The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-02
CHAPTER 26O-H. F.. No. AS.


Laws of Minnesota for the year 1909 ant
the. title thereof relating to juvenile courts
and procedure thereof
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature Of the State
OF Minnesota
os seet snar1 That the title Of Chapter ZAP 2s2
1909 be and the same HEREBY is amended t,
read follows:
An act to provide for the guardianship o.
and for the surrender by municipal courts anc
justices of the peace of jurisdiction of juve
Sec 2 That Chapter 232 of the Genera
Laws Of Minnesota for the year 1909 be ano
the same hereby is amended to read fol
lows:
Section. l. This act shall apply only to chill
dren under the age Of seventeen QO years
For the of this act the WoEas
mean any child who for any reason is desti
tute or homeless or abandoned; dependent
parental care or guardianship; or who habitu
ally begs or receives aims; or who is found
living in any house of il-fame or with an!
vicious or disreputable persons whose home
by reason of neglect, cruelty or depravity OF
the part of its parents, guardian or other per-
m he ebd nn be- is UNFIT
of ten (10) years who is found begging. ped
ding or selling any article or singing Or play
or giving any public entertainment. Or who
accompanies Or is used in aid of any person
so doing. The words delinquent chiid'' shall
include any child under the age of seventeen
1O years who violates any law Of this state
or any city or village ordinance: or who Il
thieves. vicious or immoral persons, or who
without just eause and without the consent OF
its parents or custodian absents itself from
its home place Of abode. who is ar
habitual truant; or who is growing up in idle
ness; who knowingly frequents house OF
il:fame: Or who knowingly patronizes any
policy shop place where any gaming device
is or shall be operated or who freQuents any
saloon or dram shop where intoxicating liquors
are sold; who patronizes visits any pub.
lie DOOl room bucket shop: who WandPrs
about the streets in the night time without
being in any lawful business or occupation; OF
who habitually wanders about any railroad
yard or track or jumps or hooks 10 an.
moving train, or enters any car or engine
uses vile, obscene, vulgar. profane or indecen,
language; or who is guilty Of immoral con
duct in any public place or about any school
house. Any child committing any, of the acts
herein mentioned shall be deemed a deunquen,
child. and shall be liable to guardianship as
pr0vde The word ehd
and the word parent or parents may be
held to mean one or both parents, when con:
@ @s shall ie ncde ems any m io
which includes in its purpose the care or dis
position Of children H., coming within the mean
neglected Or delinquent shall be a ground fol
the appointment of a guardian for such child
Do Of
dren He shall, proSide Himself with suit suit
taken under the provisions of this act. at the
expense of the county and he shall record III
said book all proceedings taken In each case
not record any evidence taken except as II
shall seem to him proper and necessary. The
reasons for appointing such guardian shall
be entered therein and any parent or the at
torney for any child may appeal from the
final disposition Of the guardianship matter
by complying with the law regulating appeals
from probate courts.
Sec: 8; Any reputable person resident in the
county, who appears to be either neglected, de-
pendent or delinquent may file with the pro
bate court Of the county where such child
facts verified by affidavit. The petition shall
set forth the name and residence of each par
ent if known. and if both are dead or the
dence of the legal guardian, If known. or il
not known then the name and residence Of
some near relative. II there be one. and his
the affidavit is upon information and belief
f. Sec. f. Upon the filing of the petition a
summons shall be issued by the Judge of pro
bate of such county, recurring III S the hay
whom the child may be, to appear with the
child at a place and time stated in the sum
mons. which time shall not be less than
place may be in the county seat of such conn.
ty. OF In any other. city or village in the
county. at the discretion of the probate Judge
i by law for the service Of summons in civil
! actions: The parents Of the child. If living
and their residence is known, Or its Legal
guardian, If one there be- or If there is neither
is not known, then some relative. If there be
one, and his residence is known. shall be mott
| fed Of the proceedings. In any case the Judge
behalf OF the child, Where the person to be
roieeas resides IN the co,,ntv sarvtce of notice
shall be the same as service OF the summons