The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-10-25
ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PUBIC


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ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PUBLIC
The Girls Welfare Board which was
created by the last Legislature to care
foor the delinquent girls Of the state,
finding that its funds for the remain
der of this fiscal year are now avail
able, is now ready to begin its work.
The Board has purchased cottage in
Albuquerque which will serve as j
temporary Home for the girls until the
state is able to provide a permanent
institution. The cottage has been fur
nished and equipped and will be open
for the reception Of girls from the
first of November Of this year.
Miss Agnes Maynard of New York
has been employed as Superintendent
of the Home. She is a Trained Nurse
and Trained Social Worker, with s
years Of experience in the Juvenile
Court and Girls Home at Honolulu
Hawaii, and has, during the past year
been studying the beat methods of dea
ing with delinquent girls in obeso ths
leading New York organizations. She
come to New Mexico with the fnest
recommendation and the Board feel,
that it has secured the services of an
expert in this very difficult line Of
work.
As there has been no institution OF
this nature in New Mexico in the pasi
the Board feels that there may be a
number of girls in the state who, both
for their own sakes and for the sake
of their communities should be in thy
care of the Board, and the law on the
subject is quoted here, so that all may
know the authority of the courts owes
such girls.
"The District Courts may, in their
discretion, commit to the said Board
as wards of the Court, for terms not
exceeding the minority of such girls,
girls under the age of eighteen years
who have been convicted of felonies
less than murder, or of misdemeanors,
or who are incorrigible, associate with
thieves, or vicious or immoral persons
or who are growing up in idleness or
frequent places Of prostitution, or who
wander the streets at night without
lawful business or occupation, or who
habitually use vile, obscene, vulgar,
profane or indecent language in pub
lie places, or who habitually violate
the Compulsory School Law, or who
are guilty of immoral conduct in pub
lie places. Girls under the age of
eighteen years shall be tried upon mis-
demeanor charges only in the District
Courts of the State, and no complaint
shall lie or any such case be tried
against said girls in the Courts of the
Justice of the Peace"
It will be seen from this quotation,
that any citizen of the state who wish
es to make complaint against any girl
under eighteen with view to securing
her commitment to this Board, should
take the matter up directly with the
District Court which alone has power
to commit. The Board will care for
such girls, educate and train them, and
will, in every case where it is possi-
BILE, try to restore them to their COM
better physically, mentally
and morally than when they were COM
mitted to its care. The girls will be
treated kindly and given all the privi-
Ieges compatible with the objects for
which they are placed in this care and
with the responsibility of the Board
for their safekcSping
The members of the Beard are Mrs.
Felix Baca, Chairman; Mrs. Rupert F
Asplund, Vice-Chairman; Miss Isabei
Eckles, Secretary; Mrs. Jan VanHou-
sen and Mrs. Jose Baca.
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