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I.AWS ()|- UXTARIO 
 
 ii;\i.ivi^ Willi 
 
 Neglected and Dependent Children 
 
 REVISED AN'i) CONSOLIDATED 
 
 1.SH7. 
 
 
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 >>ni)criiiteiii|(iit. 
 

CHAPTER 259. 
 
 An Act for the Protection and K'eforniatlon of 
 Xenlected Cliiklren ; 
 
 OK 
 
 Childivn's J'rotcction Act of Ontario. 
 
 f 
 
 Silo ,1 TiTi.i:. s. ]. 
 
 iNTKlil-KKTATlUN, s. ii, 1>(; (.'I) 
 yri'KKINrKMiK.NiK iiy Sv.'.UaTVM 
 ClUIOIlKN 
 
 SniuTiiitciidfiit nf iieglectoil 
 
 I'liildivn, s. .'! 
 lu't'iini'sancUlMiiics fcucliildivii, 
 
 s. 4. 
 Cliildrcn's visit iiiM ucnninitteoH, 
 
 s. T). 
 Maiiiti'iiaiK'f <if fliildroii in ti'iii- 
 ixir.'iiy homes, s. (». 
 Invkstii.xiids.s- 
 
 ('iiiist;ibii's to <!iif(nvt' Act. s. 7. 
 Api.ivlu'ii-iiiii (if clMldicii in 
 
 L'vil siirriiiiiKliii^'s, s. 7. 
 I'rucoediny.s tliureun, s ^i. 
 Ini|inrics to prevent sj)read 
 
 disease, s, 1». 
 Duties of Children's Aid Soeie- 
 
 tioH as (Jiiardians, s. 10. 
 Term of (uinrdianahiii, •■*• ^1- 
 Apiilieation for jtrodiiction of 
 eldldren in teinporarv lionies. 
 s. !•_'. 
 Parents surrenderini,' eiistody of 
 cliildrun not to iiave fuitlier 
 custody or ciintrol, s. liJ. 
 Complaints by parents a^'ainst 
 treatment of children by So- 
 cieties, js 14. 
 
 VisIl'oRS flK SocIKTIKS — 
 
 Visiting eonimittee.s. s. 1.^. ' 
 Ministers of religion, s. Hi. 
 Othei' visitors (•..■ •^iiri,, s i 
 17. .. ■ • 
 
 The visitors' bonk, s. 1 S. 
 Transferring of children from 
 
 orphanaiies, homes, etc., to j 
 
 Children's .Aid Societies, s.lt). 
 OiseharLCe by Lieut. -( oivernor 
 
 of children in any t'ustody, 
 
 () 
 
 .h 
 
 Ev 
 
 <;k 
 
 s. 
 
 .'0. 
 
 Cl Kl'EW " l'.\-|,A\Vs 
 
 Curfew |{y lau.s, .s. 2\. 
 
 KIKNCKS AM' rKNAl.TIKS 
 
 Neglecting or ill treating child- 
 ren, ss L'J and 2.'!. 
 
 Cinsingchildreii tobeg instivets 
 or sing in i)ul)iic places s. 24. 
 
 Power of search to investigate 
 neglect or ill treatment. sr2r). 
 
 .\rrest by constables withmit 
 warrant, a. 2(!, 
 
 Custody of children against 
 will mi otfcnce is committed 
 8. 27. 
 
 Indiicingchildren to leave chari- 
 table institutions, s. 28. 
 
 VK.MI.K OirCMiElls 
 
 Custody of juvenih^ otfenders 
 pending trial, s. 2!t. 
 
 Investiuation of sin n.undingsof 
 ofl'enders and eonnnittal to 
 Industrial School, etc., s, 80. 
 
 Adoption or apprenticeship of 
 Juvenile ofl'enders, s. ;!I. 
 
 Not to be committed to I'.iol 
 s. ;i2. " ' 
 
 Commissioners for trial of ju- 
 venile olienders. s. [ili. 
 
 Expense of maintaining in an 
 institution to which a child 
 committed, s, .'{(i. 
 
 II»K.\(K — 
 
 Evidence by children, s. .'U. 
 Presuini'tiouof ;ig.' of child, s.. ■{,'">, 
 
 NK.UAI. Pl!()\ I.slONs — 
 
 Punishment for oU'ences against 
 this Act when otherwise j)ini- 
 ishabl.^ s. ."{7. 
 
 C.jinniittHl of children to insti- 
 tutions of th,. leligion of child 
 
 s. ;!«. 
 
 I{ight of i)arents, etc., to inflict 
 punishment not .itfecteii. s. 39, 
 
 HKIl MA.JE.STV, l.y and witli the ivWico an.l consent of 
 tlio Lo<,n.slHtiv." A^sonibly of the Provinco of Ontario 
 enacts us follows : — 
 
Short titU'. 1. 'I'lii-, Act may l>f citctl a^ " Tin ('li'>l<lr,'n s I'mdvlim, Art 
 
 of Oti/nriii.' 
 
 Tiiter|>reta- 
 tion : 
 
 " Court.. f 
 
 Buiixiiary 
 
 juriadietiou." 
 
 " Inspector." 
 .Jud«e." 
 
 Miniatei." 
 
 Parent. " 
 
 " Place of 
 safety." 
 
 Rev, Stat. 
 
 c. lei. 
 
 "Street." 
 
 "duperintond 
 ent." 
 
 Jurisdiction 
 of a Judge 
 
 2.-{\) 111 til is Act, 
 
 ((/) "Cliililrcii's.Md .Society ' sliall iiK'uii any iliily iiu'oipoiatt>(l 
 and organize" 1 society having ainoiiL; its olijccts tlic protection 
 of cliildit'ii tVoiii cruelty aiitl the care ami control of nej^lccted 
 an<l (le))end(!nt cliiMii'ii, such society liavino- lieoii approved hy 
 the liieutenant-dovernor in Council for the |>uiposes of this 
 Act: 
 
 (li) 'Court of Suniinary .Imisdiction " shall mean an.l inclu<lo 
 any I'olico or .Stipendiary Majjfistrate or two .histices of the 
 Peace acting' toi^ether ; 
 
 (f) "Inspector" shall iiienii The Inspoctor of Piisons and 
 I'nhiic Charities ; 
 
 ((/) ".lud^'e" shall iiioau a .liidn'e of the ili,i,di Court of 
 Justice, or a .lu(lj;o of the ('ounty C(>urt, or a retire(l ,Jud<;'e of 
 tin' lliuli ("..urt or (bounty oi' District ( 'ourt, or a Stijietidiary 
 or a I'oliei' .Mai^ist rate, or a Ju>tice of ihe Peace specially a]i- 
 pointed as a commissioner for the trial of juvenile otl'enders, 
 or (wo .liistii'i's of the I'eace actiii;^ to;;ether ; .')1 \'. c. 40, s. I, 
 jKir/ : '){j \ . c. 4."), ■>. I, /Kirl ; .■)S V. c. .'i2, s. L' ; 
 
 (r) 'Minister" shall mean the Provincial Secretary or 
 such other memher of the Executive Council as may from time 
 to time, by order of the Lieutenant-Governor, have control 
 over the administration of the pro.isions of this Act ; "(I \'. 
 c. 45, s. 1, j)iirt ; 
 
 ( /') " Municipality ' shall mean a countv, city or town si'{)a- 
 lated from the county : »K) V, c. lo (Schrd B) ClO) ; 
 
 ((/) " Parent," when used in relation to a child, shall 
 include guardian and every person wlu) is hy law liable to 
 maintain the child ; 
 
 (//) " Place of .safety " .shall include any industrial ,sc]iool or 
 house of industry for boys or girls, or any .shelter or temporary 
 home established by any cliildren's aid society or society for 
 the protection .)f children, approved of by the Lieutenant- 
 (jovernor in Council for the pur])Oses of this Act, or any 
 other institution suliject to the inspection of the Inspector of 
 Pris.ms and I'ldilie ( 'harities. or any suitable charitable society 
 authori/e<l to exercisi- the powers conferred by The Art yspect- 
 iiuj A pftrfiilinx iiml Minors, but not a gaol, pri.son or police 
 ceil : 
 
 (/') ".Street" sliall include any highway or public place, 
 whether a thoroughfare oi- not ; 
 
 (j) "Superintendent" shall mean the l^rovincial officer 
 apjjointed under the provisions of this Act. otl \'. c. 45,s. l,/)(n'^ 
 
 (i) A Judge or retired Judge of the High Court shall have 
 jurisdiction under this Act in any part of the Province. Any 
 
 
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 (illuT .Jud^'o, Sliiifiuliiirv MuLfi^tratc, Police MayiNtnite, or 
 Justice of tlie IVace spccinl'v Jippointcd as ulbresaiil, sliall have 
 jni'isdiction in tlie coUDty or other lociilitv I'or wliicli In- liohls 
 his ortict. A retired .)ud;;e sliall have jmi diction in the 
 Province, comity or district fur which lie was .liid;,'f at tljo 
 time of his retii-enjent. ol V. c. 40, s. 1, /oo/. 
 
 Sri>F,iuNTKM>i:N<'K (ii Nk(;i.i:( riK ('iiii.hitKN. 
 
 i{. Tile Lieii(<'iiant-( io\ ciiior in (.'(Hiiicil may a])|ioinl an 
 otiici-r \vh(j shall 1h' known as t lie Supfrintcndfut of Neglected 
 and Dependent ( 'hildn-n, an<l whost- salary shall he pai<i out 
 of such nioneys as may he from time to time set apnrt for the 
 purpose by the Ijej^islativi- Asst;ml)ly of the Province; and it 
 shall ho the duty of such otlict-r, 
 
 {a) To encoura<fe and assist in the oi'<i'aiiization and estah- 
 lishmciit in various parts of the Provin(;e of chil- 
 dren's aid societirs for the protection of children 
 from cruelty, and for the due care of ne^^lected and 
 dt'piiidcMt children in ti'iiijuirary Iraiies or shelters, 
 and the plaeine^' of such children in properly seKcti-d 
 foster homes, and to have and exercise hy \ irtue of 
 his ollice I lie powers confern d U]m)!i children's aid 
 societi<'s ill munieiprilit ies when' no such sneieiy 
 exists, with )>ower from lime to time lu iip|ioint, 
 
 Slllljecl to thr ;lppro\ ;ll (if I he M ill isl er, a U \ |ier-(i|l 
 
 or committi'e in act fi>r him as occasion may 
 ret|iiii-e ; .')(i \'. c. 4.">, s. !) (d ) : "iN \'. c. ')'2. s. 4 ; 
 
 {!)) To visit ainl insjieci industrial schools and teiiijiorary 
 hones or shelters as often as occasion may reijiiire, 
 and not less often tlian may he directed liy ( )rd( r 
 ill Council or departmental reo-nlatimi in iliat 
 hehalf: 
 
 ((') When specially directed, to visit any home or place 
 where any child is hoanled out or placed jmisuant 
 to the provisions of this Act : 
 
 ('/) To advise children's \isii iiii;' commit tees and to instruct 
 them as to the manner in which their (hities are to 
 be performed ; 
 
 (e) To see that a record of all committals is kept by the 
 various children's aiil societies, and of all children 
 placed out in fo.ster homes under this Act. and of 
 all particulars connected with each cast.' ; 
 
 {f) To inspect hou.ses rejjfistered for the reception of chil- 
 dren under Part I of The Act to rer/idate Ma tern it]/ 
 Boarding lionses avd for the Protection of Infant 
 Children, and to instruct local children's aid 
 societies and visiting committees as to tlie proper 
 supervision of such houses; 
 
 Appointmciit 
 and dutius nf 
 guperinti-nil- 
 pnt. 
 
 To aiiHiHt in 
 HHtal)IiHiiinK 
 children's aid 
 «ocietifB. 
 
 IllSIH'Ctil'll if 
 
 iniinstrial 
 sciio.ils, A\A- 
 ters, etc, 
 
 S|i«cial in 
 ■spections. 
 
 Advisinf? 
 visiting coin- 
 niittees. 
 
 Kecords of 
 coiiiniittaU. 
 
 Inspection uf 
 houses 
 registered 
 under Elev. 
 Stat. c. 258. 
 
 
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 AuDimi 
 report. 
 
 Otiier duticH. 
 
