In re Robertson

Pearson, J.:

In this proceeding, it is asserted that a recent statute *29providing for the incarceration of certain inmates of the Ferris School for Boys in the New Castle County Workhouse is violative of provisions of the state and federal constitutions.

Paul Robertson is a minor who was committed to the Ferris School in 1943 by the Juvenile Court for New Castle County, upon a finding that he was a delinquent child. An act of the General Assembly adopted in April 1947, 46 Laws of Del. Chap. 201, provides:

“2505A. Sec. 7A (a) That the Trustees of the Ferris School for Boys shall have the power and…