Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-04-11
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AN ACT for the protection of children within
the State of Minnesota.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of
minnesota:
tody control of any child under the age of
fourteen years, who shall exhibit, use or en-
ploy for the purposes hereinafter named, or
who shall in any manner or under any pretense
sell, apprentice, give away or let out or other
wise dispose of any such child to any person in
or for the vocation, occupation, service
or purpose of begging, or az a gymnast,
contortionist, rider or acrobat, in any
place whatsoever or for or IN any
obscene, indecent or immoral purpose exhibi-
ton or practice whatever; or for or in any bust
ness, exhibition or vocation injurious to the
health or dangerous to the life or limb of such
child, or who shall cause procure or encourage
any such child to engage therein shall be guilty
of 4 misdemeanOr, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine of not less than
fifty (5O) nor more than two hundred and fifty
dollars ($25O), or by imprisonment in the State
prison or county jail for term not exceeding
two years. or by both such fine and imprison-
ment. Nothing in this section contained shall
apply to or affect the employmento or use of any
such child as singer or musician in any
church, school or academy or the teaching or
learning the science or practice of music; nor
the employment of any child as musician at
any concert or entertainment.
Sec. z. Every person who shall take, receive,
hire, employ, use exhibit or have in custody
any child under the age and for any of the pur-
poses mentioned in the preceding section shall
be guilty of a like otfense, and be punished by
a like punishment as therein provided.
Sec. 3. When, upon examination before any
court or magistrate it shall appear that any
child within the age previously mentioned In
this act engaged or used for, or in any bust
ness or exhibition vocation or purpose desig-
mated and as mentioned in this act; and when,
upon the conviction of any person having the
custody of child of q criminal assault upon
it, the court or magistrate before whom such
conviction is had shall deem it desirable for
the welfate of such child that the person SO
convicted should be deprived of its custody
thereafter, such court or magistrate may COM
init such child to an orphan asylum, charitable
or other Institution, or make such other dispo-
sition thereof as now is or hereinafter may be
provided by law in cases of vagrant truant,
disorderly, pauper OF destitute children.
Sec. 4. Whoever shall wiltully cause or per-
nit any child to suffer, who shall infict
thereon unjustifable physical pain or mental
suffering; and whoever having the care or GUS
tody of any chlld shall wilfully cause per-
nit the life of such child to be endangered, or
the health Of such child to be injured; or who
shall wilfully cause permit such child to be
placed in such situation that its life may be
endangered, or its health shall be likely to be
injured, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
on conviction thereof shall be punished by a
fine of not less than ten (10) nor more than
one hundred dollars ($l00), and shall be COM
mitted to the county Jail until such fine is
paid, not exceeding ninety (9O) days.
Sec. s. En fines, penalties and forfeitures
imposed and collected III any county in this
State under the provisions of this act, of
every act passed relating to or affecting chill
dren, in every case where the prosecution was
instituted or conducted by the Minnesota So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
or any of it's branches, shaN enure to such So
c;ety, il aid of the purposes for which it was
incorporated.
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect immedi-
atelY.
Approved February 1s, 1879.
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AN ACT to provide for laying out, altering OF
disseminating any highway on the line be
tween any town and an incorporated city OF
village in the State of Minnesota.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the State Of
Minnesota:
Section l. Whenever the supervisors OF any
town, and the trustees or common council OF
any incorporated city or village shall receive 8
petition, praying for the location of a road, o.
for the altering or disseminating OF any road
on the line between such town and incorporated
city or village such road shall be laid OUT al
tered or discontinued by two or more of the SUI
pervisors of such town and a majority Of the
common council or trustees of such Incorporate
ed city or village.
Sec 2. The decision of such supervisors anC
common council or trustees, in relation to such
road, may be appealed from in the same man
ner as provided in the laws of this State, for ap
peals from the decisions of supervisors in rela
ton to town roads. ..s.E
Sec. 8. The laws of this State, which apply t,
n road on the line between two towns, shall b.
applicable to all roads on the line between an,
town and an incorporated city or village.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be il
force from and after its passage.
Approved February rs, 1879.