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§§ 7776–7780 employ, and use his best endeavors to reform the inmates in such manner as, while preserving their health, will secure the promotion, as far as possible, of moral, religious and industrious habits, and regular, thorough progress and improvement in their studies, trades and employment.

§ 7776. He shall, before entering upon his duties, give a bond to the territory, with sureties for amount, and sureties to be satisfactory to the board of trustees, conditioned that he shall faithfully perform all his duties, and account for all money received by him as superintendent, which bond shall be filed in the office of the secretary of the territory; he shall have charge of all the property of the institution within the precincts thereof; he shall keep in suitable books complete accounts of all his receipts and expenditures, and of all property intrusted to him, showing the income and expenses of the institution, and in such manner as the trustees may require, for all money received by him. His books and documents relating to the school shall at all times be open to the inspection of the trustees. He shall keep a register containing the name, age and circumstances connected with the early history of each boy and girl, and shall add such facts as shall come to his knowledge relating to his or her history while at the institution and after leaving it.

§ 7777. When a boy or girl under the age of eighteen years shall, in any court of record, be found guilty of any crime excepting murder, the said court may, if in its opinion the accused is a proper subject therefor, instead of entering judgment, cause an order to be entered that said boy or girl be sent to the reform school pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and a copy of said order duly certified by the clerk, under the seal of said court, shall be sufficient warrant for carrying said boy or girl to the school, and for his or her commitment to the custody of the superintendent thereof.

§ 7778. When a boy or girl under the age of eighteen shall be convicted before a justice of the peace, or other inferior courts, of any crime, or of being a disorderly person, it shall be lawful for the magistrate, before whom he or she may be convicted, to forth with 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 near to him or her, or if he or she be alone and friendless then to such person as said judge 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.

§ 7779. Said order shall be served by the sheriff or 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 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.

§ 7780. At the time and place mentioned in said order, 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 shall fail to appear