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

TO tne governor, who may, II the report
of the board of commissioners, as afore-
said, be favorable, and he approve said
report, issue his proclamation declaring
the said reformatory to be established
as reform school of class three under
the laws of this state. Any youth that
under any law of this state can be COM
mitted either to house of refuge or to
the state reform farm, may hereafter be
committed to the numb Der of one hun
dred, but never male and female in the
same institution together,) to such re-
formatory, in the same manner and
form prescribed in the act entitled san
act to authorize the establishment of
house of refuge" for period not less
| than two years nor more than FIVE years,
| If the person or society controlling such
reformatory shall be willing to receive
such youth. All the powers vested by
this act in the board of commissioner
with reference to the retention, recap
ture, maintenance, support, employ
ments, ard control ofany youth detained
upon the state reform farm shall attack
and apply to the owners, managers, Of
hcers and instructors, of such reform
atory; provided, that said owners, man
ayers, officers or instructors shall not
claim any public support for such re-
formatory, but shall rely solely upon
the own private means, the labor of
the inmates, the moneys received as q
weekly charge and private charity; pro-
vided further; that they shall not be lia-
BILE either in their individual or corpor-
ate capacity for any labor performed
IN such reformatory by any youth COM
mltted therein by due process of law.
SEC. II. The board of commission
ers ofreform schools, any court of record
TN this state, the grand jury for the
county in which the reformatory is To-
Gated, shall have, either in person, or by
some visitor and examiner appointed by
them, full access at all seasonably
hours to any such reformatory for the
purpose of examining into its condition,
aud at least once every three months,
the court of common pleas, for the coun-
ty in which a reformatory is located,
shall appoint two fit and screet persons
to examine into the conduct Of the re-
spective officers and managers, and the
behavior and condition of the inmates,
and whether any abuses exist, and if
they discover any abuse or abuses they
are hereby required to report in writing
to the saidscourt, which may prodeed to
hear and determine said charges, and ifthe
facts reported are substantiated, may ad-
judge the reformatory abolished, where
upon the youth detained therein by au-
thority of law shall be removed to another
reform school within this state, or dis
charged, as the said court shall direct.
Sec. Is. The city council of any city
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be already established in or for said city
or not, shall have power to erect and
establish, within the limits thereof, or
in its vicinity, house of refuge for fe-
males, under and in accordance with tho
said act entitled IAN act to authorize tho
establishment of houses of refuge" and
any city establishing such house of
refuge within year from the passage
of this act, upon body of land, and up
on plans and specifications approved by
the board of commissioners for reform
schools, shall be entitled to receive the
sum of five thousand dollars from the
state treasury to be expended in the pur,
chase of the body of land for the said
house ofrefuge, or in providing build
lngs for the same orin payment for both
land and buildings, as the case may be;
provided, that only one such house of
refuge shall, as designated by said board
of commissioners, be entitled to receive
said sum from the state.
Sec. 10. The board of directors of
the house of refuge for females SO es-
shall, upon the completion of
the same, be entitled to receive annual.
ly the sum of five thousand dollars in
consideration of the due execution and
performance of the following contract,
that is to say: the board of directors
aforesaid shall agree with the board Of
commissioners of reform schools by con-
tract in writing which contract both
the board of directors and the board of
commissioners are hereby authorized to
make and enter into if approved and
ratified by the governor, that they, tho
said board of directors will receive into
the said house of refuge for the period
of five years, and properly employ, main
tain, educate, clothe, feed and safely
keep, to the number of fifty, such fe-
male youths from all parts of the state
as may under the laws of this state ba
sent to any house of refuge; and for tho
objects contemplated in this and the
preceding sections, tho sum often thou
sand dollars is hereby appropriated for
the year 1853, and for the object con-
in this section the sum of five
thousand dollars for the year 1859, to
be paid on the order of the board of
for reform schools, upon
The warrant OF the auditor of state, out
of any moneys not otherwise appropria-
ed.
Sec. 20. The board Of commissioners
'or reform schools are hereby authorized
% enter into contracts with the board
IF directors of the house of refuge at
Cincinnati. and the board of directors
aforesaid is also authorized to contract
with said board of commissioners for
he reception into. and employment,
naintainanee, feeding, clothing, educa-
ing and safe keeping in said house of
.efuge for the period of FIVE years, (the
emale youth having been removed there
rom,) of such of the male youth from
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