Litchfield enquirer., 1868-09-03
PUBLIC ACTS.
PASSED MAY SESSION, 1868.

CHAPTER xxxvn.
 An Act in addition to an Act concerning the Do
 mestic Relations.
 Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House or Repfe-
 sentatives in General Assembly convened:
 Sec. 1. The father of any girl between the ages of eight and sixteen years or Ii there be no lawful proper care of such g1r or if there be parents, the lawful guardian of the person of such girl or selectman of any town where such girl is found, may present written complaint to the judge of probate of the district within which for the time being such girl resides, alleging that she has con- mitted one or moreloflthe oenses specified in sec tons forty-hye and ifty-seven to the class specl- fled in section ninety-fve of this State concerning the domestic relations, or any ofense punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, or that she IS leading an idle, vagrant or vicious hte or that she has been found in some street or highway, or pup. lie place, in circumstances of manifest danger oI falling into habits of vice and immortality praying that such girl may be committed to the guaraia ii which complaint shall be signed by such parent, or guardian, selectman. Such court shall there upon, if the circumstances of the require, or der notice to be given to such person or persons, if any, i'll its judgment ought to have an oppor- tuniy to be heard, to be present at the hearing of such complaint. The court on being satisfied of the truth of the allegations in such complaint, may order such girl to be committed to the custo dy and guardianship of said corporation until she shall arrive to the age of eighteen years, unless sooner discharged, according to law, and may ls- sue warrant, directed to some proper officer or indifferent person. to carry such order into full ef- 4ect.
 Sec. 2 Any parent or guardian may commit girl to tho school for such term may be agreed upon by the parties directors of the school, upon tie ccrtrhcatc of t,o ind~e of nrnbate that the said Siri Is a suitable subject for It's carc and condition that tho said parent guardian shall pay the expenses of GnC girl while aJ the school on terms mutually agreed upon, which terms shall be uniform and consistent Ill all cases to cover the expenses of the girl while at the school and may be enforced by the directors.
 Sec. 5. Whenever girl between the ages of mi 0 LII IItTlH ing officer be brought before any justice of the peace, or any court of criminal jurisdiction, and such magistrate IS of the opinion that if found guilty, she would be a suitable subject for the school, a judgment to that effect shall be record ed; whereupon, such justice court shall, by a warrant, cause such girl to be brought forthwith before the judge of probate for the district ill which she is found, and transmit to him the com plant or warrant by which she has been arrested and the said judge shall thereupon have the same jurisdiction if she had been brought before him upon the original complaint.
 Sec. 4. Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable or police officer may arrest within this jurisdiction any girl whom he shall judge to be between the ages Of eight and fifteen years, whom he shall find III any improper place or situation, who is, in his Judgment liable to be arrested for any of the of lenses specified in section first of this act and may take her before the court of probate of the district Ill which she IS so found, and may make complaint to the said court i'll the same manner and Tor the same reasons q father could do un- der the provisions of the said section and said court may proceed with said complaint ill the same manner as IS specified in the said section.
 Sec. D. II any probate district is composed in whole or part Of any city, the judge of probate may appoint some person commissioner, and may remove him at his pleasure, and III case of a vacancy appoint another in his stead and he may refer any pending before hum to such com ms 5lOhef to take the testimony and report mate rlal facts thereof to him; ; and tine court Of pro- bate may act upon the evidence so reported in the same way as II the same had been taken by him Such court of probate and said commission shall nave the same power to compel the appearance and testimony of witnesses and to preserve order as IS possessed by the superior court.
 Sec. 6. The court of probate is authorized to tax the costs III all complaints pending before him, n- cludinS reasonable fees to tho commissioner and to provide for the payment thereof, according to the rules governing other courts in other similar cases, and he shall be allowed the same fees as for similar services in the settlement of estates.
 Sec T. A complaint under this statute may be of the form following, to wit:
 To tte Court of Probate in and for tue District ot The complaint of A; B. of f-, informs that agirl of the age of - years that the said C. B is stubborn, and refuses to obey her parent, (ol parents@ contrary to the 45th section of the ac concerning the domestic relations that the saiG c. B. is an habitual truant that the said c. B. it in the habit of wandering about in the streets an6 public places in the town of -, having no law in ignorance contrary te the 5h sfom of n h statute concerning the domestic relations that to9 togn saa D. on tne lay in the
 
 that the said 0. B. was on the - day of - found in the street, highway, or public place in the town of ",,.-, in circumstances of manifest ty; wherefore he prays that this Court would or der the said c. B. to be committed to the custody and guardianship of the Connecticut Industrial School for Girls until she shall arrive at the age of eighteen years, or be therefrom discharged ac- cordlng to law, in pursuance of the provisions oi the statute law of this State, entitled |" An Act in addition to an Act cCncerning the Domestic Rela- tlons," passed May Session, A. D. 1868.
 The warrant of commitment may be of the form To any proper Officer or inditerent person. Greeting:
 By authority of the State of Connecticut, you are hereby commanded in pursuance of an order by the court of probate for the district of - made on the - day Of, on the complaint of A: B., father ('s mother" 's sguardian'O of U B. to take the said c. B. and her commit to the custo dyand guardianship of the Connecticut Industrial School for Girls, to be kept according to the pro- visions of said order. Fail not, but make due ser vice and return.
 Sec s. On the application of the directors of the school, or of any individual, the court of probate in which girl belongs, may, for satisfactory req sons, discharge any girl from the school and re- turn ler to her parents, guardian or protector or ualHIef to another institution; and any girl may appeal from the order of her committal in the manner provided for appeals ill trials before jus tleeS of the peace; ana the shall be entered and determlned ill tho court to which the appeal is made.
 Sec. 9. There shall be taxed quarterly in each year. Ill the months ot January, April, July and October, by the comptroller of pubic accounts a sum not to exceed three dollars per week. for the board eiothslg, ald other necessary expenses ot each girl committed to the said school aud the superintendent shall make his blli therefor and present tt to the comptroller, who, upon indlng Inc same to be correct and just shail allow and tax the same, and 1t shall De pad from the State treasury, lhoctdeo, that no such payment shall be Aaue until subscriptions have been obtained from sources other than the State, the actual value of WIT mnicn snail not amount to less than forty thuls- % lu uonars and certificate to that effect shall to said comptroller. >'''''' A'i ''0' 'A Approved, July 2l 1S6S
 CHATTER XxxvuI An Act m addition to '' An Act concernn., Educa-