Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-04-12

and forty-two of the revised statutes is hereby
amended SO as TO read as follows:
SECT. II. The trustees, under direction Of the
governor and council shall establish and maintaiu
a mechanical school, and cause the boys under their
charge 20 be instructed in mechanical trades and in
the branches Of useful knowledge, adapted 10 their
age and capacity; in agriculture and horticaItuIe,
according 10 their age. strength, disposition and
capacity, and otherwise, as will best secure their
reformation, amendment and future benefit The
trustees, in binding out the inmates, snail have
scrupulous regard TO the character of those 10 whom
they bound, that they may secure the benefit OF
good example, wholesome instruction, ana other
means of improvement in virtue and knowledge,
and the opportunity of becoming telligent, moral
and useful citizens to the state. The trustees shall
establish rules and regulations for the direction OF
the officers, agents aud servants Of the schoo ana
tor the government, instruction and discipline OF
the inmates they shall specify he punisnments
that may be inflicted upon the boys in the school,
and any officer, agent or servant who inflicts pun
shment not so authorized, shall be discharged and
dismissed. Such rules and regulations shall be
submitted 10 and approved by The governor and
council and shall not be altered without their con-
sent
SECT. Q Section twelve of said chapter is
hereby amended by inserting in the seventh line,
after the word 'employment-' the words, 'He.
the superintendent, shall that punishment is
inflicted upon tine boys in violation Of the rules of
the trustees, and shall Immediately cause to be
tered in book kept tor the purpose, q particular
record OF all corporal punishment inflicted upon the
boys, stating the ofense, the punishment, and by
whom Inflicted; which record shall be open 10
public inspection, and shall be laid before the
trustees at their quarterly meetings at the SCHOOL,
majority of whom -hall then certify upon said book
whether or not such punishments are approves By
them.
SECT s. Said chapter is hereby further amend
ded by adding thereto the two following sections
SECT. Is. The inmates Of the school shall be
separated into classes, regard being had 10 their
age, their character and conduct, and the ofense
for which they have been committed.
The boys OF each class shall be allowed each day, SO
in some out Goor labor Each boy shall be provided
with his own clothing and be taught to tor it.
Solitary confinement shall not be allowed except
for grave oenses specified by the rules of the trus
tees and the apartment in which it is inflicted,
shall be suitable warmed, lighted, and provided
with bed and proper appliances for cleanliness
All the boys shall receive the same quality of TODD
and in quantities to satisfy the appetite OF each.
Punishment OF Withholding short allowance
OF food shall net be inflicted
SKCT. -. A committee of the council, consist.
ing ofthree, with whom shall be associated one
woman, shall be appointed by the governor annu-
ally, who shall visit the state reform school from
Time 10 time, and examine into the treatment of
the inmates, their condition and progress They
snail maintain in the school, box for the receipt
OF letters, to which the inmates at all times shall
nave free access to deposit letters, without the
knowledge or scrunty of the officers Of the school.
lhey snail hear complaints of ill-treatment from
the inmates and shall make su CHI suggestions 10 the
superintendent and trustees they think the good
OF the school requires. and yearly severally report
70 the governor and council concerning the sch DOL
lis condition. and needs [Ap March Is, 1883. ]
- Chapter 251.
shall take effect.
Be u enacted, &C., as follows:
SECT !. Except as provided in the following sec.
ton, all acts and resolves passed by the sixtyrst
legislature, and approved prior to the approval of
this act, snail take effect on the fifteenth day of
April, in the year ofour Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty three
SECT =. This act stall not apply to acts of incor-
poration, nor TO acts and resolves which by their
own terms take effect at times other than the day
last named.
SECT g. This act shall taxi effect when approved
lApprOyed March Is, 1882