 (u) To prei)aiv aiiil sultiiiit iiii auiuuil ivport on tlie vnriotis 
 niattiTs dealt witli liy him under the prox isions of 
 this Act ; 
 
 {/i) 'I'o perform sueh other duties as may lie prescrilxd hy 
 the liieutrnant-(io\ fiiiMr in ('oujicil. oO V. c 45, 
 
 SlielterH fi)r 
 young 
 childicn in 
 uitiPH and 
 
 ttlVIlS 
 
 KxiHtiii^ 
 artyluiiiH limy 
 be usfd aH 
 shclttTs. 
 
 POWITB of 
 
 children's aid 
 societies. 
 
 Appjintn^en 
 and duties 
 children's 
 visiting 
 committee. 
 
 4.— t h Koi- the lifttci' pidtictiuii <'t iicyleeled children, 
 their shall lie pidvidt-d iii i-\vry eity oi town li!i\i>i^ a popu- 
 iiition of iivei' lO.OOO unu or more jilaees of refuj^e for such 
 cl ildrt'i. only t(' hi known as temporarx h.>n.es ot shoiterH. 
 buch houies .slia!! lie eritin-ly distinct and separate fifiui any 
 [k'IimI or ]iau|M r institution, and no pauper or ei>n\ iet shnil he 
 permitted to live or l.-ilmin' therein, iiud they shall not he used 
 as a peniiJiueiu provision nr residem-e I'or any ehild. hiit tor its 
 temporary prntection for so lnii^' a time niily ,is shidl lie uhsu- 
 lutely necessary for the placing' of the ehild in a wt'll selected 
 foster home, ('hddieii demented, idiotic or sutt'erine- iioiii in- 
 euialile or contaeious diseases shall not he taken into sueh 
 temporary Immes, ')() \'. c. 4t. s. 10 (1) ; .5S \'. e. ")2, s. .'). 
 
 (2) ( >rphaii asylums or other children's liMmcs now in oper- 
 ation in any nnmicijiality may. with the consent of the tiusiecs 
 or :^o\erninn' liodies thereof, he used ;e< leiiipor;iry homes or 
 shelters under this section ; a:id when desiralile for economical 
 reasons, not hein;^' inconsistent with the welfare of the children 
 to he ])rovided for, sueh temporary homes or shelters may he 
 estaliiislied in <lesirable private families ; hut in no instance 
 sliall such liome or shelter be under the same caic or nianaee- 
 ment as a poor house or any penal institution. 
 
 CS) When in any municipality a children's aid society ha.s 
 been duly or<iani/ed and has been approved by tlie Lieutenant- 
 Governor in Council, such children's aid society sliall have 
 the supei-\ ision and management of any such children in the 
 temporary home or .shelter provided by or at the expen.se of 
 such municipality : lait this provision sluiU not apply to any 
 orphan asylum or other children's liome mentioned in subsec- 
 tion 2 of this section without the con.sent of the trn.stees or 
 yoverninjr bodies thereof. .56 V^. c. 4.5, s. 10 (2-8). 
 
 5 — (I For cjich ek'ctoia) di.stiiet within the Piovince of 
 Ontario then .shal' be appointed a connnittee consisting of six 
 persons or more, not less than half of whom shall be women, 
 who sliall lie known as the "Children's Visiting Committee" 
 for sucli electoral district. The said connnittee shall co-operate 
 witli the children's aid .societies, and shall sei-ve without com- 
 pensation. They shall have the right at all times to visit any 
 temporary home or shelter in the electoral district, and to sug- 
 gest from time to time such pi'ovisions, changes or additions as 
 they may think desirable. They shall also assi.st. luider the 
 direction and advice of tiie supei'inteiideut, in the careful 
 
sel«'ctioii of foster humi'M for the t'liildiiii in I lit- (fiiiponuy 
 homes or slieltfi's.aiul in the visitation of cliildioii when plucctl 
 in svlectcd faiiiilii-s, and such vi.-sitat ion shall lu- niadf for t-acli 
 cliild at least once in fvcry tlirci' niuiitlis; and tlif said coni- 
 niittco sliall have power to remove any child from the family 
 ill whicVi ii may 'm- placed to a temjiorary home or to another 
 family at theii- discretion, suliject ti. aiiy i-.jk's oi ivj^ulations 
 ill thiit hehalf to i»e approved hy the Licntenant-(iovern«»r in 
 (Jouneil. The siiid eoiiimittee shall alsn ha\e (he ri'dit at anv 
 time to visit and inspert any house re^isteied under I'ait I of 
 The Art lo irtjaldtt' Mutcrnit n Hoiirili iii/ IIhuhch iind 
 for tin P,-utctlon of Infdvt ('hi/drcn ar.d U, »xeroise the 
 powers oi\|.n hy section !) of saiii Aot. !")(') V. c. f'), s. 11 ^Ij, 
 
 '"''iS 
 
 SUt 
 
 o.s V. c. 5-2, 
 
 (i. 
 
 (2) 'I'lie snid children's \ isitin;^ committee for each electoral Wh.. to 
 district sluill lie appointed Ky the County .lud;;c, the Sheritl "'''"""'• 
 and the Warden of the county of whicli such electoi'al district 
 forms a ]»ar(, and in the case of a city formiii;^' a soi)ariite elec- 
 toial district, liy the ('ounty .ludii'c, the ShentI and the Mayoi' 
 of such city, find such committee shall hold otliee for a period 
 of three years. Tlie niemher of the Legislative As>enil>ly for 
 each electoi-al district shall he one of the said visiting commit- 
 tee for such electoral district. 
 
 C^) The said committee shall, in the selection of homes, Selection of 
 endea\our to secui'e homes where i-hildren nia\- lie reeeiveil to '"""*''^.'^y 
 I»e cared tor without remuneration, and shiill aim at promotiiie' 
 and encoura>;in<f a philanthropic sentinu'nt on behalf of 
 nejxleeted, abandoned and destitute chililren, and adopt such 
 methods as they may tliink best for securin^i- voluntary sub- 
 scriptions (jf nionev to be devoted to the effective carrviiie- out 
 of the olijects of this Act. 
 
 (4) The said committee shall from time to time report to Reports to be 
 the superintendent the homes which they .select and ii'com- made by 
 mend for the care of children, with full {)articulars in each 
 case ; and shall also annually report to the superintendent as 
 to their visitations and as to each child placed out in tb.eir 
 district, and as to all other matters coming within their s[)here 
 ji dutv as .such committee They "hall also frou» tiye to time 
 report to children's aid societies with reference to chihlren 
 placed ju*^ by such scjicties lespectiv ely, t( the end that siii;h 
 .societies may at all times have accurate knowled<re ie>5ardiii<i 
 the caie. over.sight, education and general wilfare of such 
 chihhen. 50 V. c. 4), .s. 11 (2-4). 
 
 (1) A .ludge may, upon the application ol any society Maintenance 
 
 of child 
 homes. 
 
 to whose custody or control a child is committed, make an °* '^*^''*^''^" "* 
 
 order for the payment, by the municipality to which the child 
 belongs, of a reasonable siim, not V»eing less than SI weekly, 
 for the expense of supporting the child Ity the society, or in 
 any temporary home, or in any foster home where such child- 
 
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 Wla-M chilli 
 (leenii'il \m 
 lieloiitr to » 
 in\inici|iitlity. 
 
 lif(;iiV('ry l>y 
 iiiii' iiiiinicipal' 
 ity (if HxiK'nuen 
 frcirii another 
 ninnici|iality. 
 
 R<^overy of 
 expt-nHOH by 
 uiuiiici|>aliti(!H 
 fi'ipiii parf'iilM. 
 
 Orclt'i uf C'liii 
 inittal iiiny 
 (liiect wei'kly 
 |inyiiieut. 
 
 Apiilication 
 for onler f^r 
 riminteuance, 
 
 Kfv. Stat. 
 
 Kev. Stat, 
 c 7f> . 
 
 I'cii lU'i' iiiit cai'iil I'd)' williiiiil ('(iiiipi'iisntiitii, in wliicli tlif 
 
 cIliM llliiy l>r |iliicril liy I Ik' Mti-irl y lllllil till rllilil t'l'.'lclirs till' 
 
 a;,'i' III twc'l\i- yi'iii's in tin' ciim' dI' u y;iil uihl ruiirtiiii yi;iis in 
 tln' ciisf i)f a liuy. Till' |ilii( in;^ dI" cliililirn wil'i tin- liiwrsi 
 liiililii- is jii'ii'liv |Holiil)iti"l. (iO \ c. I.'), Silnil. \\ (24), /'"/•/ 
 
 ''2) Knr the purposes of tliis ,sc(!tiitn any I'liiM sliall lie ilccninl 
 to iii'lon^f to the municipality in which hiicIi cliilil has last 
 H'siili'd I'ur till- porioil ot one ycai ; hut in the ahscnce of 
 eviilcnce to the contrary, residence for one year in tin- ninnici- 
 pality in which such eliilil was taken into eustody, shuli he 
 presiuned. 
 
 (o) A niunieipality havin;:^ made any payment under this 
 section for the maintenance of a child in respect of whom some 
 other municipality is liaMt^ to make such jiayment, shall l)e 
 «'ntitled to recover the amount so paid froui such other muni- 
 cipality. 
 
 (4} Kvery municipality incurring' expenditui-e hereunder 
 may nciivei- the amount of such expi'inliture from the pai'ent 
 of the child in icspect of whom '^uch rxpeiiilituie is made, 
 ")(» V. c. +.">, s. 12 ( •_'-!). 
 
 (5) The order of committal of any i-hiLl under (his Act may 
 direct 1 aynielit hv the liiUllieipnlitv to which the child lieloiii-s 
 to any society or person to whose custody ny (ontiol the child 
 is conniiitteil, of a reasonal»le suiii ]\< \ lieiiij^ Itiss than !i«l 
 weekly for the e\|iense of siijipnrtiii'j,' such child, and any such 
 order may also direct payment to the municipulity hy the 
 parent of the child of the amount so direcli'd to he paid liv llir 
 nnmicipality. fid \'. c \'>. ISrlicil. !> (24). /'"/■/. 
 
 (6) At any time after cinnmittal of a child the muiiicipalit\- or 
 the child I't-n's aid society may apply to the ilud'^^e of (lie Division 
 Court of the division in which the parent resides, accordin^v to 
 the torm in the manner atid with the force and efi'ect ]a-ovide(l 
 by section 27 of Tlw I tnlnstrinl Scli<<nls Arl for such order for 
 payment of maintenance oi- of additional maintenance as the 
 circumstances jiiay justify, and any ]>a!('iit may also make 
 application to the Judne of the Division C'omt in like manner 
 for an order redncinj^ the aiiiianit payahle undei- any order, or 
 revokin;^ such order, or varyini;^ or suspendiuL,^ in whole or in 
 part tlie operation of the same. nCi V. c. 4.5, s. 12 ((i). 
 
 (7) Any oi'dcr made under this section may he enforced in 
 the .same manner as an order maile hy a ('ouiity Court ,lud;^e 
 may !» enforced undei' Th<' Act ri'Xju ili luj tin' oiforcinu'nt of 
 Jtul</('s' (h'llcrs III imtlti'vs iKit in f'imi't. GO \'. c. 15, Srlwil. H 
 (24).' 
 
 When jfficers 7. — (1 ) Officers of any children'.s aid soci»?ty duly approved hy 
 
 of children's ^]^q inspector or superintendent may, in cities and towns, be au- 
 
 may act as tliorized by the Board of Commissioners of Police anil in towns 
 
 constablea and haviny; no Board of Commissioners of Police and in other muni- 
 apprehend ^ 
 
 children. 
 
9 
 
 cipiilitii's may Itu uutlioi i/nl liy tin' (niiiiiv .liiil;^)' to lux us 
 fiiiistiilili's fill' the ]iuiiiiisi' III' cnl'drciiiLi; llu- prnv i.sioiis df t'li-s u^.^, v^j^^^ ^. 
 Alt mill (»t' Tin hnhlHh-hll SrhimlH A>i. liO \. c. \:}, S,-ltr,l 15 HOI." " 
 ( 2:. I. 
 
