The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-09-04


Be Renacted By The Senate and House Of Representa-
tires Of the United States Of America IN Congress as
seDlbled, That Amos Kendall, John NJ. Brodhead,
Zenas G. Robbins Sayles J. Bowen, Nehemiah b.
NoTthrup, Benjamin D. French Joseph Bryan, Pc
ter NJ. Higinbotham, Thomas g. Jenner, David w
Heath, James r. Barr, Matthew Waite, Samuel A.
H. McKim, John r. Nourse, and Stephen Prentiss,
and their associates and successors, being members
of said society by paying into its treasury the sum
Of two dollars annually, or life MEMBERS by paying
fifty dollars at time, ten dollars annually for
six years, are hereby incorporated and made BODY
polite by the name of the Guardian Society" for
the purpose of encouraging and aiding imparfially
such of the poor, the ignorant and the vicious as
can be induced to make such efforts they ought
for the Improvement of their condition and nv
that name shall have perpetual succession, with the
power touse common seal to sue and be sued, to
pl adj and to be impleaded, in any of the Uni
ted States to collect subscriptions, make bylaws
and rules needful for the government of said corpo-
ration not repugnant to the laws of the United
States; may have, hold and receive real and per-
sonal estate by purchase, gift devise may use
SELL convey the same for the purposes and bene-
fits of said corporation may choose such officers and
their duties and fix their compensation.
SEC. 2. And be a further enacted, That they may
Ct hsiT Efsfy any ipt2 o ss under &c the
Of Eighteen years who shall be convicted Of anv
crime offence, or misdemeanor, other than such as
capital or punishable by imprisonment for lifs
and such persons shall be committed by the court
or magistrate before whom the conviction shall be
had, said house of industry with alternate sem
O
Columbia ii the trustees decline to receive or keen
them and TO the commitments shall be annexed the
names and residences of she witnesses examined and
tho substance of the evidence given.
SEC. 3. And be IL further enacted, That the court
may, with the consent of accused persons or their
parents guardians in writing, arrest proceedings
at any time and commit them to the house of in
dustry.
SEC. 4. And be IL further enacted That the trus-
tees may receive any children at the request of
the parents or guardians, or next friend, the
mother il the father be dead has abandoned his
family, or docs not provide for their support, or
Is an habitual drunkard such parents, guardians,
or next friend, or mother, making written
render Of such children.
SEC, -. And be further enacted. That the trustees
shall not be required to receive any offenders known
to be extremely vicious, nor to keep any who may
prove incorrigible, or whose continuance may be
deemed injurious and those whom any two of the
trustees or the superintendent, ifduly authorized
by the board, shall refuse receive or keep 81 ali
DC disposed oil according to their alternate senten
ces.
SIC. 8. ARd be q further enacted. That ncrson.
committed as witnesses, and those under tho aco ~
eighteen years committed for trial shall he nIocad
in the house ofndustry instead of the ail or neni
tentiarv, unless they are 40 vicious that placing
them in IL should be deemed Injurious
SEC. T. ARd be IL further enacted, That no com.
offender is reformed or twenty zone years of age ex
ccpt such as may be committed for trial or as wit
nesaes but any of them who may be deemed to be
thoroughly reformed may be discharged during
good behavior the order of the board Of trustees
duly entered upon their record.
SEC, &, AHd be IL further enacted, That the SUPER
intendent may, with the concurrence Of the board
force discipline, impart instruction in the venera