The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-07-10
DEPENDENT CHILDREN.
Full Text of the New Law Bearing on
 Their Commitment

U ull IGAl Ul Lile INtW LdW DCctlilt5 Oll Their Commitment.
 The full text of the bill which was passed by the legislature and pro- vides that dependent and neglected children may be committed to orphan asylums under certain conditions is given here. The bill aroused consid- erable opposition. It is as follows:
 Section 1-Section 3,655 of the general statutes, as amended by chap ter CCX of the public acts of 1897 and by chapter LXIX of the public acts of 1899, is hereby amended so that the first sentence of said section, as
 amended shall read as follows: For the better protection of children be- tween the ages of and IS years, of the classes hereinafter described, to wit: waifs, strays, children in charge of overseers of the poor, children of prisoners, drunkards or paupers, and others who are or may hereafter be committed to hospitals, almshouses or warehouses, and all children with in said ages, described, neglected, cruelty treated or dependent, or liv- ing in any disorderly house or house reputed to be house of ill-fame or assignation, there shall be provided in each county ore or more places of refuge to be known as temporary homes.
 Sec. ?. No court or justice of the peace shall commit any child under 16 years of age as vicious, truant or incorrigible to any jail, almshouse or workhouse. Any court of probate, any city, police, borough or town court may, upon proceedings insti- tuted in the manner provided for the commitment of children to the indus trial or reform schools of the state, or upon the petition of the Connectl- cut Humane society or the state board of charities, commit any child belong ing to the class enumerated In section 8, ,655 of the general statutes as amend ed, to any temporary home that may have been established until such male child shall be 16 years of age and un- til such female child shall be IS years of age, unless sooner discharged by the board of management of the tenn porary home in the county in which such child is committed. Said board may place any such child in any pri- vate family or in any chartered orphan asylum or children's home in this state wherein such child will be ac- cepted for the period such child was committed to such temporary home or for any portion thereof.
 Sec g. The authority committing any child to any such temporary home, asylum or children's home within 30 days after such commitment shall transmit a certified copy of the items of the costs of such proceeding to the clerk of the superior court for the county in which the trial or hear ing was had and such costs shall be paid as costs are paid in criminal eases coming to the superior court from an inferior court
 Sec 4 The expenses for the support of such children shall be paid in the same manner as the expenses for the support of children committed to the Connecticut Industrial School for Girls and the Connecticut School for Boys. No payment shall be made to any asylum or children's home for or on account of any girl after she shall have arrived at the age of 16 years.
 Sec. 5 Any court by which a child has been committed to any tempor- ary home, or may be committed to such home or to any asylum or chill dren's home, may, upon the applica- ton of a relative of such child, and while such child is In the guardian ship of the board of management of a temporary home, upon due hearing, after reasonable notice to said board of said application, to be served upon it's chairman or secretary, upon flnd- ing that the causes for commitment no longer exists, revoke it's order of commitment and upon such revoca- tion such guardianship and all con trol of said board over such child shall terminate.
 Sec 6. Section 365S of the general statutes and chapter co of the public acts of 1899 and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed