2550 Pamphlet, "By-Laws of the Town of Lexington," 1888

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i 20 BY-LAWS. BY-LAWS. 21 of the child, he may forbear to prosecute, place for the commitment of persons con- so long as such pledges are faithfully kept. victed of any of the offences 'mentioned in Section 2 of this Article, but also (under SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the Section 18 of said Chapter 48) as 'an in- School Committee, the teachers of the stitution of instruction for children under public schools, and the citizens generally, sixteen years of age, who by reason of the to aid the truant officers as far as possible neglect, crime, drunkenness, or other vices in the discharge of their duty* of parents, or from orphanage, are suffered to be growing up without salutary paren- SEc. 6. It shall be the duty of the tru- tal control and education, or in circum- ant officers to keep a full record of all stances exposing them to lead idle and their official acts, and make an annual dissolute lives ; and such children may be report thereof to the School Committee, committed, by the Court or Magistrate who shall publish the same with their own having jurisdiction of the case, to said institution, there to be kept, educated and report: cared for, for a term not extending beyond r SEc. 7. Nothing in these By-Laws shall the age of twenty-one years for boys, or be so construed as to alter or impair the eighteen years for girls. obligation and duty of teachers to enforce ' punctuality and regularity of attendance, SEc. 9. The Selectmen are hereby di- punctuality to make all arrangements and s+)+ and to preserve good order and discipline... - g contracts with the managers of said House SEc. 8. The House of Reformation for of Reformation or other proper authorities, y� Juvenile Offenders, above named, is hereby necessary to .carry out and enforce the pro- provided and assigned not only as a suitable visions of these by-laws. � j