County of Livingston v. Darlington
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
The court is asked in this action to declare an act of the General Assembly of Illinois to be repugnant to the Constitution of that State. The act referred to was approved March 5, 1867. It established a State Reform School for- the discipline, education, employment, and reformation of juvenile offenders and vagrants, between the ages of eight and eighteen years. The management of the institution was committed to a board of trustees, appointed by the Governor by and with the consent of the Senate. Cook County was excepted from the operations of the act, because a similar institution had been…
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