Section 12. Term of Commitment for Adults
Every adult person committed to the House of Correction, employment and reformation, of the City of Philadelphia, shall, for the first time, be committed for a term of not less than three months nor more than one year; for the second time, shall be committed for a term not less than nine months nor more than eighteen months; for the third time for a term of not less than eighteen months nor more than twenty-four months; and for four times, or at any time thereafter, for a term of not more nor less than twenty-four months; and said board of managers shall have discretionary power to discharge the said inmates. 1871, June 2, P.L. 1301, Sec. 12.