The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-18

that we can't do without reform school.
and he hoped we should report against the
passage of this bill
Mr.. Perrin of Berlin, said he believed IL
blessing to the State that the buildings
had been burned. If we are to choose be-
tween the school as it has been run at Wa
terbury and no school at all, he should say
abolish the school. lie thought we needed
the school, but it should be built at some
other place.
The committee then voted to rise and re-
port the bill to the house with the recon-
mendaton that the bill do not pass, which
was done.
The speaker having resumed the chair,
the question then REQUIRED, "Shall the bill
pass ~
Mr.. Bailey of Farhaven, moved that the
bill be dismissed. He was decidedly OPP
posed TO the bill, as it was obnoxious to
him, and he believed to large portion of
the people OF the state.
From our Third Edition OF Saturday.
Mr.. Ladd OF Alburgh desired to propose
some amendments to the bill, and opposed
the motion to dismiss. He offered a sub
stitute bill, as follows
Sec. |. When boy under the age of six
teen years and over the age of ten years
shall be brought, by warrant issued by
justice of the peace upon complaint of a
town grand juror or other person, as is now
provided by law, before judge of the pro.
bate court upon complaint that he has
committed crime not punishable by
death, the judge shall summon to appear
before him at the trial of such boy, the
father of said boy, If living, and residing
within the probate district of said judge,
and If not, then his mother if she is living
and resident within said district and if the
boy have no father, mother.or guardian so
resident in said district, then the lawful
guardian, if anywhere be resident, in said
district, or if there be no such guardian,
then the person with whom, according to
his own statement and such evidence as
shall be received, he resides at the time of
his arrest, and il there is no person with
whom he steadily resides the judge shall
appoint an attorney to act in his behalf,
and the judge SHALL also, in case neither
father, mother or guardian appears for said
boy, give notice of the bending of sad
complaint to the mayor of the city or one
of the selectmen of the town where the
boy resides before his trial shall be had.
Sec. 2. When any boy within the ages
named in the proceeding section shall be
convicted of any crime or offense by any
justice of the peace and such justice of the
peace shall be of the opinion that said boy
should be punished beyond the limits of a
justices jurisdiction, and that said boy is a
mt subject to be sent to the reform school,
said justice shall make record to that eff
feet, and thereupon cause q certified copy
of the proceedings before him, together
with his record to be given to the mayor
of the CITY, or to one of the selectmen
where the boy resides at the time of his ar
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to be brought forthwith before the judge
at the probate court, for the district in
which said offense was committed, and
shall transmit to said judge of probate the
compliant and warrant by virtue of which
said boy is arrested, and said Judge shall
thereupon have the same jurisdiction and
powers as if said boy had been brought be-
fore him upon an original complaint
Sec. 3. If the Judge Of probate before
whom any boy Is tried under this act shall
find him guilty of the offense charged, he
may in his discretion, impose any penalty
or punishment which justice of the peace
may by law impose for the same offense, or
If in his opinion, taking the age of the boy,
his understanding and the nature and mag
nitudc of his crime into account, said JUS
tice shall be of opinion that he is not n ct
subject for the reform school, he shall bind
him over to appear before the next stated
term of the county court within the coun-
ty where such trial is had.
Sec. 4. No boy under ten years of age
shall be sentenced to the reform school.
Sec, 5. Any boy sentenced to the reform
school 5v a judge of the probate may ap-
peal to the county court and the appeal
shall be had, entered, tried and determined
in like manner and subject to the same
provisions as appeals from justices Of the
peace in criminal cases.
Sec. g. The fees and compensation al
lowed to judges of probate, under this
act, shall be the same as are by law al
lowed to justices of the peace.
Sec. Z. All boys now in the reform
school who were sentenced to such school
when under ten years of age shall be dis
charged from the same on the first day of
June, a. d., 1876, and shall upon being
so discharged he furnished by the super
intendent of said school with good, com
Portable clothes, transportation to the
place from which they were sentenced and
five dollars in money.
Sec s. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
MIR. Wells of CRANKY moved to lay the
bill on the table to await the report of the
committee ON the various bills before it.
WI. buNtulOlt vi w idNOltu
the motion to lay on the table until after
we had heard the report of the committee
We may, after we have settled the qucs-
ton of location, find the vanquished party
joining the friends of entire abolition, and
30 wipe out the whole thing. (Laughter.)
Mr.. Buell. of Middletown opposed the
repeal of the law establishing the school,
as he thought the school necessary for
the proper protection of the peace and
good order of the state.
Mr. Bailey of Fairhavcn, by unanimous
consent, withdrew his motion to dismiss
and the substitute bill offered bylNIr. Ladd
of Alburgh, was then read by the clerk.
Mr. Henry of Chester moved that the
bill and amendment be made the special
order for three o'clock this afternoon and
the clerk be directed to procure the print
ing of three hundred copies thereof; agreed
to.
Reports. special committee, in
favor of house bill No. o. to repeal an act
relating to Migrants, approved Nov. .,
| 1864.
Mr.. Davis of st. Adams, moved that the
bill be ordered to lie, which was agreed to.
From special committee, in favor OF
house bill No. z, appropriating money TO
cover the extra expense of the destruction
Of the Vermont reform school buildings
by fire, with proposals of amendment, ia
substitute bill which was agreed to The
bill was then read third time and passed
From special committee, without express
sion of opinion, house bill No 3, for new
building for the Vermont reform school.
Mr.. Dana of Cornwall moved that the
house go INTO committee of the whole for
the purpose of considering the bill dis
agreed to,
The question recurring on the third read
ing of the bill, Mr.. Parker of Waterbury
called upon the committee to state the facts
as they appeared before them at the hear
ing, as to the amount of property belonging
to the State at Waterbury, and the com
parative expense of rebuilding there and
at other places.
Mr.. Henry of Chester, for the commit
tee stated that there is at Waterbury farm
of 100 acres, on which there is good, sub
stantial barn, sufficient for the purposes of
tho school there il LARGE amount of