Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-05-01


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SEC IA. At tho time and place mentioned
in said order, or at the time and place TO which
ii may be adjourned, if the parent or guard
ian to whom said order may be addressed
shall appear, there [theul in his or her pres.
ence or if he or she shall fail to appear then
in the presence of some suitable person whom
the said judge shall appoint as guardian al
tu,n,, il shall and may be lawful for said Judge
I TO proceed to take voluntary examination Of
said boy or girl, aud TO hear thdstatement Of
the party appearing FOR him ar her, and such
Testimony in relation to the case as may be
produced and upon such examination and
hearing, the said judge shall be satisfied that
the boy or girl is o fit subject for the State
Reform School, he may commit him or her tc
said school by warrant ssE}H
SEC. Is The Judge shall certify, in the
warrant the place in which the boy or girl
resided at the time Of his or her arrest, also
his or her age ns near as can be ascertained,
| ard commend the said officer to take the said
| boy or girl and deliver him or her, without
delay, TO the superintendent Of said school, or
other person in charge thereof at the place
where the same is established and such GER
tifcate for the purpose Of this net, shall be
conclusive evidence Of his or her residence OF
age Accompanying the warrant the judge
shall transmit to the superintendent, by the
officer executing it, statement Of the nature
Of The complaint, together with such other par
ticulars concerning the boy or girl as the judge
is able to ascertain. . -
SEo. Is. If the judge is of the opinion that
the boy Or gill is not fit subject for the school,
or if said boy or girl shall appeal from the
decision Of The court in which the conviction
was had, lie shah rcm1nd him or her to the
custody OF the officer who had him in charge,
10 be returned to the magistrate before whom
the conviction was had, TO be dealt with &C.
cording 10 law.
SEC. II, lfany parent or guardian shall
make complaint to any county judge, OF judge
of a court Of record, that any boy or girl, the
child or ward Of such parent or guardian, is
habitually vagrant. or dsorderly, or incorrig.
lille, ii snail and may be lawful for said judge
to Issue warrant TO the sheriff or consta>
bic to cause said boy or girl to DO brought be-
fore him at such time and place as he may
appoint, when and where said judge shall ex-
anime the parties, and if in his judgment the
boy or girl is a fit subject for the Reform
School lie may issue an order with the consent
of the parent or guardian Endorsed thereon,
to be executed by q sheriff or constable COM
hitting said boy or girl to the custody of the
superintendent Of said school for reformation
and instruction till he or she shall attain the
age Of the majority: preceded, that security for
the payment Of the expenses Of said complaint,
commitment, and of carrying said boy or girl
to the Reform School, and the expenses Of
board OF such school, may, in the discretion of
said judge, be required of said parent or
guardian.
SEC. Is. No boy or girl shall be committed
to said Reform School for longer term than
until he or she attain the age Of majority, but
the said trustees, by their order, may at any
time, after one years service, discharge boy
or girl from said school, as reward of good
conduct in the school, and upon satisfactory
evidence Of reformation. =s-
SEC. 10. Any boy or girl committed to tho
State Reform School shall be there kept, dis
ciplined, instructed, employed and governed,
under the direction of the trustees, until lie
or she arrives at the age of maturity, or Is
bound out, reformed, or legally discharged
The binding out OF discharge Of boy or girl
as reformed, or as having arrived at the age
Of maturity, shall be o complete release from
all penalties incarred by conviction of the Of
Tense for which hesor she was committed.
SEC. 90. If any boy or girl, convicted of a
felony, committed to the Reform School, shall
prove unruly or incorridgable, or if his or her
presence shall be manifestly and persistenty
dangerous to the welfare Of the school, the
trustees shah have power to order his or her
removal to the county from which he or she
came, and delivery to the jailor Of the said
county, and proceedings against him or her
shall be resumed, rs if no Karraut or order
committing him or her 70 the Reform School
had been made. ...xs.-,gr
SEC. q. Every person Who unlawfully aids
oryassists any boy or girl la wfully committed
to the Reform School fa'escaping or altempt-
ing to escape thersfron or knowingly con.
coas such boy or girl after his or her escape,
shall be punished as provided by section 4393
of the Revision of 1860. p r5lse34
S4c p. For the purpose of Immediately
opening bald school, the trustees thereof shall
accept the proposition ofthe trustees of hite' $
Iowa Manual Labor Institute made to the Gem
eral Assembly, and lease for such term as they
shall agree, not more thanten years, the lands,
buildings and arpurtenances belongingto said
Manual Labor Institute, and at once proceed
thereon as Soon as possible. as. a. temporary
establishments; and when IS open, the fac.
shall be published by said trustees in one
newspaper IN each county in the State in
which q newspapsfi4 printed, whereupon
those provisions ofsthlsAact authorizing the
commitment OF persons to said school shall take
effect; and it shall be lawful for the trustees
Of said Reform School and WARDEN of tho PEN
itentiary, in their discretion, upon the con,
sent in writing Of any convicts in said pcni-
tertiary, Of the proper age, to remove such
convict to said Reform School; and when the
permanent school shall be established and
ready for opening the said trustees shall re-
moye apd transfer those. persops atssihA tepl
porary establishment TO The permanent school
and allsubsequent commitments shall be made
10 said permanent school; and for the purpose
contemplated By this section there ia appro.
priated the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, 81
so much thereof as may II found necessary Il
| be expended in diseharging tho expenses in
Cured, and i'm repairs and improvement,
made on, and in liquidating a small indebted
ness--not exceeding the sum Of twenty-five
hundred dollars--of said Manual Labor Insti
tute, incurred in building the school edifcs
on said lands. PropMea, That the making o.
| the improvements and payment Of the money
contemplated by this act shall bc.sAnder tht
Exclusive control Of the trustees Of the Reform
llSchool. - @ tx -. rs ss.sss, .I.9s'. L
/ SEC %. This act shall take effect and b.
in force from and aftcr its publication in The
Daily State Register and Iowa Eevening
Salesman q 3
. Approved March 31st, 1868.
l hereby certify that the foregoing ac
took effect by publication, as required in Sec
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AN ACT to amend Section Sd, of Chapter
~, of the Twelfth General sscmbly of Iowa
SECTION l. BE il enacted by the General As
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