 (2) Any ('niistiil>lt' ■-II ;i|>|)<)irUt'il or miy cliit'l cdiisIiIiIi' or A|*|irrlwnHii.n 
 iii-|tcc(iir lit' |Mili(;o niiiy (i|»|tn'lii'Ht| witliuut wiunuit iiinl ''•"i"^ ei,ii',|r^eirin 
 lict'ori' tilt' .liiili,'!' as ii('i,'lf('tt'il liny cliilij M)»|iaiTiitly unilcr Hii; ••vil Humiuiul- 
 ajLj'' of t'oiirti't'ii yt'Ufs if a Imy. ui' >i\ti'cii yi-ars il' a ;;irl, who "'^* 
 cotiu's within any i>t' tlu' fdllowin^ (Ifscriptions, nanu'ly: 
 
 {il) Who is i'ouml ltt'i,';,'ini,' nr irceivini^ alms nr tliii-vin;/ 
 in any stictt, thoiuui,'ht'ai't', tavern or \Atu'A- ot puhlic losort, 
 or slecpim; at ni^^lit in tlu; opfn air ; 
 
 {!>) W'Iki i.s I'oiiiul wandcrinj^ ahout at latf liours an<l not 
 haviiij; any home or sottliMl place of alioile.or proper i!^uai<lian- 
 ship i 
 
 ((•) W'lio is found associating,' or (|vvellin|» with a thief, 
 • irunlxaril or vaj^rant, or who liy reason of the ne^jlect or 
 "IrnnUeiiness oi- other vices of its parents or ^'uanlians is 
 snU'ereii to lie i,'riiwin|Lj up without saliitaiy pareiitiil conti'dl 
 iind eilucatiiin, or in circunistanc(;s uxposin;; such chiM to an 
 idle and dissolute life ; 
 
 ('/) Who is fou!id in any house of ill-fame, or in com|)any of 
 a reputed prostitute ; 
 
 (' ) Who is found destitute, liein^' an orphan ni- deserted 
 tiy its parents or havinij a surviving' parent wliu is underi^oini; 
 iiiipiisiMiHieiit for crime, o'i \. e. 4."), s. !.'{; jJS \'. e. .*)2, s. 7 ; 
 (ill \'. r. I."., Srlnil. 11 (2.")). 
 
 S. I 1 ) Any eiiild apjirelieiidi'd under tin' lleXt preen H n^- |>,,w^,r^ ,jf„l 
 section III" this' Act >hall he l.n.u-hl liet'ore the .iudiiv fur exam- '''">' "f •'' <ige 
 Miation within mie week alter siieli a|)pielieii>i(iii, mid it >hall ii. nsion <>f 
 thereupon lie the duty ui' the .liid-e tn iii\ estimate t lie facts of di'l'l- 
 the ease and ascei'tain whether such child is dependent and 
 nciiflecteil, its aL;e, and the nanc' aiiil I'esidi-nce of parents, and 
 the said . I iidye shall lia\c power tn cnmpel the at tendance of 
 witnesses, and may, in his discietimi, reipiest the attendance nf 
 theTVown Attorney fur ^iicli examinati'in and if reipiested it 
 shall he the duty of thet'rown Atturney tu attend accdrdiunly. 
 The parents ur persmi ha\inn' the actual custody of such child 
 shall he duly notjtied of sueii examination, and any friend may 
 anneal' in hehalf of anv child, and in his discretion the .lufh'e 
 may reipiest the duly autliori/e<l iei)resentative of the local 
 childreiis aid society to a])pear in hehalf of any child : ami if 
 on such e.xamination the .lude;' linds that any child is 
 dependent oi' nei^dected within the meanin;it>f the next pivced- 
 ing section <jr so as to lie in a state of hahitual vaj^rancy or 
 mendicancy, or ill treated ho as to he in peril of life, health or 
 morality hy continued pei'sonal injtn'y ar by eravi misconduct 
 or hahitual intentperance of the parents or j^uai'dian, he shall 
 
10 
 
 cntiT siicli Hiidinjf \<y n proper ordt-r in tluit licliall, ami may 
 onler ilflivi'ry of hucIi child to the children's aid society, and 
 the children's aid society may send such child to their tempor- 
 ary iioiiie or shelter to be kept until ])laced in an a)H)i'iived 
 foster home pursuant t(» the piovisions of this Act. The Judoe 
 shall de!i\er to tin childrenV: aid society jrocuriu!:;' ^ud. exum- 
 inalion a ceitificd co))y of the order marie in the case, which 
 shall contain, liesides the said tindine-. a statement of the facts 
 so far as ascertained as to thi' a^'e of such chiM, name, nation- 
 ality and residence, and occupation of parents or either of 
 them, and wliether eithei' of them is dea<l or has ahandonf'd 
 ihe child, ana in the case of the examinatioi. of two ui more 
 ciiiidi'en at tlie same time onlvone order n(ed he made 
 c. 45. s. ]4 (I); :).S y. c. .V2. s! S. 
 
 56 V. 
 
 Coniiuittiil lit 
 children on 
 proof of 
 vicious or 
 immoral con- 
 duct. 
 
 Rev. Stat. c. 
 Kil. 
 
 (2) If, in the opinion of the Judge, a child a])pi'ehended in 
 pursuance of the pro\ isions of this section has heen leading an 
 immoral oi- ilepraved lifi',or is not a tit subject to !)(• dealt with 
 under the next jirecedine- subsection, tlie Judge may ordi'r 
 such cliild to lie committed to any industrial school or refuge 
 for boys oi- girls or other institution subject to the ii.spectiun of 
 the lns[)ector of I'ri.sons and I'ui'lic (.'harities or toany suitalile 
 charitable society authori/e<l to exerci>e the powers conferred 
 by Tlic Act rcspcrting Apprentices <ind Minors, and willing to 
 receive such child to be there kept, cared ff)r and eilucati-d for 
 a period not extending beyond the perio<l at which such chilii 
 shall attain the age of eighteen yeai's, or f<ir any period not 
 exceeding two years, and thereafti'r to be delivered to the 
 children's aid society for the iJurjio^e of being placed in an 
 ai)prove(l fosti'r home until such child arrives at the age of 
 eighteen years. 5(J V. c 45, s. 14 (2). 
 
 Iixiuiry as to 9. Every society or institution receiving the care or control 
 
 ^h"ld'' °* of a child inider the provisions of this Act shall make incpiiry 
 
 ceived by into the condition of health of the child so rec<>ived, and if it 
 
 societies. j^g found to be suffering from any di.sejise or boilily infirmity, 
 
 due provision shall be made foi" the temporary care or disposal 
 
 of tlie cliild with a view to guarding against its continued 
 
 ill-health or the spread of any infectious or contagious malady. 
 
 58 V o 52 ^ n 
 
 DuticR 
 children « 
 societie.s as 
 ^ardians. 
 
 lO — (1) The ciiiidven's aid society to the care ot which an\' 
 child may lie connnitted under the provisions of this Act, shall, 
 subject to the provisions of sections 11 and 12 of this Act. 
 be the legal guardian of such child, and it shall be the duty of 
 such society to use special diligence in [jroviding suitable 
 homes lor such children as may in the said manner be com- 
 mitted to their care ; and such s( ciety is hereby authorized to 
 place such children in such families on a written eontiact 
 during minority, or until 18 j'ears of age, in the discretion of 
 such stK'iety, providing for their education in the public schools 
 (or in the case of Roman Catlujlic children in the sepai-ate- 
 
ik 
 
 11 
 
 schools) wlu'Vi' tlu'y may icsidc, for trjicliiui;' tlit'in some useful 
 occupatiou, for kiml aini in-opcr trcatmrnt as mcmltcrs of tlic 
 family wIumt ]ilact'(l, ami for paymcut on thf termination of 
 such contiMct to till' saiil society for the use of the ehihl of any 
 sum of money that may he ])ro\i(le(l foi' in saiil instrument. 
 All such eonti'acts shall contain a clause reserxini; the ri^ht to 
 witlnliaw the child from any pei'son havini;' the ciistoily of 
 such child when in the opinion of the society ]<lacine- (/ut such 
 clnld tilt welfare of the child i'e(|nires it. 
 
 (2) The . lilldr.M 's ;ii(l s.icietV to which an\- chihl is I'^weraatt t.. 
 Cou.mitteil n.'iy at aii\ tiii.i during tin pern.d ol their eoutro. ^ 
 or i,fuardi;tnsiii[i of such child exercisi: all tin- [»o\vers conferred 
 I'ty Sections 2 and (i of Thi: Art !•('■•< pi'dhuj ApprentircH mui^^^f^- '^'^'''^ ^ 
 .^fivor.'< upon the <'liaritalile societies therein mentioiieil. ."*G \'. 
 c. 4"). s. I ."i. 
 
 I. I. — ; 1) Where ;i child i> maintaiiir I !>\- any children - aid 'I'L-rm of 
 . . 1- . 1 1 • 1 ' 11 .1 iru:iniianslii|' 
 
 society, or in any losli'r home. Iia\ ni^' lieen placiMi otit l»v 
 
 proper authority in thai Itehalf, and the child w.-is ilescitrd 
 
 i)y its parents, the children's aid society may at any time 
 
 resiih'e that the child shall lie under the control of such 
 
 society until it reaches the age' of twenty-one years or such 
 
 earlier age as may he thought sutlieieiit. and thereu]ioii until 
 
 the child reaches that age all the powers and rights of the 
 
 parent in respect of that chihl shall, suhjeet as in this Act 
 
 mentioned, vest in the sai<l society; 
 
 (2) The society may rescind such resolution if they think 
 that it will l)e for the hi'netit of the child that it should he 
 rescinded, or may permit the child to be either permanently or 
 temporarily under the control of its parent, or of any other 
 relative or of any fi'ienil. od V. c. 45. s. 17 (1). 
 
 (.■J) A Judge, or retired Judge of the High Court of Justice "'der for 
 or a Judge of the County Court or the superintendent with eh'iluo'' 
 the Minister's approval, if satisHed on complaint made by a imrent, 
 parent of the child, that the child has not been maintained by 
 the society, or was not deserted by such parent, or that it is foV 
 the benefit of the child that it should be either permanently or 
 temporarily under the control of such parent, or that the resolu- 
 tion o^' the Society should be ('etermined, nioy make an order 
 accordingly, and any sacL order shall Le tompLed wich oy the 
 society, and if the order determines the resolution, the resolu- 
 tion shall be thereby determined as from the date f)f the order, 
 and the society shall cease to have the rights and powers of 
 the parent as respects such child. .56 V. c. 4.5. s. i7 (2) ,• .58 
 V. c. 52, s. 10 ; ()0 V. c. 15, Srheil. B (2(5). 
 
 (4) Vov the purposes of this Act a child shall be deemed to What to be 
 1)0 maintained by a children's aid society if it is wholly or mrintenancr" 
 partly maintained by them, either in any shelter or temporary by chil.lren's 
 home or other institution conducted by such society, or is *"^ ^ou'PtieH. 
 
z 
 
 12 
 
 boardcfl out under tlio provisions of tliis or anv other Act in 
 that behalf. 
 
 Inii>risimment ( .') ) Whero tlie parent is imprisoned on a criminal eliari;c, or 
 
 of parent t- - ■ . - - ' 
 
 be deemed 
 
 (leaertion. 
 
 Persons not 
 relieved frmn 
 liabilitv for 
 niainteuarce. 
 
 When court 
 may refuse 
 writ for 
 production 
 of child. 
 
 Liability uf 
 parent on 
 return of 
 child. 
 
 When parent 
 must show 
 titne.Hs til 
 exercise 
 parental 
 ilntiea. 
 
 Order as to 
 religious train- 
 ing i-f child. 
 
 in resjicct of an ottonce committed ai^ainst a child, this section 
 shall apply as if tlie child had been deserted by that parent. 
 
 (()) NotliinjT in this section shall relieve any pei'.son from 
 any liability to contrilmte to the maintenance of a child, but 
 the fact of such conti'ibution bein^f made .shall not deprive 
 any society of any of tlie powers and rights conferred on them 
 by this section. 56 V. c. 45, s. 17 (8-5). 
 
 IJi. — (1) Where the parent of a child applies to any court 
 having jurisdiction in that behalf, for a writ or order for the 
 production of the child, and the court is of opinion that the 
 parent has abandoned or deserted the child, or that he has 
 otherwise so conducted himself that the court .should refuse to 
 enforce his right to the custody of the child, the court may, in 
 its discretion, decline to i.'-suc the wi'it or iiiakt; the order. 
 
