§ 9403. (Act May 3, 1876, c. 90, § 9, as amended, Act June 5, 1900, c. 715.) Period of detention.

Every boy sent to the Reform School shall remain until he is twentyone years of age, unless sooner discharged or bound as an apprentice. (19 Stat. 51. 31 Stat. 267.)

This section, as originally enacted, was as follows:

"Every boy sent to the Reform School shall remain until he is twenty-one years of age, unless sooner discharged or bound as an apprentice; but no boy shall be retained after the superintendent shall have reported him fully reformed."

It was amended by Act June 5, 1900, c. 715, last cited above, to read as set forth here.

The school was designated the National Training School for Boys by a provision of Act May 27, 1908, c. 200, § 1, ante, § 9391.

This section, with other sections of this act, was made applicable to the Reform School for Girls by Act July 9, 1888, c. 595, § 6, post, § 9419, and, as so made applicable to the Reform School for Girls, was amended by Act Feb. 25, 1901, c. 478, to read as set forth post, § 9421.

§ 9404. (Act May 3, 1876, c. 90, § 10.) No boys beyond number that can be properly accommodated to be sent to the school by courts.

Whenever there shall be as large a number of boys in the school as can be properly accommodated, it shall be the duty of the president of the board of trustees to give notice to the criminal and police courts of the fact, whereupon no boys shall be sent to the schools by the said courts until notice shall be given them by the president of the board that more can be received. (19 Stat. 51.)

See notes to section 1 of this act, ante, § 9391.

§ 9405. (Act May 3, 1876, c. 90, § 11.) Enticing boy from school or harboring, etc., escaped boy, a misdemeanor; punishment; arrest and return of escaped boys.

If any person shall entice, or attempt to entice, away from said school any boy legally committed to the same, or shall harbor, conceal, or aid in harboring or concealing any boy who shall have escaped from said school, such person shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall pay a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, which shall be paid to the treasurer of the board of trustees; and any policeman shall have power, and it is hereby made his duty, to arrest any boy, when in his power so to do, who shall have escaped from said school, and return him thereto. (19 Stat. 51.)

§ 9406. (Act May 3, 1876, c. 90, § 12.) Employment and instruction of boys; apprenticing; indentures.

The trustees shall have full power to place any boy committed as herein described, during his minority, at such employment and cause him to be instructed in such branches of useful knowledge, as may be suitable to his years and capacity, as they may see fit; and they may, with the consent of any such boy, bind him out as an apprentice during his minority, or for a shorter period, to learn such trade and employment as in their judgment will tend to his future benefit; and the president of the board shall, for such purpose, have

power to execute and deliver, on behalf of the said board, indentures of apprenticeship for any such boy; and such indentures shall have the same force and effect as other indentures of apprenticeship under the laws of the District of Columbia, and be filed and kept among the records in the office of the Reform-School and it shall not be necessary to record or file them elsewhere. (19 Stat. 51.)

Provisions for release on parole of boys committed to the school were made by Act Feb. 26, 1909, c. 217, post, §§ 9407, 9408.

The school was designated the National Training School for Boys by a provision of Act May 27, 1908, c. 200, § 1, ante, § 9391.

§ 9407. (Act Feb. 26, 1909, c. 217, § 1.)

Release on parole of male

juvenile offenders committed to school.

Every male juvenile offender who is now or may hereafter be committed to the National Training School for Boys, and who has by his conduct given sufficient evidence that he has reformed, may be released on parole as hereinafter provided. (35 Stat. 657.)

This section and the section next following were part of an act entitled "An act to provide for the parole of juvenile offenders committed to the National Training School for Boys, Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes."

Section 3 of the act repealed all acts and parts of inconsistent acts.

§ 9408. (Act Feb. 26, 1909, c. 217, § 2.) Board of trustees authorized to parole boys.

