Reglamento de la casa de Refugio

Abstract

The image contains news about provincial ordinance 119 of October 24, 1850, which decrees that the shelter house is a charity establishment, exclusively for helpless people who, not being able to work, would be exposed to misery, children under 12 years who have no one to look after them, young people under 14 years of age who, having known but indigent parents, cannot receive support, children under 10 years of age who are children of prisoners, women under 15 years of age who were orphaned, elderly incapable of subsistence on their own, the people who conform to this article will be admissible, which will be done by the director of the establishment making responsible and reporting to the government by means of a note, these spouses will be evaluated by a doctor and if they comply The conditions indicated in the article will be accepted leaving the corresponding record, in this establishment they will have workshops and education, they will have divided rooms, they will be able to leave when they are 21 years old, when the government decides so. The news refers to the responsibilities and functions that must be carried out by the director who will be in charge of ensuring the operation of the establishment and the refugee children, delivering all the supports and documents on expenses, expenses, inventories, the service of the doctors and butlers, of the workshops, the behavior of the boys and girls, reporting faults in case they incur them, the constant surveillance day and night to guarantee the safety of the husbands and other functions that as director must execute. . News published in El Constitucional. Bogota. September 6, 1851.