Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-04-22

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mitted and the statement which must
accompany the commitment, and the
form thereof, are also hereby exten ted
to and shall be held to apply to com
; mitments to the state reform farm
SEC. II. 1t is hereby further pro-
} vided, that the several provisions con.
tained in sections 15, 16, and II, OF
the said act, entitled ''an act to author
ize houses of refuge" in reference to
the apprenticing and the cancellation OF
indenture of apprenticeship, and the ar
rest and recapture of fugitives, be and
they are hereby extended to and shall be
held to apply to said state reform
farm, and the same shall be the case
with the provisions in reference to any
return to any writ of habeas corpus,
directed to any ommissioners, officer.
or employee, upon said state reform
farm, as contained in sections 19 and 20
Of said act; provided that fugitives from
said farm may be taken upon the writ
ten order of the acting comm issioner, or
the chief officer upon the farm, or by
any commissioner, officer, or employee
upon fresh pursuit without any such
order
Sec. 13. The costs in any case, and
the actual expenses incurred in the
transportation of any youth to the
state reform farm, shall be paid by the
county from which such youth is com
mitted, upon the order of the county
auditor, to the officer transporting such
youth, upon the presentations of his
sworn statement of account certified to
by the proper officer upon said state re-
form farm. It is hereby made the duty
of the officer who shall be charged with
the execution of the commitment made
out by the court, to retain the person so
ordered to be committed, in his custo-
| dy until he shall be notified by the board
of commissioners that there is room for
the intended inmate at the state reform
| farm.
Sec. IA It shall be lawful for the
governor upon the written recommen-
dation of the board of directors of any
house of refuge, or the board of com
missionerS Of reform schools, or the
managers or owners of reformatories, to
remove any youth committed to any re-
| form school from one reform school to
another, the cost of transportation to
be paid by the reform school at whose
instance the removal takes place
Such removal, however, shall not in
crease the period for which such youth
was to remain in such reform school;
notice of such removal, if deemed prop
er, shall be given to the parents or
guardians of the youth, and the clerk
of the court of common pleas of the
| county from which he was committed;
| and in all cases, when so removed, the
youth shall be under the control of the
authorities of the institution to which
he is removed, in like manner as if or
iginally committed therein, and shall be
discharged only by the authorizes afore-
said. Any juvenile offended or convict
now or hereafter sentenced to or con
fined in the Ohio penitentiary. or any
Jail in the state, may at the discretion
of the governor, be removed to the state
reform farm, or any other reform school,
if there be room therein, the offender
to be admitted under the bylaws, rules
and regulations of said reform school
SEC. Is. The parents and friends
of any youth committed to any reform
school, willing to bear the expenses of
the same, may, by agreement made be-
tween them and the authorizes of the
respective reform schools, be held to pay
weekly charge, not exceeding one
dollar and fifty cents, the moneys so re-
ceived to be duly reported, and expen-
ded as other moneys, for the benefit of
such reform schools
Sec. 16. 1t shall be lawful for any
person or persons, or any benevolent or
charitable society either now or hereaf-
ter legally organized in this state, to es-
tablish a reform school Of class three,
to be called 'reformatory," as provi-
ded in section 4 of this act, into which
youth may be committed, as hereinafter
provided, for the purpose of training
and practicing them in agricultural,
horticultural, mechanical or manufac-
turing labor The person or persons,
or society, having determined to estab-
lish a reformatory as aforesaid may pro-
cure, examine and fix upon plans,
specifications and estimates for erecting
suitable buildings; or altering or i'm
proving, or furnishing and completing
any already built. arrange and lay out
any farm or lot of land in this state, to
be used as reformatory for the recep-
ton and safe keeping, maintenance and
proper training of juvenile offenders;
and it is hereby made the duty of the |
commissioners for reform schools, to |!
aid such person or persons, or society,
with proper advice and with all infor-
nation in their possession; and when
such reformity shall be completed, the
fact of such completion shall be repor-
ted to the board of commissioners for
reform schools, who shall Immediately /
take the proper measures to have the
same thoroughly examined, either by
themselves or so no person appointed
by them, to ascertain whether it is suit
ably prepared for the reception of in
mates. and supplied with capable teach
ers, and whether proper rules and regu-
lations have been adopted, which rules
and regulations shall not afterwards be
altered OF amended, except with the ad-
vice and consent of said board of COM
missioners. The expenses ofthe exam
ination aforesaid shall be paid by the
peason or persons or society at whose
instance it is made; and the said board