The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-07-28

by voluntary contribution or otberw;s. "'a iee
'ne payment OF board Of such child. until a
auaaple provision may be made for the child
m,o'. noiie Mi'Iiout such payment; or the Judge
corporatcd under the laws of this STATE th -,
may care tor delinquent children, or be nro.
Nlued ny CITY or county authority suitable for
the care OF such children, or 10 anv State
.l's ,!ih or retornatory which may be eS
! 1SDa''neu ior tue care OF delinquent children
Inc court may thereafter set aside. change
or modify such order, in its discretion IN
no case snail child be committed bevond hi,
or her minority. a child committed 10 such
an institution shall be subject to the control
81 me county Judge, who Shall have power 10
a,s, ina such child from custody whenever
III lhe judgment OF the judge, his or her refor
nation is complete; or the Judge NAV com.
mt me child TO the care and custody Of some
| suitable association or institution that viii
receive him, embracing in its object the care
OF dependent or neglected children.
Sec g. When any child less than sixteen
out warrant, and brought before any Justice
OF the Peace Municipal Court or other court.
| the magistrate or judge presiding over sucb
court, either before trial or after trial and con.
vcton, but before sentence, may, in his dis.
| eIenon take charge Of the custody OF such
tor the County Judge to take charge OF de-
/ Iihquent children, or he may make and enter
| an order remanding the custody of such child
| to the Probation Officer to be dealt with as
delinquent children are herein provided to be
| dealt with. If such order is made after trial
| any any, e?lNieuon, out before sentence, and sucn
| child is afterwards found to be ncorrigible,
| or incapable OF reformation, or dangerous to
| the welfare OF the community, the Judge or
magistrate may order the arrest of such child
| and sentence such child as if the sentence had
not been suspended By committing a child
| to PROBATION Othcer to be dealt with as
| 4elinquent child in the manner herein provided
| tor, the court or Judge after trial and convict.
| ion shall not lose jurisdiction to sentence.
| Sec 10. The provisions of the preceding
/ section shall not apply to children accused or
/ guilty OF the crime of rape, murder, man.
| slaughter, robbery, arson, burglary or the at
| tempt to commit any of these crimes.
| sec. II. No court or magistrate shall com.
| init child under fourteen years OF age to a
| jail or police station, but if such child is
unable to give bail he may be committed to
| the care OF the sheriff, police officer or Pro.
baton Ofhcer, who shall keep such child in
some suitable place provided by the city, county
| or State, outside OF the enclosure of any jail
| or police station, or it may be held otherwise,
/ as the court may direct. When any child shall
be sentenced to confinement in any institution
| to which adult convicts are sentenced, it shall
be unlawful to conhne such child in the same
! building with such adult convict, or to
confne such child in the same yard
or enclosure with such adult criminals,
or to bring such child into any yard or build
| ing in which adult convicts may be present.
Sec IL. The County Judge may at any
| time require from any association, institution
or person receiving or desiring to receive child
| rem under the provisions of this Act such re.
| ports, information, and statements as the judge
| may deem proper or necessary for his action;
J and shall in no case he required TO commit
child to any institution, association or person
whose standing, conduct or care of children,
! or ability to care for the same, is not salts.
at any time, require reports from the Probation
Oifce- or officers containing such information,
and covering such matter, as the judge may
deem proper. Any and all reports made to
| the Judge under this Section shall be kept on
| file in the judges office, conveniently in.
| dexed
Sec. -. 1t shall be lawful for the parent,
| or guardian or other person having the right
! of disposal of a dependent child, to enter into
| an agreement, subject to the approval of the
| County Judge, with any association or insti
tuition Incorporated under the laws of Florida,
| for the purpose of aiding, caring for, and
| training such children, for the surrender OF
such child to such association or institution, or
| to be put into family home. Such agree
ments may contain any and all proper spu-
i ations to that end, and may authorize the
J association and institution by its attorney, or
agent. 10 appear III any proVeeuiis III VI. $50
adoption of such child, and consent to its
adoption. and consent shall be binding upon
| the child and its parents or guardian or other
| nerson, the same as if such person personally
came into court and consented thereto, whether
made party to the proceedings or not.
Sec -. The sheriff, or other oineet serving an,
any notice process or warrant under this Act
| or doing any other thing or act under the pro,
visions hereof, shall receive from the hne and
| forfeiture fund such fees as are provided tor
] similar services, except Probation Ohcers shall
receive no other compensation than, that hxed
| by the County Commissioners. Inc county
| Tidye shall be paid such compensation as may
| he 6xed by the County Commissioners but IN
! counties having more than nifty thousan9 49,,
| ooo( population BY the last State or Federal
! census. The compensation of the County Judge
Shall not be less than five. hundred dollars
(ssoo.oo) annually, to be paid out OF the me
and forfeiture fund quarterly, ,,,.
Sec, ~. This Act shall be literally con-
strued to the end that the objects may be car;
red out, to,wit: That the care, CUSTODY anu
discipline of a child may approximate as near!
as may be that which should be gwen Oy =, Is
parents and in all cases where II can DC
ppronerlv done. the child TO be placed in an
| approved family home, and be MADE '"e'''
| Der of the family by adoption. - ,..-so..
| Sec &c. ANY person who shall in'ericIe
With the custody or control Of any cnild VINO
! shall have become the ward OF any court UNI ,,
der the provisions OF TINS ie., u co m made
under the provisions hereof, or any person 70
whom whom the custody OF child is committed
under under the provisions hereof who shall ,, refuse n1
to produce such child to the eOuT ho w sbal in.
t aereq with tn any Probation Officer in the dis
charge Of his duties, shall be guilty OF ! h,il
demeano and upon conviction tssreE San area
ne ,I n,' GssoocoC or imprisonment not exceed
H inc six months, or by both such fine and I'M
( prisonment. .u ,,t,. ofect the first
Sec. y. This Act shall take axe, erect '"e "''
Approved June g. 1911,
CHAPTER 6sI7I1l ,So1nS 49,; in the
AN ACT to cnr 6. es'a and Other instruments
Conveying or Transferring Real or Pf no.
BY Married Women Prior to the FIST Lay
| OF Ep.n,, by nh Legislature OF the Sfd'e