Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-29


place thereof the words any agent so APP
pointed as aforesaid may and by strik.
Ing out in the sixth and with iines or
that said section as amended shall read
as follows:
Section ). Any agent 50 appointed az
aforesaid may arrest and bring b fore
any court or magistrate having Jlrisdlc-
ron any person offending against any
OF the provisions Of this act or any other
act or law concerning tn" protection or
children or the prevention Of cruelty -
the same. Such agent, or any sheriff.
deputy shor4n, police officer CT constable,
may lawfully interfere to prevent tho
preparation in his presenc" of any such
offeIse or act prohibited by this chapter
or any other law concerning the protec.
lion Of children or the prevention 90, OF
cruelty to the same, and whoever inter-
fcreS with or obstructs such agent or any
sheriff deputy sheriff, police officer or
constable in the discharge of his duty,
is guilty OF q miSdcmeanor, and shall
be punished by fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars or by imprisonment not
exceeding six months.
Section ]. Section forty-five of chapter
sixty-onc of the revised statutes oil nine
teen hundred and three as amended by
section -four of said act of nineteen hun
drcd and live, is hereby further amended
by adding at the end of the first line OF
said section fOrty-fve the words agent
50 appointed or any and said section is
further amended by striking out In the
fifth line OF the same the words held
within and for" and by inserting in place
thereof the word in Said section forty
i've is hereby further amended by Strik-
ing oat after the words such child in
the eighteenth line of said section tn:
words and its parents or parent, If any
and by inserting after the words '.hefore
him" in the nineteenth line of said see
ton the words and notice TO be given 10
its parents or parent, If any, tor such
length of time the judge may see fit.
either by service in hand or publication
in such manner as the court may direct.
hD ltI}D. mn no N
sary in his discretion continue the case
for hearing, and said section Is hereby
further amended by inserting alter the
word and in the twenty ninth lin" OF
slid section, the words pending any such
continuance of the case before hearing
and after hearing and said section is
hrrrby further amended by striking out
in the thirty-SecOnd line of said section
the words officer or" and inserting after
the word agent the words so appoint
Cd 50 that said section when amended,
shall read as follows:
Section d. When complaint in writ
ing, signed by any such agent 50 APP
pointed any officer aeenr of any
society for the protection of children or
the prevention Of cruelty to the same.
or by three or more citizens of any town
or city. il made under oath to the judge
OF any court i'll the county in which said
town or city is located, alleging that such
child in said town or city is cruelty treat
eG or wilfuily neglected by its parents or
parent, or by the wilful failure Of such
suitable food, clothing or the privileges
OF education, or is kept at or allowed to
frequent any Gisorderly house, house Of
i'll fame. gambling place or place where
intoxicating liquors are sold, OF other
place injurious to health or morals, or
that such child is All orphan without
means of support or kindred of sufficient
ABILITY who will furnish such support,
and praying that suitable and proper pro-
vision may be made for the care, GUS
tody support and education of the child
r,l,f, ft,n ~
or Judge to whom such complaint is
made shall issue his warrant and cause
such child to be brought before him, and
notice to be given to its parents or pa
rent. if any for such length OF time as
the Judge may see fit either by service in
hand CT publication in such manner as
the jungc may direct, and the judg@ may
if he deems it necessary in his discretion
continue the case for hearing, ard IL
upon hearing it appears that the allega-
tons of said complaint are true, and
child shall be supported and educated
away from its parents or parent, he
shall order it into the care and custody
of such place or institution as is provided
therefor by such town or city. or to such
charitable institution or private person
as he deems suitable, provided that such
support and educate said child; but such
order shall not extend beyond the time
when such child arrives at the age Of
twenty-one years. il a male, at tha
pending any such continuance of the case
before hearing and after hearing and I'M
til such institution or person can be
found. the magistrate judge may in
his discretion, if the circumstances ap
pear to require il, order said child tenn
porarily into the custody OF any such
agent so appointed or of any such inSti-
tuition or suitable person cons' nting to
receive said child. and the expense Of
the support of said child during such
period until permanent provision can be
therefor IN
specified, shall be paid by the town in
which said child resides and said town
may recover the amount thereof from
the parents or parent of said child. if
any, as provided in section fifty of this
chapter
Secticr ;. Section forty-six of chapter
SXty-nHe OF the revised statutes Of nine
teen hundred aad three as amended by
section four of said act of nineteen hun
dred and five is hereby further amended
by striking out the words "thirty-tWo"
and 'siXty-scVen." in the seventh line OF
said section, and inserting in place there
of respectively, the words 'thirty-three'
the tenth line of said section the word
',thirtE-four, and inserting in place
thereof the words 'thirty-fivo.' and by
striking ont in the eleventh line of said
sorting in place thereof the words sixty
nine. and by striking out in the last
line of said section the word thirty
two. and inserting in place thereof tho
word 'thirty-thrce,' 50 that said section
as amended, shah road as follows:
Section Is. Upon petition of the super
dntend"nt of any such public or ch:;rit-
able institutions asking for the care and
custody Of any such child, an order to
the Same eftoct. as provided for in the
preceding section may be made by the
judge Of the probate court in any county
where either of the parents Or the parent
Of such child resides. if written conSen,
be given as provided in section thirty
three OF chapter sixty nine. Such orders
and DEGREES provided for in this and the
preceding section shall have the sam.
effect to divost the Parents or parent Of
all legal rights in respect to such child
as specified in section thirty-fivc OF said
chanter sixty-ninc. and SAID Institution
shall have full custody ana control over
said child thereafter for said time and
have authority alone to give the consent
required in said section thirty-threc'
Section g. This act shall take effect
when approved
lApproved March g. 1901
Chapter a..
An Act to provide for the care and edu-
cation of the Feeble Minded
Section /. The state shall establish and
m'tiitain Il school for the care and edu-
cation of the idiotic and feeble minded