North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-05-20


and the Auditor shall audit and sslow for
said services quarterly.
Section 3. This act to be in force from
and after its publication in the Daily State
Register and Iowa Homestead, newspapers
published at Des Moines.
Approved, March 81, 1868.
| CHAPTER SO.
AN ACT to establish and organise a State
; reform School for Juvenile offenders.
SECTION |. Be IL enacted Jy tho General
Assembly Of the State Of Iona, That a Re-
form School he established in this State
for the reformation of such boys and girls.
under the aAe of eighteen years who may
be committed to it as hereinafter provi-
ded
Sec. 3. There shall be Board of Trus.
tees whose name and style shall the Board
of Trustees Of the Iowa Reform School.
and shall consist Of one person FROM each
Congressional districs, who shall bo np-
| pointed BY the General Assembly, and
shall he classified so that two trustees shall
| go out OF ofiicc every two years, and for
the purpose OF determining such classif-
cation, the persons appointed trustees
shall meet and determine by lot in such
manner rs they may agree upon, the term
each sholl bold his office. A certificate Of
such classification stating the term of of
flee OF each of said trustees shall be signed
by the persons so appointed rs trustees,
and filed with the Secretary of State, and
by him recorded. And thereafter the
General Assembly, Mt every regular ses-
sion, shall appoint two persons as trustees
| for the term Of six years each, and until
THAR anvnicto3 o,6
| fed. All vacancies occurring in sad board
| by death, resignation or otherwise, shall
be filled by appointment by the Governor
of the State.
Sec. 3. Said trustees SHALL before en-
tcring upon the discharge of his duties,
take and subscribe an oath ca affirmation
| to support the constitution Of the United
States and this State. faithfully discharge
the duties required Of them by law
Sec. !. The members Of sold Board
shall receive no compensation except the
same mileage going to and returning
from the place OF meeting. rs members OF
the General Assembly, computed for the
| actual distarce from their residence to the
| place Of meeting.
Sec. S. Said board Of trustees shall,
from their board, appoint q president. Sec
retary, and treasurer. and shall take charge
| Of the general interests of the institution:
shall have power to enact bylaws and
rules for the regulations Of all its con-
Germs, not in consistent with the consttu-
| ton and laws Of this State; see that its af-
fairs are conducted in accordance with the
| requirements of law. and that strict dsip-
line is maintained therein; provide employ
ment and instruction for the inmates, ap
| point a superintendent. q steward, teach
er or teachers. and such other officers rs
in their judgment the wants Of the institu-
ton may require, and prescribe their du-
! ties; exercise a igilant supervision over
the institution, its officers and inmates:
remove such officers at pleasure, appoint
oshers in their stead and determine the
salaries 10 be paid to the oti;c rs: and shall
also require the treasurer to execute ri
bond to the State of Iowa in such sum as
they may deem necessary, which bond
shall be approved by said board and filed
in the Office of the Secretary of State.
See. 8. They shsll cause the boys and
girls under their charge to be instructed
in piety and morality, and such branches
of useful knowlege as are adapted to their
aAe and capacity and in some regular
course of labor, either mechanical manu-
featuring, or agricultural, as is best suited
, to their age, strength, disposition, and ca
pacity, and as may seem best ADAPTED to
secure the reformation and future benefit
of the boys and girls.
Sec. :. The trustees with the consent
in writing of their parents and guardians,
as the case may be, or in case they have
no parents or guardians, may bind out
boys and girls committed to the school,
until they attain their maturity, or for
any less time stipulatng in the indentures
for the needful amount of education, and
from time to time as the rightful guar
dians of the hoys and girls. ascertain
whether the duties and obi igations of the
person to whom the boy or girl is bound,
! and faithfully performed, and il not can
eel the indcnture and receive the boy or
girl into the school again.
Sec s. When there shall be twenty or
more boys and girls in the school, one or
naore Of the truostees shall visit the school
once in every month and cxomine the boys
and girls in their school room and labor.
and inspect the register and accounts Of
| the superintendent. a record shall lie
! kept Of these visits in the books Of the su-
| perintendent. Once in every year. or Of
tener, if the trustees think it necessary,
they shall examine the school in all it's
departments. including the accounts,
vouchers and documents of the superin-
tendent, and prepare report on the con.
dition Of the institution on the first Mon
day in November next, preceding the meet
Ing Of the General Assembly, which. to-
gcthcr with the full report Of the superin--
tendent, and list of the officers and their
salaries, with an estimate Of the value of
the personal property Of the State in con-
| nection with the school. shall be laid be-
fore the General Assembly.
Sec. Q. The superintendent, with such
subordinate officers as the trustees may ap-
point shall have the charge and custody
of the boys and girls; he shall discipline,
endeavors to reform the inmates in such
manner, as while preserving their health,
will secure the promotion, as far as posi-
habits, and regular thorough progress and
Improvement in thor studies, trades and
employment.
Sec. 10. lie shall, before entering up-
on his duties, give bond to the State,
with sureties, the amount and sure:ies to
be satisfactory to the board of trustees,
form all his duties, and account for all
money received by him as superintendent,
which bond shall be fled in the Office Of
the Secretary of State; he shall have
charge of all the property of the institu--
ton within the precincts thereof; he shall
keen in suitable books, complete accounts
of all his receipts and expenditures, and
of all property intrusted to him, showing
the income and expenses Of the institu
ton, and in such manner us the trustees
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