Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-09-08

Sec. L. And be it further enacted, That
the trustees may receive any children at the
request of the parents or guardians, or next
friend. or the mother, If the father be dead,
or has abandoned his family, or does not
provide for their support, or IS an habituai
drunkard; such parents, guardians, or next
friend, or mother, making written surreu-
der OF such children.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That
the trustees shall not be required to receive
any offenders known to be extremely vi
cious, nor to keep any who may prove in-
corrigible, or whose continuance may be
deemedsinjurious; and those whom any two
of the trustees or the superintendent, if
duly authorized by the board, shall refuse
to receive or keep shall be disposed of &C.
cording to their alternate sentences.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That
persons committed as witnesses, and those
uuder the age of eighteen years committed
for trial, shall be placed in the house of iu-
dustry instead of the jail or penitentiary,
unless they are so vicious that placing them
in it should be deemed Injurious.
Sec. Z. And be it further enacted, That
no commitment shall be for shorter term
than until the offender is reformed ortwen-
one years of age, except such as may be
committed for trial or as witnesses but
any Of them who may be deemed to the
thoroughly reformed may be discharged
during good behavior, on the order of the
board of Trustees, duly entered upon their
record. tte.l- ls
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That
the superintendent may, with the concur
reuce of the board of trustees, govern the
inmates, preserve order, enforce discipline,
impart instruction in the veneration and
love of God, in morality, useful knowledge,
and some regular course of labor, and es-
tablish rules for the preservation of health
aud their proper physical, intellectual, and
moral training, until they are reformed
and discharged, or twenty-one years of
age, or remanded as incorrigible. The
trustees may bind ont, with their con-
sent, by indenture, any who may appear to
be sufficiently reformed, where they will
have the benefit of good example, whole
some instruction, and other means of inn
proTements in virtue and knowledge, and
the opportunity of becoming intelligent,
moral and useful members of society. They
may appoint a committee of one or more
of their own number to execute and deliv-
er iudeutures, which shall be filed and kept
in the Office of the house of industry. The
superintendent may let out inmates TO hire
during the day time to employers whose
work is not too distant from the
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eral inspection of their conduct and the
treatment they receive.
Sec. o. Aud be it further enacted, That
if any apprentices prove untrustworthy
and uDreformed, the trustees may, at their
discretion, permit their return, aud order
the indentures cancelled. Fugitives from
the house of industry, or from apprentice
ship, may be arrested and returned to the
house of industry by sheriff, constable,
police officer, or an officer of the house of
industry, in the written order of auy two
of the trustees or the superintendent.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That
persons under the age of eighteen years
shall be entitled to private examination
and trial, if they request it in writing, at
which only the parties shall be-&dmiIted,
their parents, guardians, or other legal rep
resentatiyes.
Sec IL. And be it further enacted, That
the expenses of maintenance ofthe inmates
committed for offences against the people,
or for trial, or as witnesses, shall be paid
by the county, and those of persons COM
mitted by parents, guardians, or next
friends, shall be paid by the persons COM
mittiug them, unless the trustees shall 9th.
erwise determine. The rates of expenses
shall be fixed by the board of trustees.
Sec. IL. And be it fnrther enacted, That
the grounds, and the buildings thereon, for
the use of said society, shall be exempt
from taxation.
Approved, July l, 1862.