Litchfield enquirer., 1870-09-01
PUBLIC ACTS.
PASSED MAY SESSION. 1870.

PASSED MAY SESSION, 1870.
 CHAPTER xxxyT.
 An Aet in alteration of Act entitled " An act in
 addition to an Act concerning the Domestic ke-
 lxsions, approved July A, 1868.
 Be ik enacted by the Senate and House of Rep reaemtakfves in General Assembly convened:
 Ese.1. That section lst of the said act be so any gfd between the ages of eight and fifteen yean, or her lawful guardian, or if there be no nueh parent or parents, or selectman or grand tzrox. or any fso respectable inhabitants of the town, where such girl is found, may present 8 written complaint to the judge of probate for che districk, O to the judge of any criminal or po!cs cont q any city or ], b,OECugh sitting 9 in town where the said girl is found, alleging that she has committed one or more of the offences specified in sections 45 or 57. or belongs to the State concerning domestic relations, or has com mikted any offence punishable by fine. or impris- onment or both, other than Imprisonment for hie; or that shs is leading an idle. vagraat % ana etances of manifest danger of falling into habits Of vice or immorality, praying that such girl be committed to the guardianship of the Connecti. cut Industrial School for Girls which complaint such court ehan thereupon, if the circumstances of the case require, .order notice to be given to such person or persons, if any, as in its judg- hearing of such complaint; the court, on being sakis6ed of the truth of the allegations in such complaint, may order such girl to be committed to the custody and guardianshid of such corpora tion, until she shall arrive at the age of eighteen years, unless sooner discharged according to law: and if said offences are punishable by imprison- naent. other than Imprisonment for life. except the offences specified in sections 45 and 57, or be- longs tO the class specified in section 95 of the statutes of this State concerning domestic. rela- fiona or the list section of this act, said girl may be sentenced. by the court before which such con, School for Girls, or to such punishment as is pro- vided by law for the same offence, and If the sen- tence shall be to the State Industrial School, then it shall be- in the alternative to said school or to said school had not been established, and said court may issue warrant directed to some prop CT officer or indifferent person, to carry such or der into effect.
 girl to the said school for such 8 term as may be agreed upon by the parties, and the directors of the school upon the certificate of any court hav- ing jurisdiction under the 1st section of this act giri is suitable subject for its case, and on con- dition that the said parent or guardian shall pay the expenses ofsaid girl, while at school, on terms mutually agreed upon, which terms shall be uni penses of the girl, while at said school, which agreement may be enforced by the directors.
 Sec. 3. The directors, or any two or more or them, may discharge from said school and return
 
 the selectmen of the town. any girl whose contin- uance shall in their judgment be prejudicial to the welfare of said school, or who for any reason m their judgment ought not to be continued there in; or in case the said girl was committed to said school for any offence or offences punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, as an alternative, the said directors may certify their refusal and reasons therefor, upon the mittimus by virtue of which she is held, which mittimus, together with the girl shall be delivered to the sheriff of any county, pr the constable of any town, who shall forthwith commit said girl to the jail State pris- on, or workhouse, as the case may be-, in .pursu- ance ot the alternative sentence provided in Sec- ton 1st of this act.
 Sec. {. Said directors shall have full power and bind to service any girl, by any court 80 commit ted, to said school for any period of time not ex- ceeding the term of her commitment, upon such terms and conditions as they shall deem reasona- service; and the said directors or the master or mistress and apprentice shall respectively have all the rights and privileges, and be subject to all the duties and penalties prescribed in the sixth chapter of the act concerning the domestic rela- Gone.
 Sec. s. The costs and expenses of proceedings under this act shall be as f0ll0ws;-FOr the com plaint the same as for complaints in criminal ca- ees; for the order of notice, fifty cents; for hear iHg upon the complaint, two dollars; for the mit- timue, fifty cents; for taxation of costs and cer ticate of the sanle fifty cents; for service of nit timus. necessary expenses, and reasonable com;
 
 by such judge or justice of the peace, and a cer- tiaed copy of the several items thereof shall be by him fransmitted to the clerk of the Superior court for the county in which the trial is had, within thirty days after the trial, and the same shall be examined by the State attorney for such county; and when appointed by him shall be paid by said clerk, upon the order of such judge, or justice and charge to the State.
 See. C. Every person who shall in any way or manner whatsoever aidi or abet any girl commit ted to the said school to escape therefrom, shall, upon conviction thereof, .pay fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, nor less than fifty dollars, or suffer imprisonment in the common jail for pc. riod not to exceed sixty days, at the discretion of the court trying the same.
 Eec 2. In any question arising under this act, the court trying the case lmay, in its discretion, suspend judgment on the complaint, for such time and upon such terms as said court shall pre- scribe.
 Sec. 8. Section Eth of the act, of which this is an amendment, is hereby amended, 80 that the complaint may be addressed to the court to which the same shall be made under the first section of this act, and the order of commitment and mitti- mus shall issue from said court.
 Sec. g. It shall be the duty of the court com hitting any girl under this act, to ascertain by such proof as may be in his power, and to en- dorse on the mittimus the age, parentage, birth place. offence, and such other facts relating to the struction in the school, and the age thus ascer- tained shall be deemed and taken as the true age of said girl.
 Sec. 10. Sections 3d, 9th and Sth of the act of which this is an amendment, and all ether parts of said act inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.
 Approved July s, 1870.