The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-13
To CARE FOR THE
NEGLECTEDONES
FLORIDA TO LOOK AFTER JUVE-
NILE cRIMINALs-A GOOD BILL
is INTRODUCED.

the Florida legislature. The title of
the bill is as follows:
An act TO define and regulate the
treatment and control of dependent
and delinquent children; 10 provide
for the disposition, care, education.
protection, support, maintenance and
punishment of delinquent or depend
ent children, and for their guardian
ship and adoption; to prescribe the
powers and duties of county judges
with respect thereto"
Section No, l of the bill reads as
follows:
Section I. This act shall apply
only to children less than seventeen
years of age. The words dependent
child" shall mean any child who, for
any reason, is destitute or homeless,
or abandoned, or dependent upon the
public for support, or who has not
proper parental care or guardianship.
or who is found begging, or receiving
aims, whether actually begging or
under the pretext of offering anything
for sale) or being in any street, road
or public place for the purpose of so
begging or receiving aims; or whose
home. by reason of neglectl cruelty
or depTavity on the part of its par
ents, guardian, or other person in
whose home, by reason of neglect,
cruelty or depTavity on the part OF its
parents, guardian, or other person in
whose care it may be, is an unfit
place for such child; and any child
under the age of twelve years who
is found begging, peddling any article,
or singing or playing musical in
stTument upon the street, or giving
any public entertainment. or who &C
companies, or is used in aid of any
person in so doing
The words delinquent child shall
include any child less than seventeen
years of age, who violates any law of
the state, or any city or town ordi-
nance, or who is incOTTigible, or who
is a persistent trUdnt from school, or
who associates with criminals, or re-
puted criminals. or vicious or immor-
al persons. or who is growing up in
idleness or crime. or who fTequents,
visits, or is found in any disordeTly
house, bawdy house, or house of i'll
fame, or any house OF place where
spiTituous liquors, or wines, or intOX-
icating or malt liquors are sold at
retail, exchanged or given away. or
who patronizes. frequents or visits, or
is found in any gaming house, or is
found in any place where any gaming
house is operated
The word child or children may
mean any one or more children, and
the word parent or parents may be
held to mean one or both parents,
when consistent with the intention of
this act"
Duty of County Judge.
Section ,. IL shall be the duty Of
the county judge to exercise such su-
pervisiOn or control of dependent and
delinquent children as is provided for
duties and authority, he may be des
ignated as the Judge tof the Juvenile
Court. but it is not the purpose of this
act to confer any jurisdiction in con-
of the constitution,
Every county Judge shall keep in a
separate book, TO be known as the
Juvenile Record" a record of all his
under this act
Section No. reads as follows:
when any child less than seven
teen years of age shall be found to be
dependent, within the meaning of this
act, the county Judge may make an
order committing the child to the care
of some suitable state or county re-
or institution, which is now
or may hereafter be provided, or to
the care of some reputable citizen, of
good moral character, or to the care
Of some suitable private institution or
association willing to receive it, and
in it's object the purpose
Of caring for OF obtaining homes for
dependent or neglected children. The
Judge may thereafter set aside.
change. or modify such order or COM
mitment, in his discretion. The judge
may, when the health or condition of
the child shall require it, cause the
child TO be placed in a public hospital
Or institution, for physical treatment
or special care, or in a private hos
pital or sanitariUm, which is willing
TO receive it, for the like purpose,
without charge"
Section Z. In any case where the
county judge shall award a child to
the care of any institution, association
)r individual, in accordance with the
provisions of this act, the child shall,
unless otherwise ordered. become a
ward, and be subject to the guardian
ship of the institution, association or
individual to whose care it is COM
n1tted- Such institution, association
Or individual, shall have authority to
place such child in a family home.
with or without indenture. and NAV
become party to any proceeding for
the legal adoption of the child. and
may tby its or his attorney or AGENT
appear in any court where such pro-
ceedings are pending and assent to
such adoption And such assent shall
be sufficient to authorize the Judge to
enter the proper order or decree of !
adoption Such guardianship shall |
not include guardianship of the es-
tate or property of the child
Must Not be Jailed.
Section IL says:
NO court or magistrate shall COM |
NIT child under fourteen years of |
age to a Jail or police station, but if |