The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-27

men in each ward, who shall be qualified
voters therein; all other officers for said
city shall be appointed by the common
council, unless otherwise provided. At the
first general election for city officers there
shall be elected in each ward two alder
men, one for one year and one for two
years; at every annual election thereaf-
ter one alderman shall be elected from
each ward, who shall hold his Office for
two years, and until his successor is elect
ed and qualified The city justices shall
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.
CHAPTER 6i-S. F. NO 81
AN ACT to amend sections two, six
and seven of chapter seventeen of the
general laws of the State of Minnesota
of eighteen hundred and ninety-three
QSS5). entitled. AN act relating to So
cieuos organized for the purpose OF Sc
curing homes for orphans or abandoned,
neglected or grossly ill-treated children
by adoption or otherwise, and providing
rules for regulation of the same being
SECTORS TWO thousand nine hundred and
tnlrty-three 1888. two thousand nine
hundred thirty-seven (293O and two
thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight
Csc of the statutes of Minnesota of
eighteen hundred and ninety-four QS3D
Be ii 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 1898 be amended so as to read as
follows:
Section > That such society shall have
the power to receive into its hands and
under lis control, and may become the
legal guardian of any child under ten
Years OF age OF the state who is grossly
fl-treated by any person or persons or
exercising control over it, or who shall
have been abandoned or is without a
nome, or Is surrounded by bad or i'm
moral influences, or whose living parent
OF parents by written authority, shall
assign the custody of the same to such
society, and such society is hereby au-
thortzed and empowered to consent
through its duly authorized agent In the
courts OF this state, in place of, instead
of, and whenever it is by law permitted TO
the parent or guardian of a minor child,
10 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
the power and authority to enter into
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
may have been taken, has elapsed; and
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
years in case of boy, and shall specify
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 sectarian
or political nature regarding the care,
custody or education of such children.
Sec. 2. That section 90 of chapter
seventeen 90 of the general laws of
Minnesota of eighteen hundred and nine
ty-three 1888 be amended so as to read
as follows:
Section 6. Whenever a complaint or
petition in writing Of two of the COM
missionerS OF a county, two of the
town supervisors of any town, or of two
aldermen of any city, or two officers
of any incorporated village or town shall
be made to the judge of probate of any
county, stating that any minor child or
children under ten years" of age, resid-
ing in such county, are in their opinion,
dependent upon the public for support, or
have been abandoned or neglected, or
are in state of vagrancy, or mendicity
are in a state of want suffering, or
are in peril of life, health or moral
ity, by cruel or bad treatment or by
the habitual intemperance or grave mis-
conduct of parents or guardians, 1t shall
thereupon be the duty of such judge of
probate to investigate the facts in such
cases and ascertain whether such child
or children are dependent. neglected,
abandoned or 1ll-treated, the residence
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 to
imperil the life. health or morality in
consequence of their surroundings, or of
tFe grave misconduct, or habitual intem-
perance of their parents or guardians.
And If said judge of probate shall so
find he shall enter such finding in the
records of his court, and may in his dis
cretion, 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
provided in section two of chapter seven
teen aforesaid, and shall order that 1t
be taken in charge of at once, or as soon
as It can be conveniently done by said
society, and shall deliver to said society
certified copy of such order, which or
der shall contain, besides such finding,
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-
sponsibility for such child, and shall
thereafter have no rights over, or to the
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
its 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
restored TO the parent or parents making
the application therefor, in which case
the suitabieneSs of the home of such
Investigation, and the action Of such So
ciety shall be subject to the review of
the probate court in which the child was
committed. Subject also to an appeal
to the district court as In other cases.
That in case any parent or other person
having the custody of such child shall
refuse to surrender said child to said So
ciety 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 its
agent The perzaS said Judge Of probate is
ance of witnesses on such examination,
and it shall be the duty Of the county
attorney to attend any examination on
behalf of said child. Any friend of said
child may appear In its 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 of the town.
village or city where such examination
is had, where said~child resides, to ap~
ords of such proceedings shall show who
If any one appeared in behalf of the peti-
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
guardians or petitioners, as in other
cases of appeal from the probate court
Sec. g. That section seven of chapter
seventeen of the general laws of Mime
sofa for eighteen hundred and ninety
three QS93) be amended as to read as
follows:
Section I. Whenever petition, such as
is provided for In section six of this
act shall be presented and signed by the
parties above provided, if one or both
of the parents of the child reside in the
state, the judge of probate shall issue
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