New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-04-26

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limits Of said city, all of whom shall be
men in each ward nc w Who shall be auaiified
voters therein; ali other officers for said
city shall be appointed by the common
first general election for city officers there
snail be elected in each ward two alder
men, one for one year, and one for two
ter one alderman shall be elected from
each ward, who shall hold his Office for
TWO years. and until his successor is elect
hold their offices for two years. and until
their successors are elected and qualified
all other elective officers shall hold their
Offices for one year, and until their
successors are elected and qualified.
Sec. ?. This act shall take effect and be
IN force from and after it's passage.
Approved March 18th, 1889. AZ
CHAPTER CAS-. F. NO 81
AN ACT to amend sections two, six
general laws Of the State Of Minneso.a
of eighteen hundred and ninety-three
QS93), entitled, IAN act relating to SO
cmrn fo for the purp6 6s % d
neglected or grossly ill-treated children,
by adoption or otherwise, and providing
rules for the regulation of the same, being
sections two thousand nine hundred and
thirty three 1888, two thousand nine
hundred thirty-seven (293O and two
thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight
(2@3S) of the statutes of Minnesota of
eighteen hundred and ninety-four QS3D.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section l. That section two of chapter
seventeen Of the general laws of Mime
sofa for 1893 be amended SO as to read as
follows:
Section 2. That such society shall have
tO
under Its control, and may become the
legal guardian of any child under ten
years ,1 of age of the state, who is grossly
have been abandoned, or is. without a
home, or is surrounded by. bad or i'm
OF parents, by written authority, shall
assign the custody Of the same to such
society, and such society. is hereby au-
through its duly authorized agent in the
courts of this state, in place Of, instead
Or and whenever it Is by law permitted to
the parent or guardian Of minor child,
30 consent to the adoption Of such child
IN the courts, under the laws and In the
manner provided for the adoption of
children: That such society shall have
contracts with the persons taking the
children. but not legally adopting them,
as soon as possible after the period of
ninety days trial, upon which the child
this contract shall provide for the proper
care of the child until the age of sixteen
years In the case Of a girl and eighteen
the amount to be paid to the ward at the
expiration of the period of the contract,
provided that in no case shall such con-
tract contain any provision of a sectarian
or political nature regarding the care,
custody or education Of such children
Sec 2. That section (6) of chapte,
seventeen az of the general laws OF
H. T.
ty-three 1888 be amended so as to read
as follows:
Section g. Whenever a complaint or
petition in writing of two of the com
town supervisors Of any town, or of two
of any Incorporated Village or town shall
be made to the jud ge of probate of any
children under ten years" of age, resid-
1cs In such county, are in their opinion
dependent upon the public for support, OF
have been abandoned or neglected, OF
are in peril Of life. health or moral
ity, by cruel or bad treatment or by
the habitual intemperance or grave mis-
thereupon be the duty of such judge OF
probate to investigate the facts In such
cases and ascertain whether such chile
Hdedn or the rasa5
and, so far as possible, the whereabouts
OF the parents or guardian, whether the
condition and treatment of said children
and general surroundings are such as tc
consequence Of their surroundings, or Of
the grave misconduct, or habitual intern
perance of their parents or guardians.
And If said Judge OF probate shall sc
records of his court, and may In his dis
erection, upon the written request Of the
superintendent OF such society, certify
and direct that such child or children
shall be turned over to the care and Gus
tody Of said society, for the purpose OF
adoption, or to be placed by contract as
teen aforesaid. and shall order that it
be taken in charge Of at once, or as soon
as 1t can be conveniently done by said
society, and shall deliver to said society
der shall contain, besides such finding, q
statement of the facts, as far as ascer-
tanned, as to the age of the child, name,
nationality, residence and occupation of
the parents, or either of them.
That upon entering such order the
parents of said child shall be released
from all parental duties towards, and re-
sronsibility for such child, and shall
custody, services or earnings OF such
child, except as follows:
Whenever one or both Of the parents OF
any ward of such society committed to
It's care by any probate court, have be-
come able to support such child and edu-
cate it. the child shall, by resolution
adopted by the board Of said society, be
the application therefor in which case
the suita bleness of the home of such
parents shall be ascertained by careful
Investigation, and the action of such So
the probate court in which the child was
committed. Subject also to an aprca
from the decision of such probate court
to the district court as In other cases.
That in case any parent OF other person
having the custody of such child shall
refuse to surrender said child to said So
c1ety or it's agent, said judge Of probate
Is hereby authorized and empowered to
direct the sheriff Of the county to take
possession of said child, and, If SO direct
ed, it shall be the duty of said sheriff to
deliver said child to the said society or it's
agent. The said judge Of probate is
hereby authorized to compel the attend
ance of witnesses on such examination,
and 1t shall be the duty of the county
attorney to attend any examination on
child may appear in it's behalf in said
probate court, and the said judge of pro
bate may, in his discretion, request any
county commissioner, town supervisor,
alderman or other officer IF the town.
village or city where such examination
Is had, or where said child resides, to ap>
pear in behalf Of the child, and the rec
ords of such proceedings shall show who,
ton or of the child on such examination.
An appeal to the district court from the
decision of the probate court may be
taken by the parents or either of them,
OR guardians or petitioners, as in other
cases Of appeal from the probate court.
Sec. 8. That section seven of chapter
seventeen Of the general laws of Mime
sofa for eighteen hundred and ninety
three QS90 be amended so as to read as
follows:
Section 7. Whenever a petition, such as
is provided for In section six of this
nartias az ahoua nrouided Il onn a.. 1e4Is