 (2) If at the time of the application foi' a writ or order for 
 the production of the child, the child is being brought up by 
 anntbcr jxTSdii, or is boarded lyit by a children's ai<l socict}' 
 duly fuithori/etl in that brhalt'. the court may, in its discietion, 
 it' it onlers the child to be given up to the j>arfnt, iinther 
 ordei that tlu' parent shall pay to such person or sueh society 
 the whole of tilt' cost^ pi'o])erly incurred in bringing up the 
 child, oi' such jioitiou thereof as may seem to the couit to lie 
 just ami reasonable, haxing reg;iril to all the circumstances of 
 the case 
 
 ('■]) Where a pnient lias — 
 
 ((/) Abandoiieil or ilesertcd his child, or 
 
 (li) Allowed his child to be brought up In' another pei-son 
 at that ])erson's expense, oi' by any childri'u's aid 
 .society, for such time and under such circumstances 
 as to satisfy the court that the parent was inuuind- 
 ful of his parental duties. 
 
 the court shall not make an order I'ui- the delivery of the 
 child to the ]iarent unless the parent satisfies the court 
 that having regard to the welfare of the child he is a Ht pei'- 
 son to have the custody of the child. 
 
 (4) Upon any application by the parent for the production 
 or custody of a child, if the couit is of opinion that the parent 
 ought not to have the custody of the child and that the child 
 is being brought up in a difterent religion from that in which 
 the parent has a legal right to require that the child .shall be 
 brought up, the court shall have power to make such order as 
 it may think Ht to secure that the child be l)rought up in the 
 religion in which the parent lias a legal right to re(|uire that 
 the child .shall be brought up. Nothing in this section con- 
 
Ill 
 
 ^ 
 
 taiiinl chilli intorl'oiv witli or utioct tlii.' |iu\vi'f oi the cuiirt to 
 consult tlio wishes of thi' cliiM in considering what onler 
 oni,'ht to lie nuule, or iliininisli tlie riglit whieh any child now 
 piiss('-<ses to exei'cis(' di" its own IVee choiee. .'>(i \ . v. 4.'), s. IH. 
 
 115. No parent or guardian or other p-rsoii. wlio Ky iti>tru- rarents 
 luent in writing siirrendei's or lias herrtot'oi'e siirrenderc.'d tlic gJJ^^f,J]'^.'',',J ^' 
 custody (jf a cliild to any cliililren's aid society, incorporated cliildren to 
 boys" or <iirls' home, orplians' home oi' asylum, or cliildr.'n's or ^ ''\V,';f, ;"', 
 
 • » , - • 11 1 * • I 1 ■■» 1 1* in^iuuiioii.-,. 
 
 infants home uispected l)y the Inspector ot J'risons and rulmc 
 (.'liarities and in resj)ect oi" whieli aid is jtaid out of tlie funds 
 of llie F'l'ovim-e un<ler tlic provisions of Tlie C'hufil)/ Aid Act, 
 shall th(>reaft( r, contrary to the terms of such instrument, lie 
 entitled to the custody of or any control oi' autliority over or 
 any right to inteifere with any such child. •')N V. c. ri2, s. i:' {'2). 
 
 14. Any paii'iit or guarilian claiming that a cliiM is (.' miplaint.sby 
 im])roperly or unjustly detained Ity any of the charitable {n-ft'J^^.nt of' 
 institutions in section \'^ lel'erreil to, or any other person childrHn by 
 brlicying that in the case of any child in any of tlie said '•'^cieties 
 institutions a n;al grievance or just caii-ie of complaint 
 
 exists, may make complaint to tlie Judge or >iiperiiite)ideut, 
 and the Judge or, with the .Minister's apju-oval, the superin- 
 tendent may make such onlci" as to the disposition of the 
 cliild as, having regard to tin' welfare of the child, may under 
 all the cireumstances of the case appear to lie just and reason- 
 able. 5S V. c. 52, s l:} C.i). 
 
 15. Every society or per.son to whose rare any child is Sncietirs or 
 committed under the provisions of this Act, and every per- ''ffiuns 
 .son intrusted witli the care of any such child Viy any sucli custody of 
 peison or institution shall from time to time [lermit such child children to be 
 to be visited, and any place where such child may be, or I'eside. inspection. 
 
 to be inspected by the superintendent «)!• any of tlie members 
 of the local children's visiting committee, or any person auth- 
 orized by or under regulations approved Viy (jrder of the 
 LieutenanL-Cloveinor in Council for the time being in force in 
 that behalf. oG V. c. 45, s. 19. 
 
 l(>. Subject to such I'egulatioiis as ma\' lie jiereafter i»ro- Kight of 
 
 . , 1 1 ■ 11? f ■ 1 n !' ■ ^ e !• • ininiHters of 
 
 vided and approved OI as aioresaid, all ministers or religion rpiigi„n to 
 or any iierson being duly authorized by the recognized head yi»it children 
 OI any religHMis denomination, shall liave admission to every j^^^j ^^^1^,,^^ 
 temjiorary home or shelter and access to such of the children 
 placetl or detained therein as belong to their respecti\e 
 denominations, and may give instrnetion to them on the days 
 and at the times allotted by sueh regulations for the religious 
 education of such children of their respective denominations. 
 5(i V. e. 45, s. :>1. 
 
 17 All ni'Midn rs of the I'ailiameiit of Canada and of the Vmitors, wh> 
 J.eL;i^lati\ e Asseinlilv of Ontario, all heads of inuiiicipal ™*5^' ^''- 
 
Vi itoi's" 
 Book. 
 
 u 
 
 councils, iiiid all Judges and Ju^tict's of tlu- Pcacr shall lie 
 entitled to \isit every tt'iii]>orary lioiiie or shelter, and shall 
 ha\f admission to the same aecordinu'ly. ')(! V. v. 45. s. 'li. 
 
 18. Evei-y pel-sou entitled to visit any such teniiiorary 
 home oi' shelter as ai'oiesaid, and every minister of relii^ion 
 may insci-jhe in a hook (to he for that purpo.se provideil, and 
 l<e])t in such temjxirMry home oi' shelter hy the stiperintendent 
 I))' mati'on thereof any remarks or oltserx ations which he may 
 think fit to make touehinif or conco'iiini.;' such teni]>orary 
 home oi' shelter, and the superintendent, mation. teachers, 
 (^tilcers ()!• servants, oi- the children ]>iaced or detained therein, 
 oi' any of them. an<l such l)ook shall lie ]irodnced to the in>]iec- 
 tor or su))eriutendeut whenevei' he \ isits such temporary home 
 or sheltei'. ')('■ \. c, 45, s. 2:'.. 
 
 Transfirring 19. Notwithstandinif the provisioirs of any hydaws. n\]v^ or 
 
 careorcertilin J'ei,'ulations for the <,'o\crnment or control of any duly iucor- 
 
 inatitutioiis tu poi'ated oi')ihanaox\ children's home, infants' home or industrial 
 
 «uciHtres ^ "^"^ school, it shall he lawful for the trustees or fjoveruinif body of 
 
 .such orphanage or children's home or infants' homo or industrial 
 
 school to take ailvantai^e of the pi'ovisions of section 10 of 
 
 this Act by transferrinij from time tc) time, children uniler 
 
 their care to the Superinten<lent or to the children's aid .society 
 
 in the locality of such orphanaii^e or home, to be placed out by 
 
 the Superintendent or by such children's aid .society in ptirsu- 
 
 ance of the piovisions of this Act, and in such case it shall be 
 
 the duty of the visiting conunittee to visit any child so placed 
 
 out, aw by this Act proviiled, and in all respects such child 
 
 shall be treateil as having been placed out and shall continue 
 
 subject to the provisions of this Act. 'iS \ c. oJ. s, 1 
 
 1 >i.scliarge ul 
 child by 
 Lieutenant- 
 (loverridi- nr 
 Minii'trr. 
 
 '^O. The ijieutenant-tiovernor in Council or the Minister 
 may at any time dischai'ge a child from the custody of any 
 per.son or .society to whom it is committed under this Act, 
 either absolutely, or on such conditions as may be approved of 
 and may from time to tinu' make, alter, or revoke rules in 
 relation to the pi'ocedure of societies operating under the 
 provisions of tins Act. •'() V. c. 4"), s. tJ(8) ; 5N V. c. .'2, s, :i 
 ♦ i(> \'. c. 1.") Schcil. B (22). 
 
 CUKFEW liKI.I.. 
 
 Ky-law.stc ^1. — (1) Municipal councils in cities, towns, and incoipor- 
 
 prevent cliilii r^^^,^^ • illjioos shall have power to pass bydaws for the remila- 
 
 ren being on . ■- . ,. i • i i • i i i 1 1 j i • i 
 
 tioi . ' tnue aitei' which children shall not be in the streets 
 at . Jjdl without proper guardianship and the age or ap- 
 parent age, of boys and girls respectively, under which they 
 shall b(? retiuired to be in their homes at the liour appointed, 
 and such munici|ial council shall in such case cause a bell or 
 bells to be rung at or near the time appointed as a warning, to 
 be called the ' curfew liell,' alter w hich the children so reijuired 
 
 the 8treet« 
 attet night 
 f.ill. 
 
15 
 
 to be in their homes or oH" the streets shall not be upon the 
 public streets except under proper control or guardianship or 
 for some unavoidable cause. 
 
 (2) Any child so found after the time appointed shall be afu)'r*^wrrning 
 liable to be warned by any constable or j»eace officer to go home, may be taken 
 and if after such warning the child is found loitering on ''"'"*^' 
 the streets such child may be taken by such constable to its 
 home. 
 
 (8) Any i>uront or guardian may be sunnnoned for permit- SummoniiiK 
 ting his child to hal>itually bieak said by-law after having j'^^j^*;^^''" 
 been warned in writing, and mav be fined for the first ofleiice childronto 
 $1. without costs, and for th.- second offence ^2, and for a ^'■*'*'' *^^ '*'^- 
 third, or any subsi.'(|U('nt oHence, #.'). oG V. c. 4.'), s 31. 
 
 (»1 TKNi i;s AM» I'KXAI.TIKS. 
 
 <J'-i. Any persoji over sixteen years of age who, lui\i!)g the iVnalty for 
 care, cu.stody, control or charge of a child, being a boy under iiHreating"'^ 
 the age of fourt(!en years, or boing a girl under the age of children, 
 sixteen year.<, wilfully ill-treats, neglects, abandons, or expo.ses 
 such child, or cuus ; or procures such cliild to be ill-tivated, 
 neglecteil, aban ' I, or expo.sed, in a maimer likely to 
 cause such clii .iinecessary sntfering, or serious injury to its 
 health, shall be guilty of an otience under this Act, and, on 
 conviction thereof by a court of summary jurisdiction, shall be 
 liable, at the discretion of the court, to a fine not exceeding 
 ."^lOO, or alternatively, or in default of payment of such fine, or 
 in addition thereto, to imprisonment, with or without hard 
 labour, for any term not excelling three months. .56 V. c. 4.5, 
 s. 2. 
 
 83. If upon the trial of any person under the preceding Increased 
 section it is proved that such ])erson was interested in any sum penalty on 
 of money accruing or payable in the event of the death of interest in 
 the child, and hacl knowledge that such sum of money was '^.''?j*|' "^ 
 accruing or becoming payable, the court may, in its discretion, 
 increase the amount of the said fine so that the fine .shall not 
 exceetl $2")0, or inci'ease the imprisonment, with or without 
 hard labour to any term not exceeeding nine months. 06 V. 
 c. 4."), s. li. 
 
 '> 
 
 24:. — (1) Any per.son who — 
 
 (jt) Causes or ])rocui'es any child, being a boy uncier the Causing 
 
 age of fourteen years, or being a girl under the age beeln^streetB 
 of sixteen years, to be in any street for the pur- 
 pose of begging or receiving alms, or of inducing 
 tl-"^ giving of alms, whether under the pretence of 
 singing, playing, performing, offering anything for 
 sail', or otherwise ; or 
 
16 
 
 or to :<infr, 
 etc, in HtreetH 
 iir taverim 
 Iwtween 10 
 p. ID. and <i 
 a. in , 
 
 or to HJng or 
 perform in 
 pulilic places 
 wlien under 
 ten years of 
 age. 
 
 I'enalty, 
 
 License for 
 employ nient 
 of child over 
 fceveji years of 
 age in 
 
 circudea, etc., 
 in certain 
 
 CR8e«. 
 
 Mmiicipal 
 officers to see 
 to compliance 
 with con- 
 ditions of 
 license. 
 
 Kev. Stat., 
 c. 266. 
 
