, 1879-01-12
portion Of the 1noneys collected for license
should cyo +r f+s erppnrt


the Hon. John G. HaInes, who had been col
| nected with the management Of the House I
correction since its beginning, and pleasure
| taken in expressing acknowledgment Of th
distinguished services rendered by this gentl'
man IN aiding to place the House OF Correctio
| IN its present position Of success.
| The management Of the institution and tn
| discipline OF the prisoners under Alr. Charles
FELTON,, the Superintendent, has been most sal
isfactnrr and successful, and q commendaoi! d
given not only to their physical nealt
but to their mental and mora
| improvement The thanks OF this Board ar
rendered to Mcssrs. r. S. Albro, IF. +: Behel
| and other gentlemen for maintaining yoluntarl
~ Christian services Oh SUNDAYS IN tue chape!:
and to many citizens Tor their donations OF rcatl
ing matter for our prisoners.
| suPERISTENDEST3 REPORT.
| The number OF prisoners recelyed during th'
| year 1875 was $50, being $50 less than ths
and the daily average was only 319& in prison
against 4s7H III the year 1871. The ditninut1o1
| OF number of prisoners received, aud OF tht
daily average In prison, is due 10 the non-en
! forcenleut Of the State law against yagabondage
| IA law. the active enforcement Of which vir
| tual1r banslled from the city large number o1
| tue crimiualy- inclined class; and they lave mol
| as vet returned. The law being now iuopera
tive, for reason of its having been declared ul
| constitutional by Judge McAilister, all effort
should be made to amend the same, SO as to
overcome the objections raised BIZ that Judge.
lu other parts OF the State the law has been
quite generally enforced.
OF The $50 prisoners received only 164 were
under sentence equivalent to sixty days each,
and fol, longer periols of time: while the re-
mainnG number, $685. ware sentenced for SO
short periods OF tlmo that the actual average
DAYS in mprisopment during the year, including
those under the longest as well as those under
the shortest OF sentence, with those in prison at
the commencement Of the year, was but twenty
two days to each prisoner; and the number dis
charged who had served from one hour to not
exceeding ten days each was nearly 3, 900.
or the offenses, $3.50 were imprisoned for
violating tho ordinances Of tue city and III fer
otfenscs against the laws of the State. Vio-
latious OF The ordinances of the city, in large
majority Of the eases received, simply means
that the parties had been drunk, aud had COM
ulitted breaches of the peace, or higher otfenses
while in that condition. Avery large percent
age of these are prison habitues,-in for a day,
out for a day, and back agaln,-and the ub-
surlity of sending them to us, unless for pc
RODS Of time sufficient to accomplish some bene-
fit to themselves, or to partially recompense the
Institution by labor for their care is SO apparent
that it needs not be written upon to be real
lied.
Relief cannot be had until the Legislature
shall enact a Law fixing definite terms OF i'm
prisonment, when fines are not paid, instead Of
allowing communication OF fine at the rate of
81 day, as now required By statute Legisla-
tion is also needed which shall make more seri-
and confer greater powers upon Justices Ct the
Peace in the trial Of offenders. An offense is
frequently Of SO serious character that the
offender should be sentenced to imprisonment
for an extended period OF time, omitting the
money penalty altogether. In several of the
States the offense is punishable by fine, or by
imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by
Imprisonment with line also; and Justices OF
the Peace have jurisdiction to try and to sem
tence offenders. The practice in this city frc-
s Of is ASSAULT a change ad he bses9 faFfe e f2 d
orderly conduct, and to impose q nomi-
nal fine Us punishment. Confer the
power to try this and several other kinds of mis-
demeanors upon Justices Of the Peace, and give
them Jurisdiction over cases Of petit larceny,
Of such otfenses-
The greatest duty Of all is to
LooK AFTER OUR YOUTH
especially such as, from various causes, are now,
or are Liable to become, members OF the vicious
or criminal classes. Their number in this city
is very large, aud 1t is being increased every day
A very small portion become prisoners, although
nearly all follow criminal lives. During the
seven years ending Dec. 81, 1878, there were re-
ceiycd at the House Of Correction 2,a61 children,
aged from to Is years, inclusive each; and ,9s5
prisoners whose ages were from ii to 20 years,
inclusive, each,- total Of 10,4aG minor prison.
efs. A.! a larsc percentage e. these were recon-,
nnlInen1S, some nav1ns Deen received several
nules. nu11ug tne year 7ust ended the number
leeelSe1 sso ol aSes 1FoM ~ 10, inclusive, eacn,
y ~ ~ ooo anu 1fon 1o 10 uyears INCLUSIVE, cach,
'So2;
VINO thess PRISONERS Weres ! ne ne causes OF
LuG1t VICIOUS auu c1lnlnai meg: nat the re-
snlt OF sheas IMPRISONMENT, ano, II the result
ias oeen iaulty anq ~ nhsuccessluI, the reasons
.hefeioEt'' ana, " Mnat shall or ought be uone
lerealter Win tnem: arc some OIL Inc ques-
ions WHICH snoulu elalln our most earnest At
entlo[l. but Tue 3ar greater questlon IL 1nis
ine e o1 inquiry Is, Nnat saai oe Done 70 prevent
:nllofen from becoming criminals, who arc not
10" incluoeo 10 Tue ocilnquent class, nut who.
rom 1nnuences oe5ono thelr ewn control, will
oe included therein, unless effort be made In
nelr t1 oehaH
VI the i,o4l prisoners unoer tne age OF Il
ears, feceiEea ouf1nE tne year 1876, 1,3l4 we're
nales ano @of we're females; W we're blacks aud |
.4sl were whites; 662 bad no father and mother |
wing. - hao 1atner only llv4n4, 5o had mother |
my living, ana ~ hao neither parent living. |
u those aboFe tue age OF ~ years, nearly all |
ould read and Write,-generally quite lndiffeF- I
n1lt, however. As 70 thelr i1auoualltlcs, nearly
u were born IN the United States; but nearly |
" per cent ot the whites were the offspring OF
orelsn-oofn parents. THESE prisoners are,
generally, the offspring OF the lowest classes,
nd 1--we IN localities where wee and crime in lille
orm tue rule and not the exception.
The principal causes leading to juvenile delin-
ucncy are, first, hereditary; second, parental
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