If it shall appear to the satisfaction of the board of trustees of said school that there is reasonable probability that any boy detained in the said school will, if conditionally released, remain at liberty without violating the laws, then said board of trustees may in its discretion parole such boy under such conditions and regulations as the said board of trustees may deem proper: Provided, That the parole of all such juvenile offenders committed by courts other than those of the District of Columbia shall be subject to the approval of the Attorney-General of the United States. (35 Stat. 657.)

§ 9409. (Act May 3, 1876, c. 90, § 13.)

Support of boys sent to

school by District of Columbia. For the support of the boys sent to the Reform-School, as hereinbefore mentioned the District of Columbia shall pay to the board of trustees two dollars for each boy per week; and it shall be the duty of the superintendent to make out and render to the proper officers monthly accounts at the close of each month for the support of the boys in said school, which shall be paid on demand; and, if not paid within ten days from the time the account is presented, shall draw interest at the rate of one per centum per month until paid. (19 Stat. 51.)

See notes to section 1 of this act, ante, § 9391.

The school was designated the National Training School for Boys by a provision of Act May 27, 1908, c. 200, § 1, ante, § 9391.

An appropriation "on account of the Reform School of the District of Columbia, one-half of the expenses for the inmates, and for other expenses, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars," made by the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1880, Act June 20, 1878, c. 359, 20 Stat. 208, was not to be considered as modifying or repealing this section, by a provision of the de

ficiency appropriation act for the same fiscal year, Act March 3, 1879, c. 183, 20 Stat. 417.

Appropriations for the school for the several fiscal years under a contract to be made with the authorities thereof, are made in the annual District of Columbia appropriation acts. The appropriation for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act March 4, 1913, c. 150, 37 Stat. 966.

§ 9410. (Act May 3, 1876, c. 90, § 14.)

Contracts and purchases for school; president of board its executive officer; annual reports.

All contracts and purchases made for or on account of the institution shall be made in the name of the board and by whomsoever the board may direct. The president of the board shall be its executive officer, and it shall be his duty to make an annual report to the Attorney General, to be accompanied by the annual report of the superintendent and treasurer. (19 Stat. 51.)

§ 9411. (Act May 3, 1876, c. 90, § 15.) By-laws, rules, and regulations.

The board of trustees may make such by-laws, rules, and regulations for their own and the government of the institution, its officers, employés, and inmates, as they may deem necessary and proper. (19 Stat. 52.)

This section, with other sections of this act, was made applicable to the Reform School for Girls, by Act July 9, 1888, c. 595, § 6, post, § 9419, and, as so made applicable to the Reform School for Girls, was amended by Act Feb. 25, 1901, c. 478, to read as set forth post, § 9422.

§ 9412. (Act May 3, 1876, c. 90, § 16.) Consulting trustees.

Two consulting trustees shall be appointed, namely, one Senator of the United States, by the presiding officer of the Senate, for the term of four years, and one member of the House of Representatives, by the Speaker thereof, for the term of two years. (19 Stat. 52.)

§ 9413. (Act June 26, 1912, c. 182, § 1.) Reform School for Girls designated as the National Training School for Girls.

From and after the passage of this Act the Reform School for Girls of the District of Columbia shall be known and designated as the National Training School for Girls. (37 Stat. 171.)

This section was a provision, following appropriations under the heading "Reform School for Girls," in the District of Columbia appropriation act for the fiscal year 1913, cited above.

§ 9414. (Act July 9, 1888, c. 595, § 1.) Board of trustees; incorporation.

That Samuel S. Shellabarger, Augustus S. Worthington, Adoniram J. Huntington, William C. Dodge, Mills Dean, Owen G. Staples, James E. Fitch, Thomas P. Morgan, and Alexander Graham Bell, and their successors, be, and they are hereby, created a body corporate to be known as the Board of Trustees of the Girl's Reform School of the District of Columbia. (25 Stat. 245.)

This was the first section of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Reform School for Girls of the District of Columbia."

Sections 2-8 of the act are set forth post, §§ 9415-9419, 9425, 9426.

The school was designated the National Training School for Girls by a provision of Act June 26, 1912, c. 182, § 1, ante, § 9413.

§ 9415. (Act July 9, 1888, c. 595, § 2.) Corporate powers; property.

