Show AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A territorial REFORM SCHOOL SECTION 1 be it enacted by the governor and legislative assembly of the territory of utah that there shall be established at such a point in weber county as the trustees hereinafter provided for shall determine a territorial reform school for the confinement discipline education employment and reformation of juvenile offenders as hereinafter provided 2 the trustees shall consist of the governor secretary of the territory and the prosecuting attorneys of the counties of salt lake utah davis weber and box elder and their successors successor in office all of whom be ex officio trustees the trustees shall be required to immediately enter upon the duties of their office and with the exception of the governor ana and secretary shall quality by giving bonds with security to the people of the territory of utah in the penal sum of ve thousand dollars each condi tinned for the faithful performance ot ol their dutie sto be approved by aud filed with the auditor efi of public accounts SEC sac 3 the trustees shall elect one of their number president they shall appoint a superintendent a secretary and a treasurer said trustees shall take charge of ef the general interests of the institution shall hava power owr to enact bylaws by laws and rules tor for g the e regula tion of ef all its concerns not inconsistent with the laws of the territory to see that its affairs are conducted conducted in accordance with the requirements of law and that strict discipline is maintained therein to provide employment and instruction for the inmates to appoint a steward a teacher or teachers and an such other officers 0 cers as in their judg judgment ent the wants of the institution may ay require and prescribe their duties to exercise a vigilant supervision over the institution its officers and inmates to remove any officer at their pleasure and determine the salaries to be paid to the officers appointed by them and shall also require the secretary treasurer and superintendent to give bonds in such penal sums as they shall deem proper SEC 4 the trustees shall procure and adopt plans drawings and specifications ficat ions for the construction of the reform school buildings and shall make provision for the erection of the tIl buildings digs and cause the same to be carried out in accordance with such plans and specifications and on such terms as they may deem proper SEC 5 the trustees and other officers shall have no pecuniary interest direct or indirect in the furnishing of any building materials or in any contract lor for the same or in any contract for labor in the erect erection lon of said reform school nor in any contract for any labor material or supplies for the maintenance thereof SEC 6 the plans and specifications tor for said reform school shall be upon the basis of mccomm accommodating orating not to exceed two hundred juvenile offenders at one time sac 7 to carry out the provisions of this act there Is hereby a appropriated out of the treasury of ahr this territory of any moneys not otherwise wise appropriated r the sum of seventy five tb ou sand 61 ollars or as much thereof as maybe may be necessary and the auditor of alic public accounts is hereby authorized to draw raw his warrants on the territorial measurer rea surer in favor of the trustees of said reform school lor for said sums as the same kiy be needed SEC 8 the trustees shall make an itemized report to the legislative as aar during the first ten days of its session in the year 1890 and biennially bien blen nally thereafter of all the made by them for the uses of the reform school during the preceding two years they shall at the same time lay before tile the legislative assembly a report of the condition of the institution together with a full report of the superintendent perin and a list of officers and their salaries with an estimate of the value of the personal property of the territory in connection with the school SEC 9 each trustee shall receive as his compensation four dollars per diem f r each meeting at which he shall be present payable out of any moneys appropriated for the use of the reform school provided that any trustee shall be allowed for traveling expenses mileage ata at a rate of ten cents per mile for one way only for the distance necessarily traveled in attending ding the meetings of the trustees SEC 10 the trustees shall cause the boys and girls under their charge to be instructed in correct principles ol of morality and in such branches of useful knowledge know lege as are adapted to their age and capacity and in some regular course of labor either mechanical manufacturing or agricultural as is best suited to their age strength disposition 0 8 and capacity and as may seem 91 best t adapted to secure the their ir reforma reformation and future benefit I 1 SEC 11 it shall be the duty of the trustees to visit the reform school as often as they may deem it nece necessary sary to inquire into all matters connected w with t the be government and discipline thereof and one or more of of the trustees who may be designated by them shall visit the school once in every month and examine into the progress and behavior of the boys and eirls in their and labor and inspect the register and accounts of the superintendent A record shall be kept hept of these visits in the superintendents books the tae trustees shall at all times have free acce acceus to all parts ol 01 reform school aritt ami may inspect all books papers docu ments meats communications and correspondence pon dence pertaining thereto SEO SEC 13 12 when a bey or girl under the age of eighteen years shall in any of the district coutts in this territory bo be f fouad on a guilty I 1 ty 0 of t any crime except murder urd r tee the c court 0 a r t may it if in its opinion ith the e accused e d is a proper subject instead of entering judgment cause an order to be entered that said boy or girl be sent to the reform school in pursuance of the provisions of ef this act anda and a copy of said order duly verfield by the clerk under seal of said paid court shall be a sufficient warrant for taking said boy or girl to the school and for