Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-25
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 equipped, and the necessary staff o1 officers been organized, the directors shall so certify to the governor. who
 thereupon shall issue a plHblic procla- nation that the institution is read yfoz the reception of inmates.
 Sec. 5. The sum of S50. 1000 is ap- propriated for the purchase of a site for the institution and for the prepa- ration of the buildings necessary tc start the institution and to make Il
 ready for the reception of inmates and for the payment of salaries and run ming expenses for the two fiscal years after the passage of this act
 Sec. 6. The directors shall have control of the institution; determip the policy of the same and make
 necessary rules for the discipline. in- struction and labor of inmates; form
 a board of parole and discharge; cause to be kept proper records, 1ndludlng
 those of inmates; fix the salaries o1
 the officers of said institution; appoint
 from their own number a president and
 a secretary who shall hold office for
 such length of time as the board may
 determine; hold meetings at least
 quarterly at said institution ana auu1t
 the accounts of the superintendent
 quarterly. They shall report annually
 10 the governor the general and dnan-
 ciaI condition of said institution, with
 such recomn nendations as they may
 desire to make, a copy of which re-
 S~~O
 each state.
 Sec. 2. The directors shall appoint
 and remove at discretion a superin-
 tendent of said institution who shaal
 be a woman, not of their number, and
 who, before entering upon the duties
 of her office, shall give a bond to the
 state, with sufficient surety in the sum
 of $5.000, and shall be sworn to a
 faithful performance of her duties.
 The superinten dent shall receive such
 cornpensation as shall be fixed by the
 directors and shall reside at said in
 stitution.
 Sec. s. The superintendent shall manage said institution and have con
 troI over the inmates thereof, and shall
 maka rules and regulations for the
 administration of said institution, sub
 ject to the approval of the board of directors The superintendent sha5M, also, subject to the approval Of the
 board Of directors, determine the num- Der, select, appoint and assign duties of aM subordinate officers of said in stitution, who shall be women, as far as practicable, and shall be sworn to a faithful performance of their duties. There shall be a deputy superintendent and, as soon as the size of the instf- tuition demands it. a resident woman physician and a clerk The superin- tendent may remove any officer ap- stitution shall give a bond to the state with sufficient surety in the sum of s5, 600.
 Sec. g. Women over 16 years of age belonging to any of the following classes may be committed by any court of criminal Jurisdiction to said institution; first, persons convicted of, or who plead guilty to the commi isSion of felonieS; second, persons convicted Of, or who plead guilty to the commis sion of rnisdemeanors including prosti- tuition, 1ntoxication, drug-using, disor- derIy conduct; third, unmarried girls between the ages of 16 and 21 years who are in manifest danger of falling into habits of vice or who are leading vicious lives, and who man be con- victed thereof in accordance with the provisions Of chapter 233 of the public acts of 1905 as amended by chapter AS of the public acts of 1907. Only such offenders, however, may be committed to said institution as. in the opinion of the trial court, will be benefited physi- caMy, entally or morally by such commitment, and immediately upon upon COTnrni itment a careful physical and mental examination, by a, co1npe- tent physician, shall be made of the person committed. The court fmpos- ing a sentence on offenders of either class shall not fix the term of such commitment. Commitment to said in StitutiOn shall be made within one sheriff when senteEsed by the superior court, and by a police officer when sentence is imposed by any city, town or borough court, but no offender shall be committed to such institution with out being accompanied by a woman in addition to the officer. The expenses Of such commitment shall be paid the same as coInniGEents to other penal institutions in the state. The trial court shah cause a record of the case to be sent with the commitment papers on blanks furnished by the institu- tion. The duration of such commit ment, including the time spent on pa role, shall not exceed three years, ex- cept where the n1aXimUTn term speci- fled by law for the crime for which the offender was sentenced shall exceed that period, in which event such max innun term shall be the limit of deten- tion under the provisions of this act, and in such cases it shall be the duty of the trial court to specify the maxi mum term for which the offender may be held under such commitment.
 Sec. 10. Said board of directors shall a. board of parole and dis charge. Any inmate of the institution who has been in confinement within said institution may. upon recommend atiOn of the superintendent, be allow ed to go on parole in the discretion of 2 majority of said board of parole un- der the following conditions: That she is in good physical condition, has abt1- ity to earn an honest living, has a sat iSfactOry institutional record, based on the merit system, and a proper home to which she may go, or that suitable employment has been secured in ad- vance by the board of parole. Each person paroled or discharged from said institution shall be given, if the su- perintendent deems it best, suitable clothing, transportation expenses and not more than s. Authority is con- ferred on said board of parole to es- tablish such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary, setting forth the conditions upon which inmates may be discharged upon parole, and to en- force such rules and regulations and provide suitable supervision by agents ri the institution.
 See II. While upon parole, each in ,Zea-ee Of said institution shall remain in sE1c legal custody and under the con- tKss; sst the board Of directors. and sub tRsct zt any time to be taken back to sat4 institution for any reason that ztxail seem sufficient to said board Whenever any paro1ed inmate of said institution shall violate her parole and be returned to the institution, she may be required to serve the f1nexDired