During the year, there have been frequent changes of teachers in some of the departments, which is a great hindrance to very rapid improvement, still the intellectual standing will compare favorably with other

years.

The method of teaching, and studies pursued, are those tending to practical results. Every exercise is calculated for the improve. ment of the pupil, morally as well as intellectually.

The most we can hope and labor for as teachers, is to educate the mind and purify the heart; nor do we hope and labor in vain. The worst may be improved, the best made better, and both aided to a higher life and nobler attainments.

In the discipline of the school, we find that a kind word timely spoken, has been sufficient to check the offender in the majority of cases. Our object has been not only to instruct and preserve order, but correct the morals and manners, and encourage a manly and truthful spirit.

Frequent reviews and occasional examinations have served as incentives to thoroughness in the preparation of lessons.

In writing and composition, I can see a decided improvement over last year.

One evening of each week has been devoted to lectures on Chemistry, Geology, Botany and various other subjects and their beneficial effects are observable.

To my associate teachers I would say: Our's is truly a missionary work, which promises much for the future; let us cultivate patience with the dull and stupid, forbearance with the vicious and obstinate, and perseverance in our responsible duties.

To the Superintendent and Board of Managers I tender thanks for counsel and kindness.

Respectfully submitted,

JOHN W. BABCOCK,
Principal.

LAWS RELATING TO THE SCHOOL.

AN ACT to provide for the Government and Management of the State Re form School

SECTION 1. The State Reform School at Waukesha shall be the place of confinement and instruction of all male children between the ages of eight and sixteen years, who shall be legally committed to the State Reform School as vagrants, or on the conviction of any criminal offense, or for incorrigible or vicious conduct, by any court having competent authority to make said commitment.

SECTION 2. The managers of the State Reform School are hereby clothed with the sole authority to discharge any child or children from said reform school, who have heretofore been or may hereafter be legally committed thereto; and such power shall rest solely with said board of managers, and they shall have power to return any child to the court, justice or other authorities ordering or directing said child to be committed, when in the judgment of said managers they may deem said child an improper subject for their care and management, or who shall be found incorrigible, or whose continuance in the school may be deemed prejudicial to the management and discipline thereof, or who, in their judgment, ought to be removed from the school from any cause; and in such case said court, police justice or other authority shall have power, and are hereby required, to proceed as they might have done, had they not ordered the commitment to such school.

SECTION 3. The superintendent of the State Reform School shall charge to each of the several counties in this state, in a book provided by him for that purpose, the sum of one dollar ($1) per week for the care and maintenance of each person remaining in said State Reform School, who was committed thereto as a vagrant, or by reason of incorrigible or vicious conduct, or who may thereafter be received into said State Reform School, committed for vagrancy or incorrigible or vicious conduct, from each of such counties respect

ively: provided, that the cost of the original commitment of all persons to said State Reform School shall be chargeable to the county from which the person committed to said school is sent; and provided, further, that it shall be the duty of the superintendent of said State Reform School to procure the arrest and return of any person escaping therefrom; and it shall also be the duty of any justice of the peace, marshal or constable, upon information of such escape, to arrest and return any such fugitive as above mentioned.

SECTION 4. The superintendent of the State Reform School shall keep an accurate account of the amount due from each county for the support of persons therefrom, and shall annually, on or before the tenth day of October in each year, report to the secretary of state the amount which may then be due from each county for the year ending on the first day of October preceding, which report shall state the name of each person for whom such account is rendered, the number of weeks which such person has been in said school during said year, and the amount charged for each of said persons respectively; and such report shall be verified by the oath of said superintendent as to its correctness. The secretary of state shall add the amount due from any county in this state for the support of such persons to the state tax apportioned to said county, and such amount shall be collected and paid into the state treasury for the use of the State Reform School.

