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

, general assembly is not in session. ant
: then by the governor until the TIVE q
tieth day of the next session of the gen
eral assembly. The board shall repor
: annually to the governor on or befor,
the twentieth of November, which repor
shall contain full and detailed accounts
of the fiscal affairs of the state reform
farm and 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.
pair, remove, alter or rebuild any
buildings, and have them arranged
; for the accommodation of such mum
ber of youth, for each family build
ing as may be deemed most use
full; also to direct and control the
farming and cGltivating of the lands,
fruit trees, vines and crops of every
description, and shall dispose of the
products thereof to the best possible ad
vantage. The said board shall, howev-
er, guard carefully y against embezzlement
by making and enforcing rules and reg
ulations and proper checks upon all
money transactions, so that there may
be strict and frequent accountability
and all money realized from the sale of
any crops, may be used for the purpose
of said state reform farm, in addition to
appropriations, to be reported, however,
to the auditor of state quarterly, and an
nually to the governor, and the auditor
and treasure Of state are hereby directed
to refund the fifty-six dollars and forty
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by the board of commissioners as pro-
ceeds of products sold to [byl said state
reform farm, to be disposed of as herein
provided. Said commissioners shall al
SO have power to support, instruct, en-
ploy, remunerate, regulate, punish and
control the youth detained on said farm,
and for these purposes to enter into all
requisite contracts and agreements,
and to adopt all rules and regulations,
and to do all things necessary and de-
slrable to render the said state reform
farm eficacious for reforming the in
mates according tc the true intent and
meaning of this act. Said hoard of
commissioners are hereby authorized to
purchase of ohm D. Martin, of Lancas-
ter, the eighty (S0) acres of land refer
red to in their annual report, and to use
therefor the unexpended portion of the
appropriation made in sec. S of the act
to which this act is an amendment,
amounting to 1854 25, taking from said
j. d. Martin such warranty of title as
the governor shall approve.
SEC. s. No commissioner or en-
ployee upon said state reform farm shall
be personally interested in any con-
tract, purchase or sale made, or any
business carried on in behalf of, or for
laid reform farm, and all contracts, pur-
chases, or sales made in violation of this
section, shall be held and declared null
and void, and all monies paid to such
contractor or employee, or to any per-
son for their benefit in whole or in part
in consideration of such purchases, CON
tracts, or sales, may be removed back by
civil suit, to be instituted, in the name
Of the state of Ohio, against such con-
tractors, or employee, or person acting
in their behalf; and in addition, it is
hereby made the duty of the governor
and the board of commissioners, as the
case may be, upon proof satisfactory of
the fact of such in tcrest, to Immediately
remove the commissioner or employee
the facts to the attorney general, who
shall take such legal steps in the prem
ises as he shall deem expedient.
SEC. 9. No building upon said re-
form farm shall cost, in addition to the
labor Of the inmates, and the materials
obtained upon the farm, more than
$4,000, nor shall any family building,
in addition to the labor and materials as
aforesaid, cost more than $4,000. All
buildings shall be plainly and substan-
TALLY constructed, and no expenditure
shall be made in excess of appropria-
tions; and for all expenditures, contracts,
or debts, in violation thereof, the com
missioners, officer, or employee, voting
or agreeing to the same, shall be liable
in his individual capacity.
Sec. 10. 1t shall be lawful for the
board of commissioners aforesaid, to re-
ceive upon said reform farm, and detain
| there under their control and guardian
ship, such male youth as may be re
ceived and detained in houses of refuge,
under the sections 6, Z, 8 and ., of the
said act, entitled ''an act to authorize
the establishment of houses of refuge, I"
and the manner and form prescribed in
sections ten and eleven of said act, in
reference 10 the examinations and com
mitment of such youth, is hereby extcn-
ded to and shall be held to apply to the
examination and commitment of youth
to said reform farm: and all powers YES
ted by the act aforesaid in the boards of
directors of houses of refuge, with ref
erence to such institutions, is hereby
conferred upon said board of commits
sioners, in reference to the state reform
farm; provided that this section shall
not be so construed as to CA3ludo from
the said farm youth under eighteen
years of age.
SEC. IL The several provisions con-
| tanned in SECTIONS II, 13, II. and Is of
said act to authorize the establishment
of houses of refuge, by which the di-
rectors of said house of refuge are not
required to receive any further youth
after the houses are full, shall be held
to apply to the commissioners of reform
schools in reference to the state reform