Said corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to establish and maintain a reform school for girls at any place within the District of Columbia, subject to the approval of the Commissioners thereof, and for that purpose may take and receive by gift, grant, or devise, such real estate and personal property as may be necessary for the purposes of said corporation: Provided, That at the dissolution of said corporation, or if it should cease for the space of six months to maintain a reform school for girls, all the property, real and personal, of said corporation shall vest in the United States. (25 Stat. 245.)

§ 9416. (Act July 9, 1888, c. 595, § 3.) Powers of board of trustees as to girls.

The said board of trustees shall have the same power and authority in relation to girls as the board of trustees of the Reform School of the District of Columbia now possess in relation to boys. (25 Stat. 246.)

§ 9417. (Act July 9, 1888, c. 595, § 4.) Officers and employés ; appointment; compensation.

Said board of trustees shall have authority to appoint such officers, agents, teachers, and other employés as may be necessary, and fix the rate of compensation of the same, subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. (25 Stat. 246.)

§ 9418. (Act July 9, 1888, c. 595, § 5.)

lations.

By-laws, rules, and regu

The said board of trustees shall have authority to make such bylaws and rules and regulations as shall be necessary for the govern

ment of the officers, teachers, employés, and inmates of the school, and from time to time alter, amend, and change the same. (25 Stat. 246.)

Other provisions relating to by-laws, rules, and regulations were made by Act May 3, 1876, c. 90, § 15, as amended by Act Feb. 25, 1901, c. 478, post, § 9422.

§ 9419. (Act July 9, 1888, c. 595, § 6.) Provisions relating to Reform School made applicable.

All the sections of the act of May third, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled, "An act revising and amending the various acts establishing and relating to the Reform School of the District of Columbia," not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby made applicable to the Reform School for Girls of the District of Columbia, except the word "girls" shall be understood wherever the word "boys" occur in said act, and the words "eighteen years" wherever the words "sixteen years" occur. (25 Stat. 246.)

Act May 3, 1876, c. 90, mentioned in this section, is set forth ante, §§ 9392, 9394-9399, 9402, 9406, 9409-9412. The words "sixteen years,' wherever they occurred in section 8 of said act, ante, § 9402, were changed to "seventeen years" by amendment of said section by Act June 5, 1900, c. 715, to read as set forth ante, § 9402.

Sections 8, 9, and 15 of said Act May 3, 1876, c. 90, as so made applicable to the Reform School for Girls, were amended by Act Feb. 25, 1901, c. 478, to read as set forth post, §§ 9420-9422.

Provisions for the parole of offenders committed to the school were made by Act April 15, 1910, c. 164, post, §§ 9423, 9424.

The school was designated the National Training School for Girls by a provision of Act June 26, 1912, c. 182, § 1, ante, § 9413.

§ 9420. (Act May 3, 1876, c. 90, § 8, as amended, Act Feb. 25, 1901, c. 478.) Girls who may be committed to school; commitment by court or judge, or by president of board of trustees. Whenever any girl under the age of seventeen years shall be brought before any court of the District of Columbia or any judge of such court, and shall be convicted of any crime or misdemeanor punishable by fine or imprisonment other than imprisonment for life, such court or judge, in lieu of sentencing her to imprisonment in the county jail or fining her, may commit her to the Reform School for Girls, to remain until she shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years unless sooner discharged by the board of trustees. And the judges of the criminal and police courts of the District of Columbia shall have power to commit to the Reform School for Girls, first, any girl under seventeen years of age who may be liable to punishment by imprisonment under any existing law of the District of Columbia or any law that may be enacted and in force in said District; second, any girl under seventeen years of age, with the consent of her parent or guardian, against whom any charge of crime or misdemeanor shall have been made, upon probable cause shown to the satisfaction of the court; third, any girl under seventeen years of age who is destitute of a suitable home and adequate means of obtaining an honest living or who is in danger of being brought up, or is brought up, to lead an idle or vicious life; fourth, any girl under seventeen years of