1911 public laws – Ch.122 Sec.16
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CHAPTER 122 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A REFORM AND MANUAL TRAIN- ING SCHOOL FOR COLORED YOUTHS. Whereas it appears to the General Assembly that there are in this State many negro youths between the ages of seven and six- teen years who violate the criminal law, and that while such youths should be detained and punished and taught the doctrine of religion, good morals, and how to work, it would be to the best interest of such youths and criminals that they be not associated with older and more hardened criminals, but that they should be kept separate therefrom : The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
By and with the consent of parents, guardians, or trustees, any boy or girl who has become unruly and is continuing to show signs of degeneracy may be admitted to the Reform and Manual Training School for Colored Youths on the same terms and conditions as those who have been convicted or submitted to a criminal charge in open court, on the application of the parents, guardians, or trustees of such children as heretofore mentioned; and on application of such parents, guardians, or trustees, as heretofore mentioned, any judge of the Superior Court, recorder, or justice of the peace of the State may exercise the same rights and discretion in committing boys or girls of this class to the school the same as those who have been convicted or submitted in open court. ;