St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-07
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SEC. z. That section sixteen (l6) Of said
act be amended 80 as to read aS followds
section 10. Before the county commission.
shall send any child to said school they
Judge Of probate in the county wherein the
child resides, for examination as to his al.
legged dependent or neglected condition. u
shall be the duty OF the county commission.
Of probate Of said county Tor said examine:
ton those children between two ~ and
fourteen (14) years of age who are sound in
mind ana body, and who, In their opinion.
are dependent on the public for support, OF
who are found to be abandoned or neglected
and In q state Of habitual idleness, vagrancy
or mendicity; or other children who shall BIO
found In state Of want or suffering. or be-
ing In peril Of life, health or morality by
intemperance or grave misconductof parents
or guardian. It shall thereupon be the duty
Of the said judge OF probate to investigate
the facts IN each case and ascertain whether
such children are dependent, neglected. aban.
far as possible, the whereabouts Of the par
ents, when and how long the child has been
maintained In whole or In part by public OF
private charity, the occupation Of the parents.
II either are living, whether they, are sup
ported by the public or have abandoned the
child; and to ascertain, SO far as possible, II
the child be found dependent the causes
thereof. The said judge Of probate is author
lied to compel the attendance OF witnesses
on such examination, and it shall be the duty
said judge OF probate, to attend any such ex-
animation on behalf of the petition. Amy
friend of said child may appear in its behalf
IN SAID probate court, and the said judge OF
probate may, in his discretion, request the
pear in behalf Of the child, yet it shall not be
necessary to issue any citation or other no.
tice to other than the parents. The records
OF the proceedings should show who, IL any
one, appeared In behalf Of the child on
such examination. If on such examination
the said judge of probate shall find that any
child is dependent on the public for support,
or neglected SO as to be in state OF habitual
vagrancy or mendicity, or ill treated so as to
tinued personal injury, or by the grave mis-
conduct or habitual intemperance Of the
parents or guardian, he shall enter such find
ing by proper order in the journal of the
probate court in his Office, certifying that
the child is entitled to admission to the state
public school at OWatonna, and ordering
that it be taken to said school and admitted
therein, and-shall deliver to the county COM
missioners procuring such examination
certified copy of such order, which shall con.
tain, besides such findings, q statement of
the facts, SO far as ascertained. as to
the age Of the child, names, nationality,
residence and occupation of the parents,
or either Of them, so far as they are able,
whether either is dead or has abandoned the
child, and said certified copy Of said order
shall be delivered at said school, with each
child, to the superintendent thereof. That
upon entering such order, the parents OF
said child shall be released from all parental
duties [towards] and responsibility for such
over or to the custody, services OF earnings
of such child, except in cases where said
board may, as herein provided. restore the
child to its parents. That in case any par
ents or other persons having the custody OF
said child shall refuse to surrender said
child to said county commissioners or their
agent, said judge Of probate is hereby au-
thorized and empowered to request the
sheriff of the county to take possession Of
said child; and if so requested it shall be the
said county commissioners or their agent"
SEC. 8. That section seventeen az of said
act be amended by changing the number
thereof to twenty-one CID.
Sec. 9. That section eighreen 19) OF said
act be amended by changing the number
thereof to nineteen (19), and by causing said
section to read as follows: ssSection 10. The
said board of control is authorized to desig-
nate some officer. teacher or other employe
connected with said school to be the agent
thereof, who shall act in that capacity dur
ing the pleasure OF said board. That his du-
ties as such agent shall be prescribed by said
board and shall include visiting at such
times as said board shall direct the wards Of
lies, and reporting to said board the condi-
ton of such children, and any failure to
comply with the indenture contracts; and
that it shall also be his duty to provide suitar
BILE homes for the children Of this school, to
investigate applications for such children,
ing on behalf of said board with per-
sons taking such children: sue contracts
to contain clause reserving to said board
the right to cancel the same and withdraw
IN the opinion of said board the interest Of
said child requires it, and may also contain a
clause authorizing the person taking the child
to cancel the same at any time within sixty
(60) days from the date OF the contract on re.
turning the said child to said school free of
all expense. That the authority herein
given the said agent is also conferred upon
the superintendent of said school. That the
salary and necessary travelling expenses OF
SAID agent shall first be audited and allowed
the state auditor and paid from the general
revenue fund of the state: and the sum Of
$500 or as much thereof as may be neces-
sary be and is hereby appropriated annually,
to the general revenue fund, to pay the serv-
ices and expenses of said agency"
SEQ. TO- That section nineteen 19) Of
said act be amended by changing the number
thereof to twenty-five (22): also by striking
out the words general fund.- where they oc-
eur in the last line of said section, and in
serting in lieu thereof the words funds ap-
propriated for the use of the institution"
SEC. IL. That section twenty of said act
be amended by changing the number thereof
to seventeen 90, and by causing said Sec
ton to read as follows: section II. That
whenever the county commissioners of any
county shall bring any child before the judge
of probate for examination as provided In
section Is of this act, they shall present to
said judge an application in writing, which
shall be filed in his Office for such examina-
ton, which shall be signed by at least two ~
of said county commissioners In which they
shall certify that in their opinion the child
named in said petition is dependent upon
state of habitual vagrancy or mendicity. or
i'll treated and in peril of life. health or NOR
atty, by continued cruel personal injury, or
by the habitual jntemperance or grave mis-
conduct of the parents or guardian. They
shall also therein give the names, national
ity, residence, and occupation of the parents
or either OF them SO far as they are able,
whether either is dead or has abandoned
the child; requesting therein an examina-
ton and determination by said court as to
such alleged condition, and should the child
be found by said court to be in such alleged
condition, that an order be entered sending
it to the state public school. That upon the
filing of said petition. if 1t shall appear there
said county. the judge Of said court shall
issue citation fixing the time and the place
for the hearing of said petition, which shall
be served OH one or both of said parents, if
either can be found in said county, not less
than two days before the time fixed for the
hearing of said petition, requiring them
to appear on SAID day and hour ard
and show cause. if any, why such child
should not be sent to said state public school
as herein provided. That in case it shall ap-
pear by such petition that neither of said
parents are living, or do not reside in said
county, or in case one or both of said parents
shall endorse on said petition request that
the child be sent to said state public school
in provided for need not be issued and tho
court may thereupon proceed to the examina-
ton herein provided for. 1t shall be the
duty of the officer receiving said citation to
use due diligence to find and serve the same
on one or both Of the parents; yet the pro-
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