Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08
No. SCI, A. ] Published June s. 1907
CHAPTER 1876. LAWS OE 1907

CHAPTER 1856, LAWS OF 19O1.
AN ACT to amend chapter Ar, laws Of
1908, entitled "An act to authorize the
establishment of truant ungIaded day
schools and parental boarding schools,
and commitments to such schools IN
cities of the first class"
The people of the State Of Wisconsin, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do
enact as follows:
Section 1. Section /, chapter 447. laws
of 1908, Is amended to read Section I.
In any city of the first class, the board
of education or any board with similar
powers, may establish and maintain tru
ant ungraded day schools for the purpose
of providing for the proper training OF
sixteen years, who are habitually truanL
or nsubordinate or disordprly at any
school, or who habitually frequent the
streets or other public places having no
lawful occupation or employment and may,
through their truant officers and superin-
tendent Of schools, require such children
to attend such schools. Or for the care
and instruction of the same classes OF
children as aforesaid, such board may es-
tablish and maintain a parental boarding
school within or without the corporate
school is maintained after notice
of seven days to such child and to its
parent, guardian or custodian order Such
child to be restrained and cared for in
such school, with the written consent of
such parent, guardian or custodian, upon
such terms, financial and otherwise, as
shall be arranged between them. OF
for the purpose Of this act aud
whenever a parental school Is available as
hereinafter provided, such child
may be proceeded against in any juvenile
court, or where no such court exists IN
a county court as a Juvenile disorderly
person, and upon the court so finding
may be committed to such pa
rental school until eighteen years
of age, subject to earlier dis
charge as hereinafter provided =
no n
trict not having a parental boarding
school, may contract with city having
such school, for the purpose of this act
Section .. Section ,, chapter 447, laws
of 1903 is amended to read Section =
The board of education or any similar
board, which shall establish parental
school as provided in section / OF this
act shall appoint necessary officers, teach
ers and agents for said school and make
rules and regulations for the government
of said school, and the children attending
the same, and also rules under which said
children may be allowed 10 return to their
homes on parole, but TO remain in the
legal custody and under the control of the
officers of the school, subject to be re-
turned by order of the superintendent Of
such school upon failure to comply fully
with the terms of the parole, or If for any
other reason the welfare Of the child may
demand such return except as s hefeln ha ,
leased upon parole in less than three
months from the time of his commitment
nor thereafter until the superintendent OF
such parental school Is satisfied from the
conduct of such child and the conditions
of his home that he will attend school or
work regularly. If such child, so re-
leased on parole, continues in regular, or
derby attendance at school or
work for a period of one year from the
date on which he was released on parole
he shall then be finally discharged. Said
board shall make suitable provision SO
that children confined in a parental school
shall be allowed at least once IN each
week to freely receive within the institu-
ton, spiritual advice and ministration from
any clergyman of good standing IN the
church or denomination to which such
children respectively belong.
Section 3. Section 3, chapter AT, laws
of 1908, is amended to read Section 3, 1t
shall be the duty of the parent. guardian
or custodian of any child committed to
parental school, to furnish suitable cloth
ing for such child as it may be needed
and if able to do so, pay all or reason
able part of the maintenance OF such chlId;
such cost to be fixed by the court COM
hitting the child.
Section 4. Section A., chapter 447, laws
of 1903, is repealed and in It's place j.
inserted the following section Section i:
Whenever a parental school is established
under this act there shall be appointed
one or more agents for the regular over.
sight of children on parole from saio
school: or regular hours for such parole
duty shall be appointed to certain omcers
or teachers of the school
Section 5. All acts or parts of acts In
conflict with the provisions OF this act are
hereby repealed.
Approved June 6, 1907.