The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-06-09

The b01Td OF trustees oI.lHe house ot-cOF' :
fection, which shall here after be known
and designsted as Ihs Reform School Of
The District Of Columbia, msy at their
discretion. receive, take, and keep 10
their exclusive care and contFol. and
l'cas,ody; First, Anyboys updeftlie pgs
efSaixteen scar ehp shaIl or ~ h1
ta,Isr.'jf t|5| llt oi lt1 ssid l1is
iicl Of Golumbiaf or aug l9w llia' bs
enacted and N lorca IN fail District:
! Second. AaS boz sixleenl years ol
Iegs. silli the Gpnseui Of his pesepi or
guer9an, against whom any charge Of
4 lronmitjne ANY crime on misdfnesnos
shall haze been madp, tbe pgnlahmeni
| Of which, on conviction, would Be conr
|conHaement in jeil or tyigc1. Third
lAny boy Auflef sixteen y ears 81 gee = lio
| Is a destiiaie olsa sGtSbie home and ads.
/ q1ate metns Of obtaini6g an honest liv-
log, or who is-in danger Of being bro6ght
up, eriis brought up 70 fiead on jdls'apd
yicioasl life. Fourth. Any boy under
sixteen years Of age who is ineorrigible
or bsbitually diHegaras the commands
.of his. s.paFenis. father or. molher. or guar
dish, 10 perform lsbor suitable 10 bis
yeats and condition. or 10 attend school
SEC, 2. AndJs iJurther enacted. That
whspeyer any boy under the age Of
six cen years shall be brought before any
coutt Of record Of the District of epiuin.
bia, or any judge of such court, and shall
be convicted of any crime or rnisfemeanor
punishable by imprisonment other than
imprisonment for life, such court or
Judge, in lieu Of sentencing such boy
10 imprisonment inlhe county jsil, unsy,
with The consent Of such boy or his par-
ent or guardian. suspspd the sentence Of
punishment in the case. and commit
I.the said boy 10 the bare coutrol, and cuss
tody Of the said trustees,i to be taken 10
the said reform school, to5remain unti
he shaIl,srriye at the age Of twenty one
years, unless sooner discharged BY, tho
hoard Of ruitees. Aud in all cases
where boy. under tie age Of sixteen
yeurs, shall be brought before any such
court or Judge upon the charge Of crime
or misd N eauoy, when the accusation
against him i. deemed supported by evi.
dencs sufficient 10 put him on Trial. such
court or Judge shall have full power4to TO
stay al proceedi6Rs'iu the case. apd 10
commit him, in like manner, for tuch
period as such court or judge may deter:
mine, but not less than six months.
i SEC. 8 And be IL further enacted, That
the mayors Of the cites oI Washington
and Georgetown, and the president Of
Iihs levy court Of The District Of Colun
bia. respectively, shall have fullposer
Ito TommtI 10 the care. control, aad Gus.
tody Of The board Of ,trustees Of said re-
Horn school, with the consent. and at the
proper expense, Of bis parent or euardi
an, for such term as the bosrd Of trustees
NAV determine. any boy such as is dies.
eri6ed ia the third snd fourth clauses Of
section one of this act Add the mem.
4 bars Of the said board Of ttustees shall
1aIso, individually, have thsssaie power
IS Is hereio giVsu 10 che mayors OF
| Washington and Georgetown, ead the
! president Of the levy court. n.
SEC. 4: Aud Je itIartker enacted. Thai
4 tho thirteenth section Of the act above
Imsnlio nsd be amended BY iOssrtlns "'
sum mol exceeding one dollar aud bal
,ltoerlwssk,' 10 tho place of the words
City cents"
Lin cate any boy shsil be eommiLted e
The care aud control Of Che board Ol