh an Asylum for the education 0

10 establish an Asylum Tor the education OF
a. Idiot sad Imbeeile Youth,
WHklEAs, The State of Ohio has recognized the
edueation of its youth as a duty incumbent
upon the State, and has provided for those
who are not susceptible of improvement IN
common schools modes of instruction adapted
to their wants and capabilities and whereas,
Ii appeafs by the report Of the Secretary OF
State that there are a large number OF loloue
youth resident within its borders VINO are H.
capable of improvement In ordinary Puoi!e
or nr;yate schools, who are a burden to their
friends and to community, objects Of commits
.eration degraded and helpless; and whereas
exneriencehas satisfactorily demonstrated that
under the system of instruction adopted in
schoois for idiots in other States and in Eu-
rope, that these youth may be elevated, their
habits corrected, and their health and morals
greatly improved, and they be enabled to OBJ
tain their own support,-now therefore, in dis
charge of the duty of the State to educate its
weak and helpless children as well as the gift
ed and strong, and to elevate a hitherto neg
lected class,
Section j. Be Il enacted 5y the General As
seml6y of the State of Ohio, That there shall
be established and organized as soon as practi-
cable, an institution for the education of idiots
and imbicile youth, to be denominated the
"Ohio State Asylum for idiots"
Sec. g. The Governor, with the consent of
the Senate, shall appoint Immediately after the
passage of this act, three trustees, to whom shall
be entrusted the management and control of
said institution. The said trustees shall hold
their Office in the order in which they are named,
the first for one year, the second for two years,
and the third for three years and their successors
in Office shall be appointed for three years each.
They shall meet as soon as practicable after their
appointment, take the necessary oath of office,
and organize by appointing a president to pre-
side at the meetings of their board, and a secre-
fary to record, attest and preserve its proceed
ings.
Sec. 3. The said board shall procure a suit
able building in or near the. city of Columbus,
for the temporary use of said Institution, and
shall cause suitable accommodations to be made
for the maintenance and education of such pu-
pills as shall be admitted to said asylum and as
shall be necessary for the purposes of the insti-
tuition.
Sec. A. The said board shall appoint a su-
perintendent, teachers, and other necessary and
convenient officers, and shall have power TO re-
move them, or any of them upon sufficient
cause. They shall also fix the compensation of
such superintendent, teachers, and other officers
and employees in said institution.
Sec. 5. 1t shall be lawful for said board to
ordain, establish and put in execution such rules
and regulations as may be deemed expedient
for the internal government and economy OF the
institution and for the well ordering and man
agement of all the affairs thereof, and all of
fcers and persons appointed or employed by
them in and about the asylum or elsewhere, and
they may alter and amend such rules and reg
~ulations at pleasure.
Sec. 6. As soon as a building be procured
and suitable accommodations made, as provided
In the third section, the said board shall admit
into said asylum at least nine idiotic and imbi-
Gle youth, who shall be maintained and edu-
Gated therein at the expense of the State. Said
youth shall be selected, one from each judicial
district of the State, so far as application shall
be made from said Districts: Provided that no
youth shall be admitted, as Aforesaid unless the
Probate Judge of the county where said youth
shall reside shall certify that be or she is in in
digent circumstances and has resided In this
State at least one year previous to such applica-
ton. The board may admit into the asylum
such number Of paying pupils as can be accom-
mated therein; and for the support and educa-
ton of such youth the board shall fix and reg
ulate the amount to be charged, and the time
and terms of payment. They shall also pre-
scribe and publish forms for application for ad-
mission, and may include in them such ~interrog-
tories as they shall deem necessary and useful
TO be answered.
Sec. q. No youth shall be admitted into !
sand asylum who are over fifteen years of age, |
or who are capable of receiving instruction at
common schools.
See. g.. The directors Of county or city in
PRIMARIES, or..the township trustees in any coun-
ty where there is no county ~infrmary, may re-
move to said asylum any idiotic or imbecile
youth who may be properly admitted therein;
and In such case said directors or township
trustees shall support such youth at said asylum
from any funds under their control applicable to
the support of such infirmaries or Of township
poor.
Sec. 9. 1t shall be the further duty of said
trustees to make inquiry in regard to a site for
q suitable building for said institution, and to
receive propositions for donations of land or
money; they shall also collect information in
relation to the proper management of such in
~etitution, and the education of idiotic youth, and
the COST, construction and arrangement of he ne
eessary buildings, and shall procure a plan ofthe
same. For the purposes contemplated by this
section, any two of said trustees may visit one
or more of similar public institutions in the
United States; and when 80 employed shall re-
eeive three dollars per day and their necessary
travelling expenses; Provided that the whole
amount expended for such purpose shall not ex-
coed three hundred dollars. All other services
to be performed by said trustees under this act
shall be gratuitous except that their incidental
expenses shall be paid. The board shall report
to the General Assembly at the commencement
of the next session, the result of their inquiries |
.& observations, and shall also report their official
proceedings, and the condition and situation of |
the institution under their charge, together with
az exhibit in detail of all its receipts and expen-
lures.
Sec. 10. For the purposes of this act there
shall be and is hereby appropriated the sum of
three thousand dollars. All accounts and ex-
iPenditures shall be properly certified by said
trustees, or any two of them, and shall be paid
by the Treasurer upon the order of the Auditor.