The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-05-05

1 by and with the advice and consent OF the gov
ernor. Said board shall by and with the con-
sent Of the governor, appoint all necessary Off
GERS sub officers, and assistance, giving them
their proper official designation, prescribe their
powers and duties, and fixing their compensa-
ton, and shall remove them for good and suf-
fcient cause. The Gppointees shall participate
in the manual labor and other exercise upon
said farm, and all or any OF them shall before
being intrusted with money, give bond and
security to be approved by said board ofcommis-
sioners. A majority Of said board shall be a
quorum, and vacancies in it shall be filled as the
original appointments are made except when
the general assembly is not in session, and then
| by the governor until the twentieth day Of the
next session of the general assembly. The board
shall report annually to the governor on or be.
4 fore the twentieth of November, which report
/ shall contain full and detailed accounts of the
/ fiscal affairs ofthe state reform farm and to its
management and condition, as well as OF all
reform schools in the state, and the governor
Shall transmit the same to the general assembly
with his annual message. Said board of COM
missioners shall have power to erect, rcpoi, re-
move alter or rebuild ami buildings, and have
them arranged for the accommodation of such
number of youth, for each family building as
may be deemed most useful, also to direct and
control the farming and cultivation of the lands
fruit trees, vines and crops of every description
and shall dispose of the products thereof to the
best possible advantage. The said board SHALL
! however, guard carefully against enbczzlement
by making and enforcing rules ami regulations
and proper checks upon I'll money tracsactions
so that there may be strict and frequent accoun-
liability, and all money realized from the sale Of
any crops may he used for the purposes Of said
state reform farm, in addition to appropriations.
to be reported, however, to the auditor of state
quarterly, and annually to the governor, and
the auditor and treasurer Of state are hereby
directed to refund the fifty SIX dollars aed forty
cents heretofore paid into the treasury by the
board ofcommissioners as proceeds o(lproducts
sold to by said state reform farm, to be dis
tEosed ofas herein provided. Said commission
ers shall also have power TO support, instruct,
employ yernuneratc, regulate, punish and con-
troll the youth detained on said farm, and for
these purposes to enter into all requisite con-
tracts and agreements, and TO adopt all rules
and regulations, and to do all things necessary
and desirable to render the state reform farm
efIicacious for reforming the inmates according
to the true intent and meening of this act. Said
board of Commissioners are hereby authorized to
purchase of John d. Martin Of Lancaster, the
eighty (8O) acres Of land referred to in their
annual report and to use therefore the unex-
pended portion Of the appropriation made in
section of the act to which this act is an
amendment, amounting to 1854 Is, taking
| from said j. d. Martin such warranty Of title
as the governor shall approve. grafs sat
Sec 8. No commissioners or employe upon
said state reform farm shall be personally inter
ested in any contract, purchase or sale made, or
any business carried on in behalf or for said
rerorm farm and all contracts, purchases, or
sales made in violation of this section shall be
held and declared null and void, and all mon
eys paid 10 such contractor employeeor to any
person for their benefit, in whole or in part in
consideration of such purchases, contracts or
Sales may recovered back by civil suit, to be
instituted, in the, name Of the state of Ohio
against such contractors, or employee, or per-
son acting in their behalf; and in addition, it is
hereby made the duty Of the governor and the
board dofcommissioners, as the case may be up
on proof satisfactory of the fact of such interest
to imediately remove the commissioner or en-
ployee delinquent, as aforesaid and to report
the facts to'the attorney general, who shall take
such legal steps in the premises as he shall deem
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Sec. 8. No building on said reform farm
shall cost in addition to the labor of the inmates
than 5000: nor shall any family building in
addition to the labor and materials as aforesaid,
cost more than $1,000. All buildings shall be
plainly and substantially constructed, and no
| expenditure shall be made in excess ofapprspri-
ations; and for all expenditures, contracts Or
debts, in violation hereof, the commissioners,
officer, employee, voting.or agreeing to the same
! Shall be liable in his individual capacity. :
| Sec. To-. 1t shall be lawful for the board of
commissioners aforesaid, to receive upon said
reform farm and detain under their control and
guardianship, such male youth as may be rccev-
ed and detained in houses Of refuge, under sec
tion 6, z, 8, and 9 of the said act entitled, an
act to autborize5the establishment Of houses Of
refuge and the manner and form prescribed in
section ten and eeyen olsaid act, in reference to
the examinations and commitment ofsuch youth
is extended to and Shall be Held to apply to the
examination and commitment of youth to said
reform farm; and all powe:s vested by the act
aforesaid in the boards of directors of houses of
refuge, with reference to such Institutions, is
hereby conferred upon said board orcommission-
ers, in reference to hesitate reform farm; pro-
vided that this section shallabe construed as to
exclude from said farm youth under eighteen
years ofage.
Sec. H. The several provisions contained in
section IL, 49, IA and Is of the said act to a,l-
thorze the establishment ofhouses of refuge are
not required to receive any further youth after
1.-The house arc full, Shall be held to apply to the
commissioners of reform schools in reference to
the state reform farm. The provisions in ref
erence to the peoiod for which anyyouth is COM
mitled and the statement which must accompa
ney the commitment, and the form threof, are
also hereby extended to and shall be held to
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diSee. IL. 1t is hereby further provided that
the several provisions contained in sections15
l6 and IL, of the said act, entitled AN act to
authorize houses ofreerence to the apprenti-
cling and the cancellation of indcnture Of epprcn-
ticehip, and the recaptnre offugitives. be aod
they are hereby extended to and shall be held
to apply to said state reform farm, and theI
same shall be the case with. the provisions in
reference to any return to any writ Of habeas
horpus, directed to any commissioner officer,
or employee, upon said state reform farm, as
contained IN sections 10 and 20 Of said act;
provided that fngitiyes from said farm may be
retaken upon the written order of'the acting
commissioner, or the ohief officer upon tie farm
or by any commissioner, officer, or employee,
upon fresh pursuit without any such order.
Sec. ID. The costs in any case, and the actu-
al expenses incurred in stransportations OF any
youth to the statereform farm shall be paid byI
the county from which, such youth is committed, \
upon theorder of the county auditor to the officer
transporting uchlyouthnHonthe repsentali m Of
his sworn statementolj ljacoouut certified to by
the proper officer uponsaid state reform farm
1t ishereby made the duty of officer who shall
be charged with the execution of the commit
ment made out BY the court to retain the pei
son so ordered to be committed, in his custody
until he shall be notified by the board of COM
mssoheas that there is room for the intended +
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