his or her commitment to the custody of the superintendent thereof SEC 18 when a boy or kirl girl under the age of eighteen years shall be convicted before a justice of the peace of any crime the magistrate magist raie may la in his bis discretion send such each a boy or girl together with all the papers filed in his bis office on oh the subie subject ct under the control of some officer to the judge of the district wherein he resides who shall then issue an order to the parent or guardian of said boy or cirlor such person as may have him or her iu in charge or with whom he be or she last resided or one known to be nearly related to him or her or if he or she be alone and friendless then to such person as said lodge judge may appoint to act as guardian ga ardian for the purpose of the case requiring him or her to appear at a time and place stated in said order to show cause why the said boy or girl should not be committed to the reform school tor for reformation and instruction st SEC sac 14 said order shall be served by the sheriff or by delivering a copy thereof personally to the party to whom it is addressed addres addressed or leaving it with some competes competent person at the place of residence or business of said party and immediate return shall be made to the said judge adge of the time and manner of sueh ser r vice the tees fees of the sheriff or other officer under this act shall be the same as now allowed by law tor for like services SEC 15 at the time and place mentioned in said order or at the time and place to which the hearing bearing may be ad journea jour ned it if the parent or guardian to whom said order may be addressed shall appear then in his or her presence or if he be or she fall fail to appear then in the presence of some suitable person whom the said judge shall appoint as guardian for the purpose of the case said judge shall proceed to an examination of the case and hear such testimony in relation thereto as may be produced and it if upon such examination aminat ioa and bearing the said judge shall be satisfied that the boy or girl is guilty of crime and is a fit subject for the territorial reform school he be may commit hira him or her to the said school by warr warrant a nt and if the said aid judge shall be satisfied that t the be accused is riot not guilty he shall forthwith discharge t the fe accused but it if satis satisfied fled that the accused is guilty but not a fit subject for said school he must remand the accused to the said justice of the peace tor for sentence SEC iff IWI the judge shall certify in the warrant arraut the place in which the boy or girl resided st it the time of his or her arrest also his or her age as near as can be ascertained and command the said officer to take the said boy or girl and deliver him or ter liter without delay to the superintendent of said school or other person to in charge thereof at the place where the ame i is established and such certini ate for the purposes of this act shall ne ie conclusive evidence of his bis or her residence or age accompanying said warrant the judge shall transmit to the superintendent by the officer executing it a statement of the nature e of ta the e complaint together with such particulars concerning the boy or girl as the judge is able to ascertain provided the expense of conveying any boy or girl airl committed by the district court to said reform school or for returning him or her to his bis or her parents or guardians after his or her release shall be at the ex expense P ense of the territory SEC 17 every boy or girl committed to the reform school shall remain until he or shall arrive at the age of majority or is is legally discharged such discharge shall be a complete release of all penalties incurred by conviction of the offense for which he or she was committed I 1 sac 18 no boy or girl shall be committed to said reform school for a longer term than until he or she attain the age of majority but the trustees by their order may at any time after six months service service discharge any boy or girl from said school as a reward of good conduct in the school and upon satisfactory evidence of reformation SEC 19 every person who unlawfully aias or assists any boy or girl lawfully committed in escaping or attempting to escape or knowingly conceals said boy or girl at ter his or her escape shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor SEC 20 if any boy ox ov girl convicted of a felony committed to the reform school shall prove unruly or incorrigible ri or if his bis or hei cef presence shall be manifestly and persistently dangerous to the welfare of the school the trustees shall have power to order his bis or her removal to the county irom from which be or she came and deliver to the sheriff of said county or the marshal territory and proceedings proc edings against him nuo or her shall be resumed as if no warrant or order committing him or her to the reform school had been made see SEC ri 21 if iettie tho tieste a are ai hobble to obtain by gift or at reasonable prices the land and water which they deem necessary tor for the reform they may instruct the united states bistrica bi district strict attorney or the prosecuting attorney of weber county and such officer is hereby empowered to institute in the name of the Terri territory tori the necessary proceedings proceeding edin s to acquire the title to the premises astred desired in ID the manner prescribed in title 7 chapter 45 of the laws of 1884 of an act revising the code of civil procedure of utah territory approved march 8 TERRITORY OF UTAH secretary Secre office ace march 21 1888 1 I william C hall secretary of the territory of utah do hereby certify that the annexed anu foregoing copy of an act of the governor and legislative assembly of the territory of entitled an act to establish a territorial reform school approved march 8 1888 is a true full and literal exemplification of the original on file and of record in my office in testimony whereof I 1 have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of i GREAT evv tr t r great i NEAL AT f the territory to be hercun 1 to affixed at salt lake city the date above written WM C HALL secretary |