Despite the recommendations of the Board of Trustees and the superintendent, in 1870, the legislature once again changed the minimum age of commitment at the reform school from 14 to 17 allowing for the older class of boys to be committed there.
The legislature once again changed the minimum age of commitment at the reform school from 14 to 17 allowing for the older class of boys to be committed there. This was in 1870. This was despite the recommendations of the Board of Trustees. This was despite the recommendations of the Board of the superintendent.