Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.)
St 1866, c 209 established at the State Almshouse at Monson a State Primary School for the instruction and employment of dependent and neglected children without settlement in the Commonwealth, to be under the superintendent and inspectors of the almshouse. To it were transferred by the Board of State Charities children under age sixteen from the Monson, Bridgewater, and Tewksbury almshouses, especially orphans (along with children of indigent parents, called dependent) or those who parents had abandoned them or been convicted of a crime (neglected); also certain pupils from the State Reform School at Westborough. (See also St 1872, c 68, s 6.) St 1870, c 359, s 10 (revising St 1869, c 453, s 4; see also St 1871, c 365) allowed placement in temporary custody at the school by the board of other juveniles facing criminal charges, upon court authorization at request of the board's visiting agent (Board of State Charities. Annual report. 9th, 1872 (PD 17: Jan 1873))
St 1872, c 45 closed the Monson and Bridgewater almshouses, but the Primary School continued under the Monson superintendent and inspectors. Adults not transferred to the Tewksbury Almshouse were placed for support or temporary custody as helpers at the State Primary School (along with their children under age three) (s 3), as were other adult paupers at the discretion of the Board of State Charities (annual report previously cited). St 1873, c 262, s 7 allowed court committal to the State Primary School of habitual truants, as permitted to specific municipalities by the state board.
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