Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-09-04

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ter the liquidation of such claims,
and the payment of the expenses of
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Approved, July l, 1862. aa.
PrDMC-No. l03 ..aa
AN ACT to incorporate the Guardian
Society and reform juvenile offend
crs in the District of Columbia.
he IL enacted BIZ the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatires Of the United States Of America IN Con-
gress assembled, That Amos Kendall, John NJ.
Brodhead, Zenas G. Robbins, Sayles j.
Bowen, Nehemiah B. Northrup, Benja.
min b. French, Joseph Bryan, Peter
NJ. Higginbotham, Thomas G. Jcnncr,
David w. Heath, James II. Barr, Mat.
thew Waite, Samuel A. H. McKim,
John r. Nourse, and Stephen Prem
tiss, and their associates and success
sors, being members of said society,
by paying into its treasury the sum OF
two dollars annually, or life members,
by paying fifty dollars at one time, or
ten dollars annually. for six years, are
hereby incorporated and made a body
polite by the name of the Guardian
Society" for the purpose of encourag-
ing and aiding impartially such Of the
poor, the ignorant, and the vicious, as
can be induced to make such efforts
as they ought for the improvement Of
their condition. and by that name shall
have perpetual succession, with the
power to use common seal, to sue
and be sued, to plead and TO be i'm
pleaded, in any court Of the United
States, to collect subscriptions, make
by laws and rules nccdful for the gov
ernmcnt Of said corporation not re-
pugnant to the laws Of the United
States may have, hold and receive
real and personal estate, by purchase,
gift, or devise may use, sci or con-
vey the same for the purposes and
benefit Of said corporation may choose
such officers and teachers as they may
deem necessary; prescribe their du-
ties, and fix their compensation.
Sec. 9. And be IL further enaeied, That
they may, at their discretion, receive
into house Of industry provided by
said society any minors, under the
age of eighteen years, who shall be
convicted Of any crime, offence, or
misde,neanor, other than such as are
capital or punishable by Imprisonment
for life and such person shall be
committed by the court or magistrate
before whom the conviction shall be
had, to said house Of industry, with
an alternate sentence to the Jail or
pcnitentiary of the District Of Column
bia. if the trustee decline to receive
or keep them, and to the commitments
shall be annexed the names and resi-
dences of the witnesses, examined and
the substance of the evidence given.
SEC. 3. And be IL further enacted, That
the court may, with the consent Of ac-
cuscd persons, or their parents or
guardians in writing, arrest proceed
| ings at any time and commit them to
the honsc of industry. .... .....a.
SEC. 4. And be IL further enacted. That
the trustees may receive any children
at the request of the parents or guar
dams, or next friend, or the mother,
if the father bc dead, or has aban-
doned his family, or docs not provide
for their support, or is an habitual
drunkard ; such parents, guardians,
or next friend, or mother, making a
written surrender of such children.
SEC. 5. And be u further enacted, That
the trustees shall not be required to
receive any offenders known to be OK
tremely vicious, nor to keep any who
may prove incorrigible, or whose contin-
uance may be deemed injurious and
thosewlom any two of the trustees or
the superintendent, IL duly authorized
by the board, shall refuse TO receive or
keep shall be disposed of according
to their alternate sentences. gaira
SEC. 6. And be IL FURTHER enacted, That
persons committed as witnesses, and
those under the age of eighteen years
committed for trial, shall DO placed in
the house of industry instead of the
Jail or penitentiary, unless they arc
SO vicious that placing them in it
should he deemed injurious. gaeflf4gE /
SEC. I. And be IL further enacted, That
no commitment shall he for shorter
term than until the offender is re-
formed or twenty-one years of age,
except such as may DO committed for
trial or as witnesses !; but any Of them
who may be deemed to be thoroughly
reformed may he discharged during
good behavior, on tho order of the
board OF trustees, duly entered ND.
on their record. ag asaulf.e,t 5H. +
o. Sec. 8. And be Il further enacted, That
the superintendent may, with the con-
currcnco Of tho board of trustees,
govern qthe inmates, preserve order,
enforce discipline, impart instruction
in tile veneratiOn and love OF God. in
morality, useful knowledge, and reg
MAR course Of labor, aud establish
rules for tho preservation Of health
and their proper physical. intellectual,
aud moral training, until they are re-
formed and discharged. or twety-one
years OF age, or rcInanded rs incOrri
gible. The trustees may bind out,
with their consent, by indentarc. any
who may appear to be sufficiently re-
formed, where they will have the ben
eft Of good example, wholesome in
-struction, and other means Of improve,
ment in virtue and knowledge, and.
the opportunity Of becoming intelli.
gent. moral, and useful members of
society. They may appoint com.
mittee OF ono or more Of their own
number to execute and deliver linden
lures, which shall be filed and kept
in the Office Of the house of industry.
Tho superintendent may lot out in
mates to hire during the day time to
employers whose work is not too dis
tant from the house Of industry for
him to have the general inspection of
their conduct and the treatment they
receive. ha gfsn
SEC. o. And be IL further enacted, That
II any apprentice prove umtrustwor-
nv NIL r.,f Al