The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-05-26
LAWS OF OHIO.
PUBLIsHED NJ AUTHoRsTY
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person or PERSONS Ok any ~DeueVoleD OF
charitable society either now or here
after legally organized IN this state, /.
establisa a reform school of class three
to. be called .sfsfernatory; rs pro
vided 10 section 4 Of this act into which
youth may be committed, as bereinaftel
provided, for the purpose Of training anc
practising them in agricultural, horticul
tural. mechanical or misunderstanding la
Dor. The p~ersonsor persons, or society
having determinedt to establish a reforma
tory as aforesaid may procure, examine
and fix upon llans, specifications and esti.
mate for erecting suitable buildings, or
altering or improyiDg,o or furnishing and
completing any already built, arrange
and lay out any farm or lot of land In
this state, to be used as q reformatery
for the reception and safe keeping, main
tenance aud proper training of juvenile
offenders and it is hereby made the
duty of the commissioners for reform
sc 3~oolr,to aid such person or persons, or
society, with proper advice and with all
information in their possession; and
when such reformatory shall be complet-
ed, the fact of such completion shall be
reported to the board of commissioners
for reform schools, who shall immediate.
ly take the proper measures to have the
same thoroughly examined, either by
themselves or some person appointed b.
them, to ascertain whether it is suitably
prepared for the reception of inmates,
aud supplied with capable teachers, and
whether proper rules aud regulations
have been adopted, which rules and regu-
lations shallI1ot afterwards be altered or
amended, except with the advice and
consent Of said board of commissioners.
The expense of the examination afore-
said shaft be paid by the person or per
SONS or society at whose instance it is
made; and the said board of commits
sioners shall report in writing to the
governor, who may, if the reportsof the
board of commissioners, as af9r said, be
favorable, and be approve said report,
issue his proclamation declaring the said
reformat5ry to be established as a re
form school of class three under the laws
Of this stale, Any youth that under
any law Of this state can be committed
either to alhouse of refuge or to the
state reform farm, may hereafter be
o lmmittcd to the number of one hun
dred, but never male and female In the
sane institution together,) 10 such re-
formatory, IN the manner aud form pre-
scribed in the act entitled ian act to
authorize the establishment of houses o
refugee for a period not less than two
years nor more than FIVE years. if the
person or society controlling such re-
formafory shall be willing 10 receive
such youth. All the powers vested by
this act in the board of commissioners
with reference TO the retention, recap
ture, maintenance, support, emptoyments,
and control of any youth detained upon
tho state reform farm shall a~ttachsaud
apply tosthe owners. managers, officers
and Instructors of suca reformatory;
provided, that said owners, managers,
officers or Instructors shall not claim any,
public support for such reformatory, bui
shall rely solely upon their own private
means, the labor of the inmates, the mo
neys received as a weekly charge and
private charity ; provided further, that
they shall not be liable either IN their
individual or corporate capacity for any
labor performed IN such reformatory by
any youth committed therein by due
process of law.
SEC. II, The board of commission
ers of reform schools, any court of record
in this state, the grand jury for the coun
ty in which the reformatory is located,
shall have, either 10 person, or by some
aud examiner appointed by them
full access at all seasonable hours to any
such reformatory for the purpose of ex
aiming into its condition, aud at least
once every three months. the surt of
common pleas, fer the county 10 which a
feformatory is located, shall appoint two
and discreet Iersons to examine into
the conduct of the respective officers
and managers, and the behavior and con
dition of the inmates, and whether any
abuses exist, and If they discover apy
abuse or abuses they are hereby required
report in writing to the said court.
may proceed TO hear and determine
said charges, aud if the facts reported
are substantiated, may adjudge the re-
formalory abolished, w%hereupon the
youth detaiued therein by authority of
law, shall be removed to another reform
school within this state, or discharged, ]
IS the said court shall direct. s
SEC I6. The city council of any
of this state, whether a honse Of
-efuge be already established in or for :
aid city or not, shall have power to
erect and establish, within the limits /
hereof, or in its vicinity, a house of /
.efuge for female, under and In ~acc5r- {
with the said act entitled ian act /
o authorize the establishment of houses s
# refuge, aud any city establishing
Iuch q house of refuge within a year
rom the passage of this act, upon a body
Il land, and upon plans and specifications (
approved by the board of commissioners |
or reform schools shall be entitled to i
'eceire the sum of five thousand dollars Q
the state treasury, to be expended
u the purchase of the body of land for t
be said house of refuge. OF in providing .
buildings for the same, or III payment {
or both land aud buildings, as tha case q
nay be /; provided. that only one such j
iouse or refuge shall, as designated by /
aid board of commissioners, be entitled a
o Tecciye said sum from the state. v
SEC. 10. The board of directors OF q
be house of refuge for females so estab a
ished, shall, upon She completion of the "a
anne, be entitled to receive annually thei 9
Of Eve thousand dollars ia considers f
ion of the due execution and perform d
nee of the following contract, that is to '
az the board of directors aforesaid u
hall agree with the board of commits a
toner's of reform schools by contract in
which contract both the board of t