Year: 1869




nual report.


SEC. Z. Whenever any girl above tht
! age Of seven and under the age OF six
teen years shall be brought by any con
stable or police officer, or other luhabi-
/ tant of any town or city, township Of
/ any county in this state, before any pro
bate court Of the proper county, upon


the allegation or complaint that said
i girl has committed any Offense known
/ to the laws of this state, punishable by
/ fine and Imprisonment other than such


as may be punished by Imprisonment
for life, or that she is leading an idle,
i YagTant or vicious life, or has been
! found In any street, highway or public


place within this state in circumstances
| of want and suffering, or Of neglect,
! exposure or abandonment, or Of beg
gary, il shall be the duty Of said pro-
! bate judge to forthwith issue a. order
! in writing, addressed to the father OF
said girl, If he be living and resident
Of the town, township or city where
said girl may be found, and II not,
! then to her mother, if she be living
! and so resident, and If there be no faith
er nor mother, resident as aforesaid,
! then to her guardian, if any there be,
/ and If there be no guardian, then to the
person with whom said girl shall re-
| father, mother, guardian, or other per
| son, as the case may be, to appear be-
fore said probate judge at soma time
and place to be therein named, to show
cause, if any there be, why said girl
shall not be committed to the reform
school for girls established by. f5sis act,
and upon appearance of the party
named in said order, or failure to Rp-
pear upon the expiration of the time
named in the order for said appearance.
said judge shall proceed to examine
said girl and party, and hear snch tes-
timony as may be presented before him
in relation to the case and should it
appear to the satisfaction of the judge
Aforesaid that the girl is suitable sub
ject for the reform school established
by this act, he shall commit said girl
to the same, and for that purpose be
shall issue his warrant to the sheriff of
the proper county, or to some suitable
person 10 be appointed by him, com
handing him to take charge of said
girl and TO deliver her without delay to
the superintendent of said school; and
the fees of the probate judge, the sher-
if, and other costs incurred in said
proceedings, shall bethe same as is paid
in similar cases under the laws now In
force, and shall be paid by the proper
county in the same manner provided,
that nothing in this act shall be con-
strued to prevent any girl arrested for
crime from demanding a trial by jury,
and when any such demand is made bV





judge is hereby authorized after an ex-
animation of the case, in his discretion,
to either discharge her, or cause her to
enter into a recognizanCe for her ap-
pearanee before the court of common
pleas of the county, forthwith il said
court be in session, and if not in session
then at the first day of the next term
thereof, to answer such charge, and in
default of such bail, to commit her to
the jail of the county until the first
day of said next term of common
pleas court, or until discharged by due
course of law, and shall forward to the
clerk of said common pleas court, a
transcript of his proceedings in the
case, and shall also cause such wit
nesses as may appear against her be-
fore him to be recognized fOsappear st
the said term of common pleas court to
give evidence against her.


SEC. 8. Any girl duly committed to
said school, shall there be kept, discip-
lined, instructed, employed and gov
erned, under the direction of said board
of trustees, until she be either reform
ed and discharged, or shall be bound
out by said trustees according to their
bylaws, or shall have attained the age
Of eighteen years /; provided, that the
trustees shall have the right to dis
charge and return to the parents, guar
dian or protector, any girl who in their
Judgment ought4Or any cause to be re-
moyed from said school, and in such
case the trustees shall enter upon their
records the reasons for her discharge,
a copy Of which record, signed By their
secretary, shall be forthwith transmit
ted to the probate judge by whom the
girl was committed


SEC. 9. Whenever any girl between
the ages OF seven and sixteen years
shall be brought before any Justice Of
the peace, or police court or court of
al n
offense punishable by fine or imprisOn-
ment, other than imprisonment for
life, and if found guilty would be a
proper subject for commitment to said
industrial school, an order to that eff
feet shall be enterted on the records of
the proceedings of said justice or court,
and thereupon it shall be the duty of
said justice or court by warrant in due
form of law or order, to cause such
girl to be forthwith taken before the
probate Judge of the proper county,
and transmit to said probate judge the
the complaint and indictment or war
rant by virtue of which she shall have
been arrested, and thereupOn the pro-
bate judge shall proceed in the same
manner as if she had been brought be-
fore him upon original complaint as is
provided in this act.


SEC. 10. The trustees may bind out
as an apprentice or servant, any girl
com mitted to their charge, for a term
not longer than until she arrives at the
age of eighteen years and the person
to whom the girl is bound, shall, by
the terms of the indenture, be required
to report to the trustees as often as once
in six months, her conduct and behavi-
or, and whether she is still living IN
der his care, and if not, where she is.


SEC. IL. A person receiving an Rp-
prentice under the provisions of the
last section, shall not assign or transfer
the indenture of apprenticeship, nor
let out her services for any period with
out the consent in writing of the trus-
tees If the person, for any cause, de-
sires to be relieved from the contract,
theltrustees, upon application, may in
their discretion cancel the indenture,
and resume the charge and manage
meut of the girl, and shall have the
same power and authority in regard to
her as before the indenture was made.
SEC. II. If the person is guilty OF
cruelty or misusage towards the girl so
| bound to service, or of any violation OF
the terms of the indenture, the girl or
trustees may make complaint TO the
PROBATE judge of the proper county,
VINO snail summon the parties before
him and examine into the complaint,
and If it appear to be well founded, he
shall by certificate under his hand, dis
charge the girl from all obligations OF
future service, and restore her 10 the
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denture.


SEC. I3. The trustees shall be the
guardians of every girl so bound or
held to service, and shall take care that
the terms of the contract are faithfully
fulfilled, and that she is properly treat
| ed, and shall cause any grievances to
| be redressed.


| SEC. IA. The superintendent. with
such subordinate officers as the trus-
tees may appoint, shall have the gen.
eral charge and custody of the girls.
He shall be constant resident at the
school, and under the direction of the
! trustees shall discipline, govern, in
struct and employ, and use his best en-
| deavors to reform, in such manner as
shall, while preserving their health


and promoting the proper development


of their physical system, secure the tor


nation, as far as possible, of moral, re-
! ligiOus and industrious habits, and reg


ular thorough progress and improve


ment in their studies, trades and en-
plOyments.


SEC. Is. He shall, before he enters
upon the duties of his Office, give a


bond to the state of Ohio, with sure
ties satisfactory to the trustees, in the