Pennsylvania Act 1879-93 — REFORMATORIES, DIRECTORS POWERS OF

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REFORMATORIES, DIRECTORS POWERS OF
                   Act of Jun. 4, 1879, P.L. 84, No. 93               Cl. 23
                                  AN ACT

     Relating to the houses of refuge and reform schools in the
        commonwealth of Pennsylvania, declaratory of their authority.

        Section 1.  Managers may reclaim wards in certain cases
        It shall be lawful for the managers of the houses of refuge
     and reform schools in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, when
     they have placed out their wards as apprentices, or given them
     up to their friends, to cause them to be returned to their
     custody, whenever it shall appear on complaint before a judge of
     the court of quarter sessions having jurisdiction, that the
     agreements made in their behalf have been violated, or they have
     been neglected or improperly treated by those who have been
     intrusted with them during their minority, and the said wards
     may be reclaimed by the said managers. 1879, June 4, P.L. 84,
     Sec. 1.