The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-03


wllfully interfere with said agent in his
attempt to recover the possession of such
ward is hereby declared to be guilty of
miSdemeanOr.
Sec. 10. The county superintendent of
schools in the several counties of this
state are hereby designated as agents OF
counties 1t shall be the duty of said
county superintendent of schools to visit
the children resident in their respective
counties, who have been placed in homes
therein by the state public school and to
investigate the condition of applicants
for children from said school whenever
he or she shall be requested so to do by
the superintendent thereof; and said coun-
ty superintendent of schools, when so re-
quested, shall inquire into the manage
ment condition and treatment of such
private interviews with them, and said
county superintendent shall make a writ
ten report to the superintendent Of said
each child visited; and if at any time it
shall come to the knowledge of such coun-
ty superintendent of schools that any
child thus placed in charge Of any person ss1
properly treated by the person having
such child in charge. or that such person
is unfit to have the care thereof. he or
she shall report the facts to the Superin-
tendent of said state public school.
Said county superintendent of schools
shall receive as full compensation for
their services performed under the pro-
visions of this act, their actual and nee
essary travelling expenses, together with
the sum of two dollars and fifty. cents
(S250) in full for his or her services in
each case investigated or visited and re-
ported on as herein provided, but not ex-
ceeding two dollars and fifty cents ($2.5W
for any one days services, which shall
first be examined and allowed by said
board and then shall be audited by the
state auditor and paid out of any moneys
in the state treasury appropriated for the
state public school agency.
Sec 16 TT shall be the duty OF said
board of control to secure, so far as pos
sible. the education and good treatment OF
this school, as provided in this. act. and
the full performance Of indenture con-
tracts and to obtain information as
often as is praeticable or desirable from ON
agents of said school, or the county SUI
perintendents Of schools in their respec-
tive counties, to visit such children at
such times as they may be requested so
to do by the superintendent of said
school, and to report to said superintend-
ent the facts ascertained; and whenever
it shall appear by such report or from n,
any other source, that any such child is
neglected or ill treated, or is not belng
educated by the person with whom 1t Is
placed, or that the person having such
child is unfit to have the care Thereon,
the said board, or the superintendent OF
said school. who may be authorized so to
do by said board shall cancel the contract
and cause the child to be returned to SAID
school or removed to some other home.
Any person desiring to take child from
said school by indenture or adoption may
form as said board shall prescribe. to the
superintendent thereof, who shall cause
the home of such applicant to be investl-
gated; and no child from said school snaii
be placed in a home on trial or by IN
denture or adoption unless evidence saCS-
factory to said board or said superintend-
ent that the person applying -, for r., such 1.c.a
of, educate and maintain the child, shall
be filed in the office Of said school
Sec: II. 1t shall be the duty or SAID
papers, reports, and other valuable pa
pers relating to each child, and to provide
and keep suitable record books in which
guardianship of said board, a brief his
tory of each child, showing its name, age,
county, residence, when received, In
dentured or adopted, the names, resi-
of the parents, so far as can be ascertain
ed, and the name, residence and occupa-
ton of the person who has taken the
child by indenture or adoption.
Sec. IS. The said board of CO oil shall
biennially report to the COVER lror, leg1s-
lature and superintendent Of pubic IN
struction, presenting a detailed statement
of the operations of said institution for
the two fiscal years preceding the regular
session of the legislature, which snail IN,
clude the report of the treasurer OF s siH
bursements in his office for the same
period, and the report of the. superln-
tendent for the same period, setting Iort TN
the condition of the said school, the names
Of regular employees and the salary OF
EACH, the number of children who nave
received instruction, the average numner
cipline prescribed, the studies pursued,
the books used, the expenses per capita
for average attendance, the expense per
CAPITA estimating therein the expenses
additional for those indentured and such
other information as he may deem I'M
portant, or the governor or superintendent
of public instruction may request; pro.
vided that in any report of any officer or
said school who is required by law to pub
lish any report of said school, no names
of children, wards of said school, snail De
required to be published.
The members of said board of control
shall be allowed the expenses necessarily al
incurred by them in the dlscharge Oh 81 tnedr I
official duties, and three dollars (S3) per
day for their official services actually and
necessarily performed, which snail oe
audited and paid from the funds appro.
,priated for the use of the institution in
f r. same wav that other accounts against
Sec. 10. All acts and parts of acts in
consistent with or contrav yeh Inc pro
Sec 20. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Approved April q, 1897.
CHAPTER 211-S. F. NO. SIC.
AN ACT to amend section 1867 OF the gen.
eral statutes 1894, the same being sec
ton twelve 12) of chapter fifteen OF the
general statutes 1873 as amended, "elat-
ing to compensation or county commls-
SiOnerS in certain cases.
Be it enacted by the Legislature OIL Tic
State of Minnesota:
eral statutes 1894, the same being section
twelve Q2) of chapter fifteen of the gen
eral statutes 1878 as amended, pc ana tne
same is hereby amended py addlns mere e,
10 fl,of foil 1yiToOr e0.
the performance of the duties required by
this section such county commlssl0ner
shall receive the sum OF three ~ collars
per day for each day necessarily en-
ployed, and ten (10) cents. per mile for
every mile necessarily travelled in the per-
Torrance of such duty, but no commits
sioner shall receive pay for the perform
ance of such duty for more than fifteen
90 days service, nor mileage TO exceed
one hundred QO0) miles IN any one year;
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect ana De
in force from and after It's passage.
Approved April q, 1897.
CHAPTER 212-S. T. NO. 2o4.
AN ACT to provide for second examin-
alton of all persons committed to the
Minnesota state hospitals tor insane, by
the probate courts or court COMMISSION
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That any person who has
been heretofore committed, or shall here
after be committed to state hospital for
the insane upon a warrant issued by any
probate court, or court commissioner, as
provided by law, shall as soon as may be,
and within a reasonable time, be ex.
amined by at least three. physicians Of
the hospital to which he has been CON- l.,
mitted, one of which said physicians shall
consist of the superintendent or assistant
Superintendent Of said hospital, to ascer..
tain the mental and physical condition of
the said patient, and certify to the poard
of trustees of said hospital the result OF
such examination in each case, which said
certificate, so made as aforesaid, shall be
forthwith filed with the secretary OF the
board of trustees.