victed of petit Proceedings. SEC. 7. When a boy or girl under the age of sixteen Juveniles conshall be convicted before a justice of the peace or other crimes. inferior court of any crime, or of being a disorderly person, it shall be the duty of the magistrate before whom he or she may be convicted, to forthwith send such boy or girl, together with all the papers filed in his office on the subject, under the control of some officer to a judge of a court of record, who shall then issue an order to the parent or guardian of said boy or girl, or such person as may have him or her in charge, or with whom he or she has 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 judge order to may appoint to act as guardian for the purposes of the case, requiring him or her to appear at a time and place stated in said order, to show cause why said boy or girl should not be committed to the reform school for reformation and instruction. guardians. order. SEC. 8. Said order shall be served by the sheriff or Service of other officer, by delivering a copy thereof, personally, to the party to whom it is addressed, or leaving it with some person of full age at the place of residence or business of said party, and immediate return shall be made to the said judge of the time and manner of such service. The fees of the sheriff or other officer under this chapter, shall be the same as now allowed by law for like services. order. SEC. 9. At the time and place mentioned in said or- Hearing on der, or at the time and place to which it may be adjourned, if the parent or guardian to whom said order may be addressed shall appear, then in his or her presence, or if he or she fail to appear, then in the presence of some suitable person whom the said judge shall appoint as guardian for the purposes of the case, it shall and may be lawful for the said judge to proceed to take the voluntary examination of said boy or girl, and to Warrant of commitment. Expenses. Term of commitment. Assisting escapes. hear the statements of the party appearing for him or her and such testimony in relation to the case as may be produced, and if upon such examination and hearing the said judge shall be satisfied that the boy or girl is a fit subject for the state reform school, he may commit him or her to said school by warrant. SEC. 10. The judge shall certify in the warrant the place in which the boy or girl resided at 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 her without delay to the superintendent of said school, or other person in charge thereof, at the place where the same is established; and such certificate, for the purpose of this act, shall be conclusive evidence of his or her residence or age. Accompanying this warrant, the judge shall transmit to the superintendent by the officer executing it, a statement of the nature of the complaint, together with such other particulars concerning the boy or girl as the judge is able to ascertain. Provided, the expense of conveying any boy or girl so committed to said reform school, or of returning them to their parent or guardian after their release therefrom, shall be at the expense of the state. SEC. 11. Every boy or girl committed to the reform school shall remain until he or she shall arrive at the age of majority or is reformed, or legally discharged. The discharge of any boy or girl so reformed, or hav ing arrived at the age of majority, shall be a complete release of all penalties incurred by conviction of the offense for which he or she was committed. SEC. 12. Every person who unlawfully aids or assists any boy or girl lawfully committed, in escaping or attempting to escape therefrom, or knowingly conceal said boy or girl after his or her escape, shall be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the state penitentiary not exceeding three years. for establish maintenance. SEC. 13. That, for the purpose of creating a state Appropriation reform school fund, out of which to pay the expenses of ment and establishing and maintaining the said reform school, the sum of ten thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any moneys of the state general fund not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 14. That the said Nebraska "state reform school Location. for juvenile offenders " be and the same is hereby located at or near Kearney, Buffalo county, Nebraska, within a distance of five miles of the corporate limits of said city, as may be deemed the most practicable and expedient by the board of public lands and buildings: Provided, however, that the said city of Kearney shall donate to the state of Nebraska a tract of good arable land containing not less than 320 acres, upon which to locate the said institution, and it is hereby made the duty of the governor to see that a good and sufficient warrantee deed is made to the state for said tract of land as soon as the same is donated and said school located thereupon; Provided, that should said city of Kearney fail to donate said quantity of land as herein contemplated on or before the first day of July, 1879, and of such quality as may be satisfactory to the board of public lands and buildings, the said board shall at once proceed to locate said reform school at such other place as shall comply with the requirements of this section, and as said board may deem most advantageous to the interests of the state. SEC. 15. That the said board shall, as soon as practi- Duties of board of public lands cable after the passage of this act, but before the first and buildings. day of October, 1879, take the necessary steps for the commencement and erection of suitable buildings for the institution, and the doing of such other work as may be deemed needful; and the said board shall advertise for sealed proposals for the construction of the building or buildings they may deem necessary to erect. The said advertisement shall be for the space of three weeks in the Lincoln State Journal, Omaha Republican, and the Kearney Press. SEC. 16. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Approved, February 27, A.D. 1879. Re-imbursement of deaf stitute. AN ACT To reimburse the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb for the amounts Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: SECTION 1. That the sum of three thousand and nineand dumb in- ty-five dollars and two cents be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the re-payment to the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, of the sum of three thousand ninety-five dollars and two cents, belonging to the funds of the said institute, borrowed from said institute by the board of public lands and buildings, and by said board expended in making necessary repairs upon the state penitentiary and the capitol building. Approved, February 27th, A.D. 1879. Providing for the erection of a workshop and for repairs and improvement at the Deaf and Dumb Institute at Omaha, and appropriating money for the same. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: and dumb SECTION 1. That the sum of four thousand and five Appropriation for improvehundred dollars ($4,500) be and the same is hereby ap- ments to deaf propriated to the deaf and dumb institute at Omaha, to institute. be paid out for the purposes, in the manner, and from the funds specified in the following sections of this act. SEC. 2. That the sum of three thousand dollars Workshop. ($3,000) or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of the state general fund for the purpose of erecting a two-story brick building on the grounds of said institute to be used as a workshop for the pupils of said institution. The board of public lands and buildings to have charge of its construction. SEC. 3. Within thirty (30) days after the taking Advertisement of effect of this act it shall be the duty of said board to advertise for thirty (30) days in one paper in each of the cities of Lincoln and Omaha, for plans and specifications for said building. The entire cost of said building, including advertising and other expenses, for plans. |