SECTION 5. The board of managers shall consist of five members, who shall be appointed by the governor and hold their offices for three years; said board shall be divided into three classes, and so divided that the term of one class shall expire each year, on the first Tuesday of March, and shall receive for their compensation two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per day for every day actually employed, and ten (10) cents per mile for every mile actually traveled, and shall verify their account by their oath or affirmation.

SECTION 6. Such managers shall have the power to make rules, regulations, ordinances and by-laws for the government, discipline and management of the State Reform School, and the inmates thereof, as to them may seem just and proper: provided, that such rules and by-laws shall be in accordance with the constitution of the United States; and they shall have power to place the children committed to their care, during the minority of said children, at such employment, and cause them to be instructed in such branches of useful knowledge as shall be suited to their years and capacities;

and they shall have power in their discretion to bind out said children, with their consent or the consent of their parents or guardians, if they have any, as apprentices or servants during their minority, to such persons, and at such places, to learn such proper trades and employments, as to their judgments will be most for their reformation and amendment, and the future benefit of such children: provided, that the religious opinions of the inmates shall not be interfered with.

SECTION 7. The said managers shall appoint a superintendent of said State Reform School, and such officers as they may deem necessary for the interest of the institution, with a view to the accomplishment of the object of its establishment and economy of its management; and the said managers shall make a detailed report to the governor of the performance of their duty, on or before the tenth day of October in each year, which report shall contain a statement of the number of persons in the school at the commencement of the year, together with all such facts and statements as they may deem necessary to communicate; which report shall be laid before the legislature by the governor.

SECTION 8. The courts and several magistrates in any county in this state may, in their discretion, sentence to the State Reform School any such male who may be convicted before them as a vagrant, or of any petit larceny or misdemeanor; and the several courts may, in their discretion, send to said State Reform School any such male who may be convicted before them of any offense which, under the existing laws, would be punishable by imprisonment in the state prison: provided, in all cases, the term of commitment shall not be less than to the age of twenty-one years.

SECTION 9. The managers of the State Reform School shall have power, in their discretion, to restore any person duly committed to said school, to the care of his parents or guardian, before the expiration of their minority, if in their judgment it would be most for the future benefit and advantage of such persons.

SECTION 10. The courts and several magistrates in any county in the state, shall also have the power to commi: to the State Reform School any male child, under the ages specified in section one of this act, upon complaints and due proof made to said court or magistrate by the parent or guardian of such child, that by reason of incorrigible or vicious conduct, such child is beyond the control and power of such parent or guardian, and that a due regard for

the morals and future welfare of such child manifestly requires that he should be committed to the guardianship of the managers of the State Reform School.

SECTION 11. The managers of the State Reform School are hereby authorized and directed to procure suitable places for the females under their charge, and in their discretion to dispose of them as, in their judgment, will be for their best interests and the interest of the state.

SECTION 12. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 15, 1870.

AN ACT to amend section one and section eight, and repeal section ten of chapter sixty-six of the general laws of 1870, entitled "an act to provide for the government and management of the Industrial School for Boys."

SECTION 1. Section one of said chapter sixty-six shall be amended so as to read as follows: "The Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys, at Waukesha, shall be the place of confinement and instruction of all male children between the ages of ten and sixteen years who shall be legally committed to the said Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys, as vagrants, or on the conviction of any criminal offense, or for incorrigible or vicious conduct, by any court having competent authority to make said commitment."

SECTION 2. Section eight of said chapter sixty-six shall be amended so as to read as follows: "The courts and several magistrates in any county in this state, may, in their discretion, sentence to the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys, any such male child who may be convicted before them as a vagrant, or of any petit larceny or misdemeanor, and the several courts may, in their discretion, send to the said Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys, any such male child who may be convicted before them of any offense which under the existing laws would be punishable by imprisonment in the state prison, and the said several courts may, in their discretion, commit to the said Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys, any male child within the ages specified in section one of this act, upon complaints and due proof made to said court or magistrate by the parents or guardian of such child, that by reason of incorrigible