The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-26

several appointments, and thereafter there shall
be one Of the said board appointed every two
~ years. whose term OF office shall continue fo1
six years. or until his successor is appointed and
qualified The members OF the said board shall
constitute body corporate, under the name and
style of the Board Of Control of the State Public
School" with the right OF suing and being sued.
OF making and using common seal. and altering
1t Ut pleasure.
That said board Of control shall have the power
of taking and holding by purchase gift, dona-
ton, devise or beQuest, real or personal estste
to be applied to the use OF the institution.
Sec. 10. 1t shall be the duty OF said board Of
control to meet once in three ~ months on its
own adjOurnments. and oftener il necessary:
that the said board shall elect from it's own
number president and secretary: also . treas
urer, who may or may MT be member Of the
said board: each Of whom shall no his Office
during the pleasure OF the said board; that the
said treasurer shall give his bond to the people
of this State, with two e, or more sufficient
sureties. to be approved by the said board and
the governor, In the penal sum Of at least ten
thousand t$lO,OOo dollars, or in such addi-
tional penal sum as said board may require,
conditioned for the faithful performance Of the
duties required of him by law, and to account
for and Fay over as required by law all moneys
received by him such treasurer and when not
. member of said board may be paid for his
services as other employees OF said institution.
The said board OF control shall establish !.
system of government for the institution,
and shall make all nscsssa1y rules
Pl1e IL, 1%parsinS instructed preserving
uai and moral training of children. The said
board shall appoint superintendent, matrOn,
and such other officers, teachers, and employees
rs shall be necessary, who shall severaliy hold
their offices or places during the pleasure OF said
boari, and said board shall prescribe their du-
ties and fx their salaries. subject to the approval
OF the governor.
SEC. IL. There shall be received as pupils in
said school those children WHO are declared de-
pendent on The public for support, as provided
fourteen (1H years OF age, and who are IN suita-
BILE condition OF body aud mind to receive in
struction. That said board is authorized in ad-
Knitting children to give preference 10 those I'M
der twelve u2) years of age. That those admit.
ted, unless sent from the institution as provid-
ed by this act, shall be retained until they ars
sixteen ld0 years Of age, and may be retained
after that age in the option OF said board
until q home is procured for them.
That said board Is authorized to return to the
county sending il any child when it shall become
sixteen u6) years Of age and no home has been
procured, or whenever after its admission It
shall be asccrtained 10 the satisfaction Of said
board that the child was OF unsound mind or I'M
sound body at the time OF IT'S admission, or il
for any other reason said board shall consider
said child an improper inmate of said school:
herein provided to the county sending it, the
guardianship OF this board shall cease and the
child shall again become charge on the county
sending 1t. The said beard Of control shall re-
port in writing to the county commissioners of
the proper county The reason for returning the
SEC IL. The children in such school shall IN
malni aimed and educated in the branches usually
taught in common schools, and shall have proper
physical and moral Training
SEC. Is. 1t is declared 70 be the object of this
act to provide for such children temporary
home only in said school until homes can be pro-
cured for them in good f.mlles. The said bard
u control IS hereby made the legal guardian Of
all children who shall become inmates of the
said school 1t shall be the duty OF said board
of control to use special diligence in providing
suitable homes for such children, and it is here
by authorized TO place them in such families on
written contract during minority, or until
eighteen Isl years Of age, in the discretion Of
said board OF control, providing Tor their educa-
ton IN the public schools where they may reside.
for teaching them some useful occupation, for
family where paced. and for the payment, on
the termination OF such contract, to said board
OF control, for the Of the child, any sum OF
money that may be provided for in said instru.
ment.
SEC. IA. That whenever there shall be suf-
nclent room for the reception OF the class of chill
0ren described IN this act in such state public
school, no such children shall hereafter be MAIN
tanned in county poorhouses. That in receiving
such children into such school preference shall
be given first to dependent aud INDECENT orphans
State.
SEC. Is. Whenever inquired of by the county
There is room for one or more children in said
school from any county, it shall be the duty of
the superintendent OF said school to notify the
county commissioners Of such county how many
children they can send to said school That
whenever there are more admissible children in
the several counties than can be received in said
ent OF said school to divide such admissions pro
rata among the counties according to the
number Of dependent children in each as
the time of such admission, giving preference to
counties OF the same or larger population that
have had less admitted into said school That
whenever the county com missioners of any coun-
n q ySQYIy1 HAvf n1
said school that any dependent children from
their county can he admitted INTO said school It
ehall be their duty to forward them 10 said
school as provided in this act as soon "a prac-
tlcable. That the expense OF transportation Of
children to said school pursuant to law and tho
expense Of returning any Of said children to
their counties after their admission by said
board OF control rs improper inmates OF said
school shall be audited by the board Of state
auditors and paid from the general fund.
SEC. 16. Before the county commissioners
shall send any child to said school they shall
cause him to De brought before the judge OF
probat, in the county where the child belongs,
Tor examination by the judge Of probate - TO
his ALLEGED dependence: and it shall Be
the duty of the county commissioners of each
oter children which shall be found in q state
of want or suffering or being abandoned or Inn
properly exposed, or children in any orphan asy-
lum, where the officers thereof desire to surren.
der them to the care Of the State, whenever there
shall be q vacancy for their county in said
school. to bring such children before the said
III.
shall chereupon be the duty of the said judge OF
probate TO iigate the facts in each case and
ascertain whether such children are dependent.
their ages. names. and residence OF parents, and
in what county i,oorhouse orphan asylum
they have been kept, ii any, and for how long
time; anG said Judge OF probate shall have power
to compel the attendance OF witnesses and NAV.
in his discretion, request the attendance of the
prosecuting attorney for such examinations and
If so requested 1t shall be the duty OF such pros
ecuting attorney to attend in behalf of the
county. The parents or any friend may appear
in benaf of any child, and in his discretion
the sad judge OF probate may request any
county commissioner to appear in behalf of
any child, and ii on such examination the
said judge OF probate shall find that any child il
dependent and neglected, he shall enter such
finding by proper order in the journal OF the
probate court in his office, and shall deliver to
the county commissioners procuring such ex-
animation q certified copy OF such order. which
OF the facts SO far as ascertained as to the age
of the Guild, names and residence Of parents,
and name OF county poorhouse or orphan asylum
where the child has been maintained. and the
length Of time Of such maintena..ce: and in the
case of the examination Of two or more children
At the same time, only one ~ order need be
be delivered with the child ut said school to the
superintendent thereof.
SEC. II. 1t shall be the duty Of said board Of
control to provide and keep in said institu-
tion = record in which shall be entered
the names, residence and ages of
the children received, the residence, bust
Acso uiIDICSs 8Nu Cu1TaEteI OF the parents
If living and known, the date Of reception I'm
school, the date OF linden: ure contract aud the
name, occupation and residence of the person
with whom the child Is placed. brief history
of each child shall be maintained during ito
minority.
Sec. Is. The said board Of control ia author
ICED to designate some officer, teacher or other
emplOye connected with said school. to act as
agent thereof, and who shall act in that capacity
during the pleasure of said board OF control. and
shall be known as the agent OF the state public
school: and his duties as such agent shall Do
prescribed by said board. and shall include the
visiting, as often and at such times as said board