The Republican journal., 1903-04-09

Section G. Section seven of said chapter
me hundred and forty-two is hereby
smended by striking out after the word
Sis'' in the first line of said section the
word sentenced" and inserting in place
thereof the words ordered to be COM
nitted.' and by striking out the word word
snd inserting in place thereof the word
Joy and by striking out the word al
Tentative" in the seventh line of said
section, and by striking out the word
aon and inserting in place thereof the
Fords ordered to be committed SO that
laid section, as amended, shall read as
follows:
Section z When boy is ordered to be
committed to said school and the trustees
deem It inexpedient to receive him, or he
is found incorrigible, or his continuance
IN the school is deemed injurious to Its
management and discipline, they shall
Gritty the same upon the mittimus by
shich he is held. and the mittimus and
boy shall be delivered to any proper Off
Ger. who shall forthwith commit said boy
to the Jail, house of correction, or state
prison, according to his sentence. The
trustees may discharge any boy as re-
formed; and may authorize the superln-
tendent, under such rules as they pre-
scribe, to refuse to receive boys ordered
to be committed to said school, and his
certificate thereof shall be as effectual as
their own.
Section T. Section nine of said chapter
one hundred and forty-two is hereby
amended. so that said section, as
amended, shall read as follows:
Section 9. All commitments OF boys
shall be during their minority unless SOON
er discharged by order of the trustees, as
before provided; and when boy is dis
charged from the school at the expiration
of his term. whether he be then In the
institution or lawfully out on probation,
or when discharged as reformed, an ap-
propriate record of such discharge shall
be made by the superintendent upon the
register of the school required to be kept
by provisions of section thirteen OF this
cha pter Such discharge shall be full
and complete release from all penalties
ard disabilities created by ms sentence
anG commitment, and the record of the
proceedings under which such boy was so
committed shall not be deemed to be, nor
shall it be subsequently used as, GRIM
inal record against him. Each boy dis
charged from the institution shall receive
an appropriate written discharge, signed
by the superintendent. Such discharge, or
a copy, duly certified by the superinten-
dent, of the record of discharge upon the
register of the school, shall be receivable
in evidence and conclusive OF the facts
therein stated.
Section 5. Section ten of said chapter
one hundred and forty-tWo is hereby
amended so that said section, as amended,
shall read as follows:
Section 10 The trustees may commit,
on probation and on such terms as they
deem eXpedient, to any suitable lnhabl-
tant of the state, any boy in their charge,
for a term within the period of his com
mitment such probation to be condition
ed on his good behavior and obedience 70
the laws of the state. Such boy shall,
during the term for which he was o1lgl-
nally committed to the reform school. be
also subject to the care and control OF
the trustees and on their being satisfied
1T any time that the welfare of the boy
will be promoted by his return to the
.ychool, they may order his return On his
return to the school, such boy Snail t1efe
be held and detained under the original
mittimus. The trustees may delegate to
the superintendent under such rules as
they prescribe the powers herein granted
to the trustees to commit any boy on pro-
tation TO any suitable inhabitant of the
state and to return to the reform school
any boy so committed when he is sa It's
fed that the welfare of the boy Will pe
promoted by his return. ANY boy ordered
returned to the reform school may, on the
order of the superintendent or other ofh-
Ger of the institution, be arrested ana re-
turned to the reform school, or 70 any
officer or agent thereof, by any sheriff.
constable or police officer or other person.
and may also be arrested and returned ny
any officer or agent of the school,
Section 9. Section eleven OF SAID chap-
ter one hundred and forty-two IS hereby
repealed.
Section 10. Section fifteen of said chap
ter one hundred and forty-two is hereby
amended by striking out in the eleventh
line of said section the word sentenced
and inserting in place thereof the Worn
Committed so that said section, as
amended. shall read as follows;
Section 15 One or more of the trustees
shall visit the school at least once In
every four weeks, examine the register
and the inmates in the school room ana
workshop, and regularly keep a record OF
these visits in the books of the superlnten-
dent once In every three months, the
n a GpD3rtlnentS,
thoroughly examined by majority OF
the board of trustees, and report shall
be made, showing the results thefeoi.
Annually on the first day of December, an
abstract of such quarterly reports shall be
prepared and laid before the governor and
council for the Information OF the legls-
Iature with a full report of the superlh-
tendent, stating particularly among otner
things, the offenSe for which each pupil
was committed and his place of residence
A financial statement furnishing an accu,
expenditures for the year terminating on
the last day of November preceding, snail
also be furnished
Section H. ANY boy deemed by the trus-
tees to be reformed who has no suitable
home to which he can be sent and TOR
whom, in consequence of physical 1nhrm-
ity or other reason, no suitable nome can
be found by the trustees, may be ds-
charged by said trustees and returned to
the selectmen of the town or the oVerseefs
of the poor OF the city where such boy
resided at the time of his commitment.
Section 12. Any person who shall AID or
abet any boy committed to the state re-
form school in escaping therefrom or who
shall knowingly harbor or conceal any
boy who has escaped from said school,
shall be fined not less than fifty or more
than one hundred dollars, or punished by
imprisonment in the county Jail not more
than sixty days. Any fugitive from the
state reform school may, on the order OF
the superintendent or other officer of the
institution, he arrested and returned to the
school, or to any officer or agent thereof,
by any sheriff. constable, or police OFFICER,
or other person; and may also be arrested
and returned by any officer or agent of the
school.
Section 13 All acts and parts Of acts,
inconsistent with this act, are hereby re-
pealed
Section H. This act shall take effect
May one, nineteen hundred three.
[Arproved Feb. 25.l
Chapter %.
An Act to amend Section fourteen OF
Chapter fifty-one of the Revised Stat
utes relating to the width OF the loca-
ton of Railroads.
Section l. Section fourteen. chapter nj
ty-one of the revised statutes is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
Section IA. railroad corporation for
the location construction, repair and con-