Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08
No. 772, Al Published May 6, 1907
CHAPTER SO, LAWS OF 1907.


AN ACT to amend section 573f statutes
OF 1898 relating to the commitment OF
neglected children to the state public
school.
The people Of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly. do enact
as follows:
Section l. Section 5T3f, statutes of 1898,
is amended to read: Section 573f. a. Be,
fore any child shall be sent to said school
the county superintendent of the poor,
an agent. of the Wisconsin, hui
town, superintendent of the poor in any
city or village, or any relative or friend
of such child, shall present TO the county
judge of the county within which
said child may be an application in writ
ing, signed by the person who presents
it, which shall state that the child named
support or that said child is neg
lected. 1t shall be the duty of such =
petitioner to cause the child named in
such application to- be brought before
neged dependence. Application
may be made in like manner to
said judge for any child OF proper age
and condition who Is an inmate OF poor
house, or who shall be found in state
of want, abandoned or improperly exposed,
or in an orphan asylum the officers of
which desire to surrender Such child 10
the care of the state.
b. On filing such application and the
production before the judge. of the child
named therein, said judge shall
the child is dependent, it's age, the names
and residence of its parents, II
living, and in what institution or other
place the child has been kept, if any, and
for what length of time. Said judge may
compel the attendance Of witnesses and
request the district attorney to attend on
such examination and it shall be his duty
to comply with such request. The parents
or any friend Of the child may appear on
It's behalf, and the judge may request such
appearance by either the county
superintendent of the poor, chairman of
any town or superintendent of the poor
find, as the result of such examination,
that such child is dependent or neglected,
he shall cause it to be examined by the
county physician, if there be one, and II
physician. If such physician shall certify
in writing that he is of the opinion that
the child examined by him is of sound
mind and is not affected by any chronic
or contagious disease, and had not peen
exposed to any contagious disease within
fifteen days previous to his examination,
and verify such opinion by his affidavit,
which shall be attached thereto and filed
in the judges office, such judge shall make
a written finding of facts, which shall
be entered in the proper record book of
the county court.
c. A certified copy of such finding and
a statement of the facts ascertained as to
the age Of the child, the names and resi-
address the names of the institution or
other place in which the child has been
maintained, and the length of time such
maintenance has been continued, with
copy of the certificate of the physician,
shall be delivered with the child at the
state public school.
d. The proceedings provided for by this
section may include two or more children,
all of whom may be named in the same
application, order and certificate.
Approved May 4, 1907.