The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-01-13
TRAMPS.

1t will be remembered that during the
political campaign last fall we published
a law passed by the Democratic Legisla-
ture, which authorized the arrest of any
person who refused to work for reasona-
able wages, and such person might be
sold out to work on the public highways,
for seventy-fve cents per day. Last
week Mr.. Quinby, of Clinton county, in
troduced in the Ohio House of Repre-
sentatives, the following bill:
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Gener-
al Assembly of the State of Ohio, That
if any male person, who is apparently
able to perform manual labor, shall be
found in a state OF yagrancy, or who
shall be found practicing common beg
ging either i'm city, village, town or
country, or who shall be found tramping
or idling along any road, or highway, or
turnpike of the State of Ohio or through
any byway thereof, or who shall be found
wandering in any street, lane. alley,
highway, pike, or byway thereof, it shall
be lawful for any Justice of the Peace,
Mayor of any incorporated village or
city, or any Police Judge of any city,
upon complaint filed, in writing, duly
sworn or affirmed to by any person, to
issue a warrant for the apprehension and
arrest of such male person, which war
rant shall be directed to any officer who
is now authorized to serve warrants.
commanding such officer to apprehend
and arrest such person, and bring the
same before him, that said complaint
may be inquired into; provided no per-
son shall be arrested in any county
wherein he is a resident
SEC 2. Upon the return of such war
rant with body of such person before the
Justice of the Peace, Mayor or Police
Judge issuing the same, it shall be the
duty OF the officer issuing the warrant to
inquire into said complaint, and for this
purpose said officer issuing the warrant
may issue subpoenas for any person or
persons, witnesses whose attendance
may be desired. whether by the party
filing the complaint, or the person SO
apprehended and arrested, and for the
purpose of obtaining the attendance of
any necessary witnesses, it shall be law
full for the officer issuing the warrant to
adjourn the examination to such time as
may appear to him reasonable and proper,
provided that it does not exceed forty
eight hours.
SEc3 Ifupon examination as aforesaid,
the officer before whom the complaint is
filed shall find said complaint true, it
shall be lawful for such officer to SEN
tence said person to the work-house Of
the county, If there be any such in the
county in which the officer lives who is
sued the warrant, and if there be no
workhouse therein, then to the County
Infirmary OF said county. And if such
person be arrested witt in the corporate
limits of any incorporated village or city,
il shall be lawful for such officer to SEN
tence such person to the calaboose, or
work house within such corporate limits.
SEC f. Any sentence by any officer
aforesaid, to any calaboose, work house,
or county infrmary, shall be to hard
labor, and shall not exceed sixty days
for any one term Of sentence.
SEC 5. For the purpose OF carrying
the sentence of any Justice of the Peace,
Mayor of any Incorporated village or city,
or any Police Judge, into execution, it
shall be the duty of said officer to issue a
mittimus, or commitment, directed to
the keeper or superintendent of any cal
aboose, work house, or county infrmary,
commanding him to receive such person
therein, which commitment shall specify
the duration of the sentence. and which
shall he served by copy, and shall be re-
turned by the officer serving the same TO
the Justice of the Peace, Mayor, or Po-
lice Judge issuing the same.
Sec. 6. 1t shall be the duty of any
keeper of a calaboose, or the Superin-
tendent of any work-house, or County
Intirmary, to receive such person therein,
and see that said sentence to labor is
carried into execution, but it shall not
be lawful to exact more than ten hours
of labor per day from any such person SO
sentenced. And it shall be lawful for any
such keeper of a calaboose, Superb
tendent OF work-house. or County In
Urinary, to have such person perform
labor on any street or alley in any viii
lage or citv, or on and about the farm of
any work-house, or County Infrmary,
and if deemed necessary to the carrying
of any sentence to labor into execution,
or to punish refractory conduct, the
keeper Of any calaboose, or Superindent
of any work-house or County lnfrmary
may keep any person so sentenced in
confinement when not at labor, and while
at labor, if thought to be necessary to
prevent escape, said keeper of calaboose,
or Superintendent of work-house or
County Infirmary, may attach to the
ankle of any such a chain and ball
SEC. 7. In case of any failure to con-
vict any person against whom complaint
is filed and warrant issued, the party
filing tine complaint shall be liable to
costs incurred by reason OF the issuing of
warrant and examination. And in case
the complaint against any such person is
found true, and said person is sentenced
to the work house, calaboose, or County
Infirmary, and committed therein, the
costs of the arrest, examination, and
commitment shall be paid as follows
If the prosecution was within the cor
porate limits of any village or city, the
costs shall be payable out OF the corpora
tion funds Of said village or city. If be-
fore a Justice of the Peace, outside of a
village or city, they shall be payable out
of the funds OF the county in which said
commitment is made.
SEC. s. 1t shall be the duty of the
keeper of the calaboOse, and the Super
intendent of the work-house or County
rnfirmary to keep a record of the names,
ages, and nativity of such persons re-
ceived into their custody. so near as can
be ascertained, and on the lst day of
January of each year to report the num-
Der of commitments, with the names,
ages, and nativity of each person to the
Auditor of the county in which said com
mitment took place.
SEC 9. 1t shall be the duty of the sew
eral County Auditors of the State to
the number of sentences in
their respective counties, with their
names, ages and nativity thereof, to the
Auditor of State, 10 be by him collected
and reported in his annual report.
SEC. 10. This act shall take effect on