 (h) Clauses oi' procures any child, beinf^ a Imy umler tlie 
 w^ii of fourteen years, or liein^' a <;irl under tlie 
 aj^'e i)f sixteen years, to \h\ in any stieet, or in any 
 ]ireniises lict'used for tlie sale of any intoxicatinjjf 
 li(|Uor Coi' the purpose of sin^iiii,', jilayiiiff, or 
 peifoi'ininy for profit, or (>frerin<f iuiythino; lor sale, 
 between ten ]). ni. and six a. ni. ; or 
 
 (i) Subject to the jirovisions of subsection '2 of this sec- 
 tion, causes or procures any boy under the ajije of 
 14 years or any j^irl under the a<i;e of l(i years to 
 be at any time in any cii'cus or other place 
 of public amusement to which the public are 
 admitted by payment, for the ])urpos(; of sinyin*;', 
 playinjr, or ])frft»rmin<;' for i)r()tit, oi' oH'cring any- 
 thini;' foi' sale ; 
 
 shall; on conviction thereof by a court of summary juris- 
 diction, bo liable, at the diseretioJi of the court, to a Hue not 
 exceedin<f ><10(), or alternatively, or in default of ])ayment of 
 the said Hne, oi' in addition thereto, to imprisonment, with or 
 without hard laluMii', for any term not exceeding three 
 months. 5fi V. c. 4."),s. 4(1); (i() V. c. 15 Sc/>r,l. P, (21.) 
 
 (2) But in the case of any entertainment, or series of 
 enteitainments> to take jdace in premises used for public 
 entertainment, or in any circus or other place of public 
 amusement as aforesaid, wliere it is satisfactorily shown 
 that proper provision has been made to secure the health and 
 kind treatment of any children proposed to be employed 
 thereat, it shall be lawful for the Police Magistrate or the hearl 
 of the municipality, anything in this Act notwithstanding, to 
 grant a licen.se for such time, and during such hours of the 
 day, and subject to such restrictions and conditions as he may 
 think fit, for any cliild exceeding seven j'cars of age of whose 
 fitness to take pait in such entertainment or scries of enter- 
 tainments without injury the said Police Magistrate or muni- 
 pal officer aforesaid is satisfied ; and such license may at any 
 time be varied, added to, or rescinded by the .same autliority 
 upon sufficient cause being .shewn ; and .such license .shall be 
 sufficient })rotection to all persons acting under or in accord- 
 ance with the .same. 
 
 (3) The municipal council .shall assign to some othcei- of the 
 municipality, or other person, the duty of seeing whether tlie 
 restrictions and conditions of any license undo- this section 
 are duly complied with, and such officer or pc'.son shall have 
 tlie same power to enter, inspect, and examine any place of 
 public entertainment at which the employment of a child is 
 for the time being licensed under this section, as an inspector 
 lias to enter, inspect, and examine a factory or workshop 
 under 'The, Ontario Factories Act. This duty shall be dis- 
 charged by the chief constable of the municipality until some 
 
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 other officer or person is appointed by the municipal council 
 as aforesaid. 56 V. c. 45, s. 4 (2-3.) 
 
 25. — (1) If it appears to any Police Maj;fisti'ate,or to any two Power of 
 Justices of the Peace, on information ma<le before him or them 
 on oath by any person who, in the opinion of the Maijistrate 
 or Justices, is bona fide acting in the interest of an}' child, that 
 there is reasonable cause to suspect that such child, being a 
 boy under the age of fourteen years, or a girl under the age 
 of sixteen years, has been or is being ill-treated or neglected 
 in any place within the jurisdiction of such Magistrate or 
 Justices in a manner likely to cause the child unnecessary 
 suffering, or to be injurious to its health, such Magistrate or 
 Justices may issue a warrant authorizing any person named 
 therein to search for such child, and if it is found to have been 
 or to be ill-treated or neglected in manner aforesaid, to take it 
 to and detain it in a place of safety until it can be brought 
 before a Judge, and the Judge before whom the child is brought 
 may cause it to be dealt with in the manner provided by sec- 
 tion 27; 
 
 (2) The powers hereinbefore conferred on any two Justices 
 may be exercised, by any one Justice, if upon the information 
 the case appears to him to be one of urgency. 
 
 (3) The Magistrate or Justices or Justice issuing such war- JantTor arrest 
 rant may by the same wan-ant cause any person accused of any in addition to 
 offence in respect of the child to be apprehended and brought ^*"* warrant, 
 before a Judge, and proceedings to be taken for punishing such 
 
 person according to law. 
 
 (4) Any person authorized by warrant under this section to fnd'remove'*' 
 search for any child, and to take it to and detain it in a place child. 
 
 of safety may enter (if need be, by force) any house, building 
 or other place specified in the warrant, and may remove the 
 child therefrom. 
 
 (5) Where there is no superior officer of police, the warrant Warrants.who 
 may be addressed to and executed by any policeman or con- "^^^ e'^^cute. 
 stable approved of for that purpo.se by the head of the muni- 
 cipality or by any such society as mentioned in the first section 
 
 of this Act. 
 
 (6) It shall not be necessary in any information or warrant ^"^ "Jj^^^^^ 
 for the purpose of this section to specify any particular child, chiid^''' ^ 
 
 56 V, c. 45. s. 7. 
 
 86. — (1) Any constable may take into custody without Powers of 
 warrant any person who, within view of such constable, com- [o^rrStrn** 
 mits an offence under section 22 of this Act, where the name without'"^ 
 and residence of such person are unknown to and cannot be '^»"*nt <"• 
 ascertained by such constable ; and any constable may take chnr'"^ 
 to a place of safety any child in respect of whom an offence 
 under section 22 or clause (a) of subsection 1 of section 24 of 
 2 D. c. 
 
18 
 
 ReleaHe of 
 
 perHon 
 
 arrested 
 
 without 
 
 warrant'on 
 
 bail being 
 
 given. 
 
 this Act has been committed, anH the child may there be 
 detained until it can be brought before a court of summary 
 jurisdiction, and such court may cause the child to be dealt 
 with as circumstances may admit and require until the charge 
 made against any person in respect of the said offence has 
 been dotermined by the committal for trial, or conviction, or 
 discharge of such person. 
 
 (2) Where a constable arrests any person without warrant 
 in pursuance of this section the officer or constable in charge 
 of the station to which such person is conveyed shall, unless 
 in liis belief th«^ relewse of such person on bail would tend 
 to defeat the ends of justice, or *r> cause injury or danger to 
 the child against whom the offence is alleged to have been 
 committed, release the person arrested on his entering into 
 such a recognizance, with or without sureties, as may in his 
 judgment be required to secure the attendance of such person 
 upon the hearing of the charge. 56 V. c. 45, s. 5. 
 
 "Oonsteble." (3) The word " Constable," ill this section shall include the 
 agent or officer of any children's aid society, or any other 
 society for the protection of children from ci'uelty, approved 
 by the Lieutenant-Uovernor in Council for the purposes 
 of this Act, such agent or officer having, been duly com- 
 missioned by the mayor of any city or town, or other chief 
 officer of any municipality, to act as a police officer within 
 the limits of such city or town or other municipality, whethei 
 with or without salary, payable by such city, town or other 
 nmnicipality. 56 V. c. 45, s. 1, part 
 
 Di.*poBai of 37. — (1) Where a person having the custody or control of a 
 
 of'courf.^ ' c'^i'd' ^^if^g* ^oy under the age of fourteen, or a girl under 
 the age of sixteen years, has been 
 
 (a) Convicted of committing in respect of such child an 
 
 offence under section 2i of this Act, 
 
 (b) Committed for trial for any such offence, or 
 
 (c) Bound over to keep the peace towards such child, 
 
 any person may bring such child before a Judge, and the 
 Judge, if satisfied on inquiry that it is expedient so to deal 
 with the child, may order that the child be taken out of the 
 custody of such person and committed to the charge of a 
 relative of the child, or some other fit person named by the 
 Judge, such relation or other person being willing to undertake 
 such charge until it attains the age of fourteen years, or in the 
 case of a girl sixteen years, or in either case for any shorter 
 period, or to the charge of any duly authorized children's aid 
 society, and may of his own motion, or on the application of 
 any person, from time to time renew, vary, and revoke any 
 such order; but no order shall be made under this section 
 unless a parent of the child is under committal for trial 
 for having been, or has been proved to have been, party or 
 
Power and 
 duties of 
 person or 
 societies 
 havinff 
 custudy of 
 child. 
 
 Rev. Stat. 
 0.304. 
 
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 privy to the offence, or has been bound over to keep the peace 
 towards such child. 
 
 (2) Any person or society to whom a child is so committed 
 shall, whilst the order is in force, have the like control over the 
 child as if such person or society were its parent, and shall be 
 responsible for its maintenance, and the child .shall continue 
 under the control of such person or society, n()twithstaiidin»j 
 that it is claimed by its parent ; and any Jud^'o havinj,' power 
 so to commit a child shall have power to make the like orders 
 on the parent of the child to contribute to Its maintenance 
 durinir such period as aforesaid as if the chilil were detained 
 under The huhiHtrial Schooh Act, and as a Division Court Judj^e 
 might make under section 27 of the said Act, and such c)rders 
 may be made on the complaint or application of the person or 
 society to whom the child is for the time being connnitted, and 
 the sums contributed by the parent ,«hall be paid to .such person 
 or .society as the Judge may name, nnd be applied for the 
 maintenance of the child. In determining on the person or 
 society to whom the child shall be so connnitted, the Judge 
 shall endeavour to ascertain the religious persuasion to which 
 the child belongs, and .shall, if possible, .select a person or 
 society of the same religious persuasion, and such religious per- 
 suasion shall be specified in the order ; and in any case where 
 the child has been placed pursuant to .such order with a jierson 
 or society not of the same religi6us persuasion as that to which 
 the child belongs, the Judge shall, on the applici'tion of any 
 person in that behalf, and on its appearing that a fit person or 
 socipty of the .same religious persuasion is willing to under- 
 take the charge, make an order to secure his being placed 
 with a person or society of the same religious persuasion. 
 
 Provided that if the order to commit the child to the charge P'oviso. 
 of some relation or other person is made in respect of any 
 person having been committed for trial for an offence, as .speci- 
 fied in .sub.section (I) (^) of this section, the Judge shall not be 
 empowered to order the parent of the child to contribute to its 
 maintenance prior to the trial of such person ; and if he is 
 acquitted of such charge, or if such charge is dismissed for 
 want of pro.secution, then any order that may have been made 
 under this section shall forthwith be void, except with regard 
 to anything which may have been lawfully done undei it. 
 56 V. c. 45, s G (1-2). 
 
 38. It shall be unlawful for any person to induce any '''"^^"fi^ 
 child to leave the building or premises or custody or control of of cuatcKJyof 
 any children's aid society or of any duly incorporated boys' charitable 
 or girls' home or orphans' home or asylum or children's or >'>**'*"t»o'»8' 
 infants' home inspected by the In.spector of Prisons and Public „ 
 Charities, and in respect of which aid is paid out of the funds 320.' 
 of the Province under the provisions of The Charity Aid Act, 
 or to induce or to attempt to induce a child to leave or quit any 
 
Penalty. 
 
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 service orapprenticeshipor any place in which or uhore the child 
 has been or may Ito lawfully placed for the purpose of being 
 nursed, supported, educated or adopted, or to induce, or attempt 
 to induce any child to break any articles of apprenticeship or 
 agreement lawfully entered into by or with the authority 
 of the trustees or directors or governing body of any such 
 home, children's aid society or asylum respecting any such 
 child, or to detain or harbour any such child after diniand made 
 by or on behalf of any officer of any such institutions for 
 delivery up of such child ; and any person who violates 
 the provisions of this section shall be liable, upon summary 
 conviction before a Justice of the Peace, to a tine not exceeding 
 S20 and costs, and, in default of payment thereof, to imprison- 
 ment not exceeding thirty days. 58 V. c. 52, s. 13 (1) ; 60 V. 
 c. 15, 8ched. B (30). 
 
 JUVENILE OFFENDERS. 
 
