The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-24
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.
rCHAPTER a.. I

AN ACT to regulate the importation
into the State Of Maryland of actual
paupers, vagrant. criminal, incorTigi-
BILE, insane or helpless crippled or
diseased children, and providing
penalty for the violation thereof.
Section l. Be it enacted by the Gen
eraI Assembly of Maryland, That it
shall be unlawful for any person, cor
poration, association or institution to
bring or send, or receive, or cause to be
brought or sent or received into the
State of Maryland, any actual pauper.
vagrant, criminal, incorrigible, insane
or helpless crippled or diseased. child
for the purpose of placing such child in
any home in Maryland or procuring the
placing of such child in Maryland by
indenture, adoption or otherwise, with
out first obtaining the written consent
of the Board of State Aid and Charities
of Maryland, and complying with the
following requirements: Before sucn
person, corporation, association or in
stitution shall bring, or send, or re-
ceive, or cause to be brought or sent
or received any such child into this
State, they shall furnish to the said
Board of State Aid and Charities of
Maryland an indemnity bond in favor
of the State of Maryland in the penal
sum of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars,
to be approved by said Board of State
Aid and Charities of Maryland, said
bond to be conditioned that they will
at once upon the placing of such child,
report to the Board of State Aid and
Charities of Maryland, its name and
age and the name and residence of the
person with whom 1t is placed; that II
any such child shall, before it reaches
the age of twenty-one years, become
a public charge. they will within thlr-
ty days after the written notice shall
have been given them Of such fact by
the said Board of State Aid and Char
tiles of Maryland, remove such child
from the State; that they Will not
place or cause to be placed, any such
child except under written contract
which will secure such child a prop
er home and will make the person so
receiving the child responsible for its
proper care education and training;
that they will properly supervise the.
care and training of such child and
cause such child to be visited at least
once in six months by a responsible
person, and that they will make the
said Board of State Aid and Charities
of Maryland such reports of their work
as the said Board from time to time
may require
Section 2 And be it further enacted,
That any person, corporation, assocla-
ton or institution. or any officer or
agent thereof, who shall violate any
of the provisions of this Act, shall be
guilty of a misdepaeanor. and upon
conviction shall be fined sum not
exceeding one thousand ($1o00) dollars.
Section 8. And be it further enacted,
That the provisions of this Act shall
not apply to a relative going to any
other State and bringing a child into
this State for the purpose of giving 1t
a home in his or any other family, nor
to the placing of children in any in
stitution in this State.
Section 4. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect from
the date of it's passage.
Approved March 8, 1908.
AUSTIN L. CROTHERS,
Governor.
JOSEPH B. SETH,
President of Senate.
J. ENOS RAY, JR.
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