Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-14

PHUR SPRINGS
The following is the bill to establish
3 State Industrial School for Girls at
White Sulphur Springs as 1t passed
both Houses of the General Assembly :
A BILL TO ESTABLISH A REFORM AND
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
SECTION /. Be it enacted blythe Gener-
| al Assembly of the State Of Ohio, That
| there shall be established, OF land con-
veyed to the state Of Ohio for the pur-
pose, school for the instruction, en-
| plOyment and reformation of exposed,
1 helpless, evil disposed and vicious girls,
to be called the State Reform and In
| dustrial School for Girls and the Gov
| eTnmenb of said school shall be vested
/ in board of five trustees, to be ap-
| pointed and commissioned by the gov
| ernor, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the senate, whose term of Of
| fee shall be for Eve years, and until
their successors are appointed and
qualified, except those first appointed,
one of whom shall hold his Office for
the term of one year, one for two years,
one for three years, one for four years,
and one for i've years, from the date of
| appointment, and their terms shall be
designated by the governor; two Of
whom shall be residents of the county
in which the school is located. If any
vacancy shall occur in said board by
resignation or otherwise, during the
recess of the general assembly,, 1t shall
be the duty of the governor to I'LL said
vacancy by appointment, and the per-
son so appointed shall hold his office
until the next session of the general
| assembly, and for twenty days after
| the commencement of said session.
| The trustees shall receive no compen-
| sation for their services, but shall be
paid their necessary expenses by the
state treasurer on the order ofthe audi
tor.
SEC. 2. Before entering upon the
discharge of their duties, they shall
take and subscribe an oath or afhrma-
/ tiOn, to obey the constitution of the
United States and of the state Of Ohio
and faithfully to discharge the duties OF
their Office, which shall be recorded in
their journal. They shall organize by
/ electing a president and secretary, who
shall be of their number, and treasur-
er, vino may or may not be OF their
number. The treasurer, before enter
ing upon the discharge of the duties
of bis office, shall give a bond in the
sum of ten thousand collars, with good
and sufficient sureties, to be accepted
by the governor, and deposited with
the treasurer of state, conditioned for
the faithful discharge Of his duties
as treasurer, and that he will properly
account for all money that may cUme
. into his hands by virtue of his office.
SEC. 8. When the buildings are
ready for occupancy, the trustees shall
give notice of the fact, and shall take
charge of the general interests of the
Institution, shall see that its affairs are
conducted in accordance with the re-
quiremenis of the legislature, and such
bylaws as the board may from time to
time adopt (subiect to the approval o!
the goveTnor) for the orderly and eco
{ nomical management of its concerns
they shall see that strict discipline il
maintained therein shall provide EN-.
, ploYments for the inmates and bind
them out, discharge or remove them az
is hereinafter provided. They shall ap-
point a superintendent, who shall hold
his Soffice for three years, unless sooner
removed by them for cause, and such
other officers to be nominated by th'
superintendent as in their judgments
the wants of the institution may re
Quire, and prescribe their duties, re-
move them at pleasure, appoint other
in their stead, determine their salaries
respectively, and exercise general su
? pervision over the institution. A ma
iority of said board shall constitute 4
SEC. 4 All salaries shall be paiC
quarterly on the certificate of the presi
dent and secretary of said board, BY
/ an order drawn from the auditor o
, state on the state treasury, and al
money for building purposes or curren
: expenses shall be drawn in like man
ner, but not more than two Thousand
dollars shall be drawn at one time from
the state treasury. Said board shall re-
port annually to the governor, on Ol
before the first day of December. Th'
said report shall contain full and de
tailed accounts of all payments mad'
and moneys received, and the trut
condition of the institution, which re
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" superintendent and treasurer, the gov
s ernor shall have printed, and shal
transmit the same to the general assem-
bly,. No trustee, superint endent, Off
Ger or employe of said institution
shall be interested in any sale, trade o.
y any business carried on in said institu
: ton, and for any violation of this pro
vision, such officer or employe shall b.
subject to fine of HOt less than on
hundred dollars nor more than on
Thousand dollars.
= SEC. 5. The sad board of trustee
shall receive and hold, or invest al
legacies, deyises, requests or donation
made to the school of every descrip
q tiOn, in behalf of the stale, for the puT
poses eff this act.
SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of sal
board to direct the general manage
ment Of the farm as regards its Pre-
ductions, mechanical, agricultural an
. horticultural, and for this purpose ma
d employ suitable superintendents to su
perintend the different producing inter
ests prosecuted on said farm, but n
- provisions contained in this act sha,
be so construed as to authorize the LEI
ting of the labor of any of the inmate
p of the institution to any person or pei
" sons for the purpose of manufacturing
81 but said labor shall be employed b
o. the superintendent exclusively in th
+ interests OF the institution; And q
of the Institution to be so kept that tt
profits over and above the expenses
= maintaining the school can be asce
tanned, and when thus ascertained, til
L. board of trustees shall fund such al
IN nual profits of the institution for di
d. trfbutiou among pfrfa in shares To I
!: paid to the girls pro rata, when eitht
re of them may be honOrably discharge