 Ountody of 29. — (1) In cities and towns with a population of mure than 
 ?nK trfal.'*" ten thousand, children under the age of sixteen years who are 
 charged with offences against the laws of this Province, or 
 who are brought before a Judge for examination untler any of 
 the provisions of this Act shall not before trial or examination 
 be confined in the lock-ups or police cells used for ordinary 
 criminals or per.sons charged with ci'ime, nor, save as herein- 
 after mentioned, shall such children be tried or have their cases 
 disposed of in the police court rooms ordinarily used as such. 
 It shall be the duty of such municipalities to make separate 
 provision for the custody and detention of such children prior 
 to their trial or examination, whether by arrangement with some 
 member of the police force or other person or society who may be 
 willing to undertake the responsibility of such temporary cus- 
 tody or detention, on such terms as may be agi'eed upon, or by 
 providing suitable premises entirely distinct and separated 
 from the ordinary lock-ups or police cells; and it shall Vie the 
 duty of the Judge to try all such children or examine into 
 their cases and dispose thereof, where practicable, in premises 
 other than the ordinary police court premises, or, where this 
 is not practicable, in the private office of the Judge, if he have 
 one, or in some other room in the municipal buildings, or, if 
 this be not practicable, then in the ordinary police court room, 
 but only in such last Uicntioned case when an interval of two 
 hours shall have elapsed after the other trials or examinations 
 for the day have been dispcsed of. 
 
 Temporary (2) Where any children's aid society possesses premises 
 
 chu3ren until 'iflording the necessary facilities and accommodation, children, 
 trial byJudge. apparently nn<ler the age of twelve years, may, after apprehen- 
 sion under thi> provisions of this Act, be tentporarily taken 
 charge of by such society until their cases are disposed of ; and 
 the Judge may hold the examination into the case of such 
 children in the premises of the said society. 
 
 Place of trial. 
 
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 (3) The Judge may, if he tliinlcH At, hold the preliminary PrelimiiMry 
 examination or the trial of any caflc against any parent f"^ ?""°'j°*Jj^° - 
 any ottence in respect of a child under this Act or for any omeltynMybfl 
 alleged neglect of or cruelty to a child in the house where the •»••<* '" ''°"■•• 
 parent resides, but only at the request of such parent. 
 
 (4) The Judge shall exclude from the room or place where Private trial 
 any child under sixteen years of age, or any parent charged »' children, 
 with any offence in respect of a child under this Act or other- 
 wise with neglect of or cruelty to his child, is being tried or 
 examined, all persons other than the counsel and witnesses 
 
 in the rane, officers of the law or of any children's aid society 
 and the immediate friends or relatives of the child or parent, 
 66 V. c. 45, s. 30 : 60 V. c. 15, Sched. B (28). 
 
 30. Wherever a complaint is made or pending against any ^rUl of child- 
 
 « ron for onsn* 
 
 boy under the age of 12 years or girl under the age of 1 3 ces a^aingt 
 years for the c()inmi.ssion of any offence against the laws of Provincial 
 this Province, before any Court or Magistrate of competent 
 jurisdiction, it shall be the duty of such Court or Magis- 
 trate at once and before any proceedings are had in the 
 case to give notice in writing to the executive officer of 
 the children's aid society, if there be one in the county, who 
 shall have opportunity allowed him to investigHte the charge 
 or charges, and upon receiving such notice the officer may 
 proceed to in(juire into and make full examination as to the 
 parentage and surroundings of the child and of all the facts 
 and circumstances of the case and report the same to the Court 
 or Magistrate, who may advise and counsel with the said 
 officer of the said society ; and if upon consultation after full 
 investigation and proof of the offence charged it appears 
 to the Court that the public interest and the interest of the 
 child will be best served thereby, an order may be made foi- 
 the return of such child to his or her parents, guardian or 
 friends, or the Court may authorize the said officer to take 
 .such child and bind him or her out to some suitable person 
 until he oi- she attains the age of 21 years, or for any less 
 time, or impose a fine, or suspend sentence for a definite or in- 
 definite period, or if the child is found guilty of the offence 
 charged, or is wilfully wayward and unmanageable, the Court 
 may cause him or her to be sent to an industrial school, and 
 in such cases the report of the officers of the society shall be 
 attached to the warrant of commitment. 56 V. c. 45, s. 24 ; 
 60 V. c. 15, Sched. B (27). 
 
 31. Any Court or Magistrate in lieu of committing to prison Adoption of or 
 any child under the age of 14 years convicted before him of ^SS«n o"^ 
 any offence against the laws of this Province may hani 1 over oonvtction. 
 such child to the charge of any home for destitute and neglected 
 children or industrial school or children's aid society and the 
 managers of such home or school or society may permit its 
 adoption by a suitable person, and may apprentice it to any 
 
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 guitablc, trade, calling or Hcrvico, and the transfer shall be as 
 valid an it' the managers were parents of such child. The 
 parents of such child shall have no right to remove or interfere 
 with tin" said child so adopted or apprenticed except by the 
 express permission in writing of the Minister, 56 V. c. 45, s. 28. 
 
 Children not 
 
 to be coin- 
 mitted to 
 gaola. 
 
 HU. No child under 16 years of age held for trial or under 
 sentence in any gaol or other place of confinement shall bo 
 plaee<l or allow(Hl to remain in the same cell oi- room in com- 
 pany with adult prisoners. It shall be the duty of the cfficer 
 in charge of such place of confinement to secure, as far as the 
 construction of such place will admit, the exclusion of such 
 children from the society of adult prisoners during their 
 continement. 56 V. c. 45, s. 29. 
 
 Appointment 
 of commis- 
 sioners to try 
 juvenile 
 offenders. 
 
 3li. The Lieutenant-Qovernor may, upon the request of any 
 municipal council, appoint a commissioner or commissioiiers, 
 each with the powcis of a Police Magistrate, to hear and 
 determine complaints against juvenile offenders, apparently 
 under the age of sixteen year.s. 51 V. c. 40, s. 7. 
 
 Kvidence of 
 children. 
 
 Corrobora- 
 tion. 
 
 34. — ( 1 ) Where, in any proceeding against any person for an 
 offence under this Act, the child in respect of whom the offence 
 is charged to have been committed, or any other child of tender 
 years who is tendered as a witness, does not, in the opinion of 
 the Judge, understand the nature of an oath, the evidence of 
 such child may be received, though not given upon oath, if in 
 the opinion of the Judge such child is possessed of sufficient 
 intelligence to justify the reception of the evidence and under- 
 stands the duty of speaking the truth. 
 
 (2) A person shall not be liable to be convicted of an offence 
 unless the testim »ny admitted by virtue of this section and 
 given on behalf of the prosecution, is corroborated by some 
 other material evidence implicating the accused. 56 V. c. 46, 
 8. « (1. 2) ; 60 V. c. 1 6, Sched. B (23). 
 
 Presumption 
 I of I 
 
 35. Where a person is charged with an offence under this 
 of age of child. Act in respect of a child who is alleged to be under any speci- 
 fied age, and the child appears to the Judge to be under that 
 age, such child shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to 
 be under that age, unless the contrary is proved. 56 V. c. 45, 
 8. 25. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 Order of com- ^6. Upon an order being made by any Judge, Stipendiary 
 mittai to or Police Magistrate or Justice of the Peace, for the committal 
 ^mciMiity ^^ ^'^y child to any industrial school, or refuge for boys or 
 chargeable girls, or other institution subject to the inspection of the 
 Moe "'"*'*®°' Inspector of Prisons and Public Charities, or to any suitable 
 
!■ 
 
 charitAl)lo Hociety authorized uiulor thvH Actor under The, Act Rev. But. 
 Reapedivy Ajyfnrntices and Miiuyrn, or under The Industrial ii,v. Hut. 
 Schooln Act, such order shall specity the nninicipnlity or muni- o. 804. 
 cipalities chargeable with the nuuntenance of such child, and 
 a copy of the order with a copy of the depositions upon which 
 the child has been couunitted .shall l)e forwarded by registered 
 letter to the clerk of the municipality chargeable under such 
 committal with the maintenance of the child and unless the 
 municinality moves before suuh Judge or magistrate to sot 
 aside tne order in respect of maintenance within one month 
 after receiving copy of such order the municipality shall be 
 deemed to have consented to the order and shall be estopped 
 from denying liability thereunder. Such .lu<l!,'e or Majiistrate 
 may at anytime vary the order and charge any other munici- 
 pality, upon which order like pr()C(!edings may be taken. ')3 V. 
 c, 7<i, 9. 5. 
 
 37. Where an offence against this Act is also puni.shable I'ronecutions 
 
 d,i», ," 1 ., i' ,1 when offence 
 
 er any other Act, or at conunon law, it may be prosecuted Uaoontraven- 
 
 and punished either under this Act, or under the (jther Act, or tion of other 
 
 at common law, but no person shall be punished twice for the i^"**""""'- 
 
 .same offence. 56 V. c. 45, ;j. 27. 
 
 38.— (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Act contained, fhiidTren not 
 no Protestant child shall be committed to the care of any to be com- 
 Roman Catholic children's aid society or institution, nor .shall S^"®'* ^" 
 any Roman Catholic child be committed to a Protestant Oathoiio home 
 children's aid society or institution, and in like manner no *°^ '^<'* *"*""'• 
 Protestant child shall be placed out in any Roman Catholic 
 family as its foster home, nor shall any Roman Catholic child 
 be placed out in any Protestant family as its foster home, 
 
 (2) This section shall not apply to the care of children in a 
 temporary home or shelter, as in this Act provided, in a mun- 
 icipality ill which there is but one children's aid society. 56 
 V. c. 4n, s. 20. 
 
 (3) The certificate of one of the Inspectors of Prisons and 
 Public Charities shall be sufficient as to the character of a 
 society or institution for the purposes of this section. 51 V. c. 
 40, s. 5, part. 
 
 39. Nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to take flijftl'ng pin. 
 away or affect the right of any parent, teacher or other person ishment not 
 having the lawful control or charge of a child to administer **f*o'ed- 
 punishment to such child as if this Act had not been passed. 
 56 V. c. 45, s. 26. 
 
 r 
 
FORMS ySED UNDER 
 
 THE CHILDREN'S PROTECriON ACT. 
 
 I 
 
 Form 1— 
 For warning 
 notice to 
 parents. 
 
 Children's Aid Society of 
 
 , 10? 
 
 NOTICE. 
 
 To 
 
 You are hereby notified that the Children's Aid Society have informa- 
 tion that you 
 
 contrary to the law in such case made and provided, and that 
 unless there is inimediate improvement, and the cause of complaint is 
 Srscontinued, proceedings will be instituted against you as the law pro- 
 vides. 
 
 Agent, C. A. Society of 
 
 Form 2— 
 For informa- 
 tion and 
 complaint. 
 
 R. S. O. 1897, CHAPTER 259. 
 
 Province of Ontario. 
 County of 
 
 The information and complaint of 
 
 To wit 
 
 of 
 
 Taken before me (us) 
 Magistrates) in and for the 
 County of . this 
 
 eighteen hundred and ninety- 
 
 The said informant upon 
 lieves that 
 day of 
 
 hundred and ninety- 
 County of 
 
 in the County of 
 
 Magistrate (or 
 in the 
 
 day of 
 
 oath saith he is informed and bo- 
 on the 
 in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 
 at >n ^^^ 
 
 (oflFence) 
 
 [24] 
 
26 
 
 NOTICE OF APPREHENSION. 
 R. S. 0. 1897, Chapter 259. 
 Province of Ontario. 
 
 County of 
 
 To wit : 
 
 Children's Aid Society of 
 
 Form 3— 
 For notice 
 to parent or 
 guardian. 
 
 To 
 
 and 
 
 , 189 
 
 Ontario. 
 
 "Parents" 
 or "per- 
 
 You are hereby notified, as the 
 ^^ a child ui jjoi- 
 
 apprehended under the provisions of The Children's Protection Act that sons" having 
 Uie investigation of the facts in case will be held before the custody. 
 
 His Jj{; |.JjQ 
 
 hour of o'clock in the noon on day the 
 
 day of 189 at 
 
 at which time and place you are requested to appear and show cause, if 
 any there is, why the Judge presiding should not order the delivery of ' 
 
 J<^8aid to the Children's Aid 
 
 Society of , pursuant to the provisions of the 
 
 said Act. 
 
 Agent, C. A. Society of 
 
 I, 
 
 in the County of 
 
 AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE. 
 
 of the City of 
 
 make oath and say 
 
 That I did on day of one 
 
 thousand eight hundred and ninety- serve 
 
 ., .., . .■ , ,^^ . . ^^^^ a true copy of 
 
 the within notice by delivering such copy to and leaving the same 
 
 Sworn before me at the City of 
 in the County of 
 this 
 of 189 
 
 day I 
 
26 
 
 y^j^m 4 Province of Ontario. 
 
 S-^fc"" County or 
 
 To wit : 
 
 To the Chief Constable or other Police OflScer 
 of the said City of 
 and to any Constable in and for the said 
 
 County of 
 City of 
 
 and 
 
 To 
 
 Whereas information was laid before me, 
 Esquire, 
 
 for that 
 to law did 
 
 County of 
 
 contrary 
 
 and it hath been made to appear that you are likely to give material evi- 
 dence on behalf of the complainant, the Children's Aid Society of 
 
 in this behalf. 
 
 These are therefore to recjuire you to be and appear before me, or before 
 such other Judge as under shall then be 
 
 there, at the in the said City, on the 
 
 day of in the year of our 
 
 Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety- at the hour 
 
 of o'clock in the noon to testify what you shall 
 
 know concerning the said complaint so made against the said 
 
 as aforesaid. 
 
 J^-Herein fail not. 
 
 [L.S.] 
 
 Given under my hand and seal this 
 
 Cit 
 aforesaid. 
 
 City of 
 
 day of 
 
 189 
 
 Province of Ontario. 
 City of 
 
 To wit : 
 
 T, 
 
 and say 
 
 Constable of the City of 
 make oath 
 
 That I did on the day of 
 
 in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety- 
 serve the within named ,„• with a 
 true copy of the within subpoena, and at the time of [such service I 
 exhibited to the said the within 
 original subpoena. 
 
 Sworn before me at the City of 
 
 this day of | 
 
 in the year of our Lord one | 
 thousand eight hundred and ninety- 
 
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 ORDER FOR DELIVERY. 
 
 Province of Ontario. ^ 
 County of 
 
 To wit : 
 
 Chap. 259, R. S. O., 1897. 
 
 Form 5— 
 for judge's 
 order of 
 transfer. 
 
 In the matter of 
 
 a neglected child— 
 
 at the investigation. 
 
 presiding 
 
 Whereas, on tiiis 
 A.D. J8it , one 
 
 dependent and neglected child 
 • the Children's Aid Society of 
 
 day of 
 
 , , , alleged 
 
 nil been brought before me by 
 
 , to determine if the said 
 
 and "I*''" or "persons 
 
 „c .. • 1 , •, , ^^^ having the 
 
 oftleeaulchdd and the ha appeared. '^^'^^y- 
 
 andXo n'reSgthrttraS bV attf' ^^"'^^'^ Aid Society, 
 investigated the facts ^ ^ ''^ the parties, and having duly 
 
 investigated the facts 
 
 do find that the said 
 n.a„i„, of n. a,7.r/KS^t"//» 'A.''""' 
 
 That 
 
 age on the 
 That 
 
 name, in full, is 
 that he was 
 
 day of 
 
 "In a state 
 of habitual 
 vagrancy, or 
 withm the mendicancy, 
 or ill-treated 
 so as to be in 
 peril of life, 
 health or 
 morality by 
 continued 
 personal in- 
 jury, or by 
 grave mis- 
 conduct or 
 habitual in- 
 
 yearsofi!"lP^''«"^\ 
 A.D. 18 of the parents 
 
 • or guardian." 
 
 '"Parents 
 or either of 
 them." 
 
28 
 
 tonality, resi- 
 dence, reli- 
 gion and 
 occupation of 
 parents or 
 either of 
 them." 
 
 " Whether 
 either of 
 them is dead 
 or has aban- 
 doned the 
 child." 
 
 And after hearing the said evidence and having determined that the said 
 
 is a dependent 
 
 and neglected child 
 
 do order that the said to 
 
 delivered into the care and custody of the Society, and that now 
 he be taken to the Temporary Home or Shelter of the said Society 
 
 to bo there kept until placed in an ajiproved Foster Home, pursuant to 
 the provisions of the said Act. 
 
 And I do further order, pursuant to the said Act, that until the said 
 
 reach the age of 
 years or be otherwise provided for, the treasurer of the 
 municipality of shall pay to the said Society 
 
 the sum of $ per week, the same to be applied towards the 
 
 maintenance of the said child. 
 
 Given under my hand and seal this day of 
 
 in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight 
 
 hundred and ninety. 
 
 \Pi- 
 
 CERTIFICATE OF JUDGE. 
 
 Province of Ontario. 
 County of 
 City of 
 
 I In the matter of 
 
 To wit ; 
 
 I a neglected child. 
 
 do hereby certify that the'within finding and order is a true copy of 
 my original finding and order in the above case. 
 
 Dated at 
 this 
 
 hi the said County of 
 day of A.D. 189 
 
of 
 
 29 
 
 This indenture, made in duplicate this 
 
 between 
 
 of 
 
 day Form 6 — 
 for transfer 
 of guardian - 
 
 of the 
 
 ChSwrAWl'^ f » r u °^ ^''<^ fi^«' part, and the ship from 
 
 Children s Aid Society of of the second part. parent ;o 
 
 Whereas the party of the first part is the lawful g jgnd guardian 'Society. 
 
 , . , . , , ^V '"^*"* ""^'^'' ^^'^ »g« of 21 years, and is unable 
 
 to maintain and care for the said infant for the following reaons : 
 
 And whereas the parties of the second part are a Society duly organized 
 and incorporated for the purpose of, among other things, caring Tor and 
 protecting such neglected, abandoned or orphaned children as may be 
 lawfully committed or entrusted to them , - 
 
 And whereas the party of the first part is desirous of entrusting the 
 said infant to the care of the said Society and appointing the said Sod ty 
 to be thu guardians of the said infant, and the said Society are willing to 
 assume the said obligation ; "uuug lo 
 
 Now therefore this indenture witnesseth that the said parly ot the 
 first part hath committed and by these presents doth commit the said 
 infant to ho care of the said Society and hath appointed and by tSe 
 Et unHi**" 'P'""' ";f said Society to be the iaiful guardians of such 
 intant until attains the age of twenty-one vears Anfl f}i« ^^iA 
 
 flie'tri s" 'r' T\ ''^'' -;--<-^l by theL "e^rnS-do^rJe It" £ 
 sikl hifant"^ ^ "' ''"^ ^'"^' "^^"""^ '" description upon the 
 
 And tlie said parties of the second part hereby for themselves, their 
 successors and assigns agree to receive the guardianship of the said chUd 
 
 haJiSsr^S^rttSv^^^Sel;^"'^ '^'^ ^«^«""*« -' ^^^^^ 
 Signed in the presence of 
 
 Parents. 
 
 President. 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 To 
 
 APPLICATION FOR CHILD. 
 
 Form 7— 
 application 
 
 ca^^and training of a ageS^Sr^^ ''^'-'^^ '^ ^^ ^"^ ^'"'■ 
 
 would be w.l ing to enter into an agreement with the Society pled^ n- 
 ourselves to treat kindly any child entrusted to us and to con, Sy with fie 
 usual regulations. Particulars of our homo are as follows 
 
 Post office address Nearest station 
 
 County Lot Cun. Occupation Religion 
 
 Number ui family Those under twenty, are ^ 
 
 Clergyman an 1 two well-known persons to hIioiu reference could be 
 
 Remarks 
 
 husband, 
 wife. 
 
80 
 
 OONDITIONS. 
 
 Children must be kindly treated as members of the family, and pro- 
 vided with necessary food and clothing. Th y iire expected to attend 
 chnrch and Sunday school, and to attend day school, full time, up to at 
 least twelve years of ago. Special arrangements are made from twelve to 
 fourteen, but after fom-teen boys and girh are expected to become wage- 
 earners. When they go out it is understood they will remain with those 
 receiving them so long as the agreement continues satisfactory to both 
 parties. Children will bo visited from time to time by duly authorized 
 persons, but entirely in a friendly spirit. Applicants are urged td take 
 children as young us possible, so that they may gn.w up contentedly in 
 their new surroundings. 
 
 Form 8— 
 agreement 
 re child. 
 
 AGREEMENT BE FOSTER CHILD. 
 
 Agreement entered into this 
 the Children's Aid Society of 
 of the first i)artand 
 of the second part, respecting 
 
 day of 
 
 189 between 
 
 Witnesseth, that said parties of the second part agree with the said 
 parties of the first part to receive into their home 
 
 aged years on to 
 
 act towards at all times with kindness and consideration, and to 
 
 provide with food, clothing, washing and necessaries. 
 
 The said parties of the second part further covenant with the said parties 
 of the first part as follows : — 
 
 (1) That the said child shall be treated as a member of the family. 
 
 (2) Shall be taught as far as possible habits of truthfulness, personal 
 cleanliness and industry, and shall be afforded every oi)portunity for 
 growing up to a good and useful life. 
 
 (H) The said parties of the second part agree to send tlie said child to 
 school as reijuired by law. 
 
 (4) It is agreed that the said child shall remain in the care of the said 
 parties of the secoml part so long as both parties hereto are satisfied with 
 this arrangement, and that while with them the child may bo visited by 
 any person duly authorized to do so ; also, that should it be found neces- 
 sary to return the said child the parties of the second part shall give two 
 -.eeks' notice of their intention, and pay the railroad fare to 
 
 Tht^ parties of the second part further agree to write occasionally to the 
 Pii'Hes of the first part telling them how the child is j)rogrcssiiig, and to 
 .-,f;;l inr:ie.li,ite notification in the event of death, serious ilUiess. deser- 
 tidii, d.ssatisfacti'm or removal to another locality. 
 
 f^'s^ned lit 
 
 Oil tliH day of 
 
 in the jiresence of 
 
 18!» 
 
 Witness. 
 
 Witness. 
 
$ 81 
 
 CHILDREN'S AID SOOIETY OF 
 Particulars concerning 
 
 189 
 
 . ^®^ . Name in full 
 
 iJi^^. ., "" • Father's name 
 
 Mother 8 name v>arr..,(-,. u ^\ r ■ 
 
 Religious denonunation ' ^ ^'-'^''^^ both hving 
 
 child „ , • ^^^^ address of 
 
 „,, • now made ward 
 
 • V^'>«" ? Why 
 
 . . . , , ■ Nearest relatives living t „„„i.t, 
 
 of stay in shelter days. Conduct vvhile there ' "°^^ 
 
 Description of child: Complexion . Hair Eves 
 
 tion and educ^tbn'" '''^' '"^"'^ ^''''' "''^^'^^^^ „ ,.' '^"^^ -"^^ 
 physical peculiarity ' "*^ "'^'1^^ ""^ ^'"^cial «r 
 
 office address of foster parents ' ■^*'"® ''"'^ 1'°^^ 
 
 concession lot «,^i,n*., ^ » 
 
 denomination ' ' """"^^ ^ , , , , • Religious 
 
 parents' family . References ''''' '" ^"'*^'' 
 
 of agreement in brief • '^^rms 
 
 Left for foster home on • 
 
 Remarks. 
 
 Form 9— 
 For making 
 return to 
 provincial 
 superintend- 
 ent of child 
 sent to foster 
 home. 
 
 in the year j,^^^ j^_ 
 
 This indenture made this dav of 
 
 between"''^' °"' '''""'""'^ ^'^^'^ ^""^'''^^ ^^^^ ""^ety 
 
 "institution- of the first part, and the Children's Aid Sy'of " ""^'^ SStonf 
 , heremafter called "The Society," of the seco?^ Ct. institution 
 
 ,„, , *° Society. 
 
 Whereas the said institution has the care or charge of 
 
 years, as -object of charity, and has be^n s'uppTrtt?'' ''^ ''' °^ 
 
 in their institution for a npnnrl fif " , , 
 
 18 Willing to have the saiS cSd KferL to Z"''"-\ S"''- '^^ ^""'^ ^"^^'^^y 
 of the provisions of The Chu/reTPZZL'^TtThnZfr^^^^^^ 
 
 sidlraUon'oT^rpreSlra^if^^^^^^^^ "^^ ^'^ '-^'^^t-n in con- 
 
 ereby gives and traXr's ?o th! L" i J"^ • K''''^^ ''"'^ authority so to do, 
 care,%o^ntrol an cuTit'of the saidTiiW ^o'l *^^? '"? '^^^''^' «"^ '^^ 
 Society in pursuance of^the nroJ?sions of ' H?« -S'^'a^^ °^'^. ^^ ^'^^ ^'^^'^ 
 said Society accepts in so fa^r '^^i'^l^^^Zr^^^^ ^'^ ''' 
 
32 -% 
 
 In witness whereof the narties hereunto set their respective corporate 
 
 In witness whereof the narties hereunto set tnen 
 seals under the hands of their respective presidents 
 
 \ 
 
 Signed, sealed and delivered 
 in the presence of 
 
 As to the signature of the presi- 
 dent of "the institution." 
 
 As to the signature of the presi- 
 dent of " the Society.'*^ 
 
 Particulars op Child. 
 
 14. How long there. 
 
 15. Was child deserted. 
 
 16. When last visited. 
 
 17. How many brothers and sisters. 
 
 18. Names and ages. 
 
 1. Sex. 
 
 2. Name in full. 
 
 3. Age, on 
 
 4. Place of birth. 
 6. Entered institution. 
 
 6. Father's name. 
 
 7. Occupation. 
 
 8. Religion. 
 
 9. Character. 
 
 10. Mother's name. 
 
 11. Religion. 
 
 12. Character. 
 
 13. Parents' place of residence. 
 
 Please fill in particulars as far as known. 
 Date, Signed, 
 
 Remarks, 
 
 19. Any other relatives interested in 
 child. 
 
 20. Names. 
 
 21. Does institution hold the legal 
 guardianship. 
 
 22. Health of child. 
 
 23. Any physical defect. 
 
 24. General disposition. 
 
CHAPTER 58. 
 
 (Stiitutes of Ca-nada, ISO.'i.) 
 
 An Act lespeftiiig the Arrest, Ti-ial and I 
 nuMit of Youthful Otrenders. 
 
 nipnsoii- 
 
 AsHcnted fo )llr(l Jtil>/, ISO',. 
 
 WHERHAS it is-lrsiruhh. to n.ak.. provision for tl... s.par,,- 
 
 ottYilei.san.ll.al.itual en.niMals .Inriuo- tlieir arrest and tri-, 
 
 ntn. It to places vvher,> ti.ey ,nav ))(■ rHornied and ti'ained to 
 SivT: ">«^-'!,;''' ;'-'• '-"^ i.nprisone.1 : TllJrZ I^f, r 
 CMC Jrlouse ot C.nnnons of Cana.la, enacts as follows : 
 
 1. Section 550 of " Tlie iViniinal Cod.. <XQ-)- ; i , 
 repealed and the t„ll„„,„« section Lulled 'u.Lf;:,.. '"""'•' ^ ''■ 
 
 " 'I'lO Tlw^ 4.,.: ,1 !• amended. 
 
 of persons 
 
 («) arrested upon any warrant; oi- "'''^'' ^''• 
 
 (h) connaittod to custody at any sta<ro of a prelin.inarv 
 enquiry nito a cliar^re for an indictalJle oflbnce; or """'''' ^' 
 
 (o)'committ.Hl to custody at any sta^-e of a trial, either Cor 
 an indictal.le otienco or for an otfbnce puni«hal.le on sun ma 
 conviction; or -inimM.ii^) 
 
 (d) connnitted to custody after such tri-d hnf i r 
 imprisonment un.ler sentence:- "'' '"'' '"'"Mpattedf.. 
 
 1 II 1 1 , . , 1 Ider offender 
 
 shallbe kept in custody separate from older persons charo-ed 
 Mith crnnmal offences and separate from all persons under;^;,ing 
 
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 sentences of imprisonment, and shnll not be contined in the 
 lock-ups or police stations with older pei-sons cluir^td with 
 criminal offences or with ordinary criminals. 
 
 h"^°h*ld"' ^' ^'^ '^"y child, appearing; to the court or justice; before 
 
 under l» may whom the child is tried to be undrr the aj^e of fourtt'iMi years, 
 
 be dealt with is convicted in the Province of Ontario of any oH'cnce a'fainst 
 
 convicted. the law of Canada, whether indictabit; or punishable on sum- 
 
 nifiry conviction, such court oi' Justice, instead of sent(;ncin;; 
 
 the child to any imprisonment provided by law in such case, 
 
 may onier that the child shall be committed to the charj^e nf 
 
 any home for destitute and neglected children, or to the charge 
 
 of any Children's Aid Society, duly organized and ajjproved 
 
 by the Lieutennnt-Ciovernor of Ontario in Council, or to any 
 
 certified Industrial School. 
 
 how'boy'under "^ Whenever intheProvinceof Ontario, aninformationorcom- 
 12, or girl ])laint is laid or made against any boy under the age of t\. elve 
 be dealt^w^h'' y*^"''*'^- or gii'l uudcr the age of thirteen years, for the commis- 
 when charged, sion of any offence against the law of Canada, whether indict- 
 able or puni.shable on sununary conviction, the court or justice 
 seized thereof shall give notice thereof in writing to the 
 executive officer of the Children's Aid Society, if there be one 
 in the county, and shall allow him opportunity to investigate 
 the charges marie, and may also notify the parents of the child, 
 or either of them, or other person apparently interested in the 
 welfare of the child. 
 
 2. The court of justice may advise and counsel with the 
 said officer and witli the parents or such other person, and 
 may consider any report made by the said officer upon the 
 charges. 
 
 3. If, after such consultation and advice, and upon consider- 
 ation of any report so made, and after hearing the matter of 
 information or complaint the court or justice is of opinion that 
 the public interest and the welfare of the child will be best 
 served thereby, then, instead of connnitting the child for trial, 
 or sentencing the child, as the case may be, the court or justice 
 may, by order : 
 
 (a) Authorize the said officer to take the child and, under 
 the provisions of the law of Ontario, bind the child out to some 
 suitable person until the child has attained the age of 21 years, 
 or any less age ; or 
 
 (b) Place the child out in some approved foster home 
 
 (c) Impose a fine not exceeding $10 ; or 
 
 (d) Suspend sentence for a definite period of for an indefinite 
 period ; or 
 
 (e) If the child has been found guilty of the offence charged 
 or is shown to be wilfully wayward and unmanageable, com- 
 mit the child to a certified Industrial School, or to the Provin- 
 
 Order. 
 
 Apprentice- 
 ship. 
 
 Foster home. 
 
 Fine. 
 
 Suspension of 
 sentence 
 
 Commitment 
 to certain 
 in'ititutions. 
 
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 cial Refommtory for hoy8, or to the lletW,. f„r .rirls as tho 
 
 ='K^::ei;";l;:;^f;:;';-i/:;L;z;L^^ 
 
 a .statuto ot tlio Provmct' of Oiiturio. "^ 
 
 6. No Protestant d.il.l ,|.,ilt with un.lor this Act shall ho 
 
 ^^'//V ''•' P''^^,'^^'^ '" anyUon.an Catholic fan.ilv as its 
 in H''''A'rK''''^'' '"'^ Kon.an Catholic child ,lealt with 
 CI ^'y^^ct be conm.itt..] to the care of any Pr< t csb 
 
 as Its UMn homy. B'lt this section shall not annlv to td 
 
 mi; tl A 'T '? A^ temporary home or slultor' Xbl sh 
 inuloi tl e Act oi Ontario, intituled " An Act for the Proven 
 ton oi Cruelty' to, and better Protection of Chi ren " n ^ 
 municipality where there is but one Children's Ai Soci'et 
 
 R"liflrion of 
 child to be 
 reapectod. 
 
 Proviso as tu 
 temporary 
 care in 
 certain ca^ex. 
 
CHAPTER 161. 
 
 An Act ii'spectiiij;' Appivntices and iMinurs. 
 
 Tilt' t'ollowiiij;' cliiuscs hcnr purticiiliii'ly on the wrn'U of 
 C'liiliirfn'H Airl SdCU'tii-s : 
 
 Power (if pni- *'i. Ally iwii'ciit, i^'uai'diini or miy otlior pt-i'son hiivinj;' tli«' 
 eiitH or ctiari- ^,^^y^, f^y (.j,,|i-m. of a minor, or an\' cliuritjililc soi'ictv Mutliori/i'il 
 table M(CUties , .1 r • T it* i ' • .i " v 1 
 
 to apijoiiit by the hicxitcnaiit-Uuveriior to t'.\( rc'isf llic powi-rs contiTntl 
 KiiardianH. ^,y this At't, iUid luiviiij^ the care i r cliarj^ff of a iiiiiior, may, 
 with the minor's consi'iit, if the minor i.s a mah' not nmlcr the 
 age of fourteen yeai'.s, or is a female not under the a^c of 
 twelve years, and without Hueh consent if he or slic is under 
 such af^e, constitute by indenture to he the <;uarilian of tiie 
 child, any respectable, trustworthy person who is wiliino- 
 to as.sunie, and by indentuie or other instiument inwiitiiii,' 
 does assume, the duty of a ])arent towards the child: Dut the 
 parent shall ri'iiiain liahh; foi' the ])erformance of any duty 
 imposed by law in case the nuardian fails in tlx- performanei- 
 thereof. R. S. O., I«87, c/l42, s. :'. 
 
 order to re- 
 cover child 
 
 Parents and 4. No minor who has been aliaiidoue*! by Ins or her parent 
 
 guardians of ox- (ruardiaii, or wlio is dependent uion charitv for suiinoi-t 
 ccrt&in minors • *•**■• 
 
 mu-t have shall be reuioveil from any })ublic or private charitable insti- 
 tution, or fi-om the custody or control of any private person 
 who is charitably taking;' care of the minor, by the father or 
 mother or guardian of the minor against the will of the lit ad 
 of such public or private chai'italile institution, or such private 
 person, witliout an order for sucli removal from a judge of the 
 High Ctiurt, or from the jmlge of tlie Ctmnty Court of the 
 county, or mayor tjr police magistrate of tlie city or town 
 where the minor is, and the judge or other peisoii hereliy em- 
 powered to make an order for removal may refuse to grant an 
 order for the removal of the minor unless he is satisfied that 
 the removal will tend to the advantage and benefit of the 
 minor. 
 
 Powers of par- 6. A parent, guardian, t»r other person having the care or 
 
 f°**. "IIT'*^' charLje of a minor, or any charitable society being authorized 
 
 ties to bind , r t • x Ln • n 1 i. • i.i 
 
 minors. by the Lieutenaut-tjovernor m Louncil to exercise tiie power 
 
 conferred by Ihis Act, and luxving the care or charge of a 
 
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87 
 
 minor, boinj,' a inal.Mui.l not niul.T th.- iiijc of* fourtc.'ti ycai-H 
 may, with tlit- con.s.'iit of tJi.. i„i,„,r, put aiwl l)in.| liini as an 
 uppn-ntu'i', by incL-ntinv, to any n-.sp.-ctal.lc an<l tiustvvortliv 
 master iiu'clianic, I'arni.'r or otli^r person carryiiK' on a fra<l"e 
 or oalIin;r, f,„. „ t,.nn not to .'xten.j Lcyoi..! tln'minority ..f 
 the apprentice ; or in case of a female,' not ini.ler the a-c of 
 twelve years, may with hor eoiiHent, hind the minor to^^any 
 respeetahle and trustworthy person carrvin;;' on any trade or 
 calhiiir. ,„■ t,. .lomestie service with unv rl'sp.rlal.le and trust- 
 worthy person for a term not l(. .'xtend l.ev(.nd the a-'-e of 
 cijfliteen years. " " 
 
 39 
 
 Liouti 
 
 n. ,. 1 w n ^''":^"/ < 'V^'''""i' i" <''»uncil may autimri/e Authority 
 ail} ciiaritai.le society, incor|)orated or unincorporated to '""V •"■?ivHn 
 exercise for a limited tin..' or otherwise the p„wers conf.'rred SiHS'" 
 by this Act, and may rov<.l<e or Huspeiid any Order in Council 
 made h)r that purpose, and after such revocation such society 
 sliall not possess the authority to exercise sucli i>owers unless 
 und until again authorized l)y Onh-r in Council. 
 
 (Si'O Fi)nii (i, III) piigo 25).) 
 
CHAPTER 304. 
 
 An Act Inspecting Industrial Schools. 
 
 Shout title, s. J . i 
 
 Intkki'UETATIo.v, a. 2. i 
 
 Es'l'AItl.ISUMENT OF SCHOOLS, SS. .'<, 4. 
 DELK(iA110N OK I'OWEKS TO I'HU.AN-' 
 THKCH'U; SOCIETIES, S. 5. I 
 
 Power of I'liilanthropic Societies 
 
 to l)OlT«\V, H. (). 
 Am BY SCHOOL BOAUns, ETC. , RH. 7, !^. 
 GUAXTS OF LAXI) 1!Y KELKIIOFS COU- 
 
 I'OKATIOXS, S. !». 
 Al'l'OINTMENT OF TEACHEIiS, S. 10. 
 
 Committal to"Schooi,s, ss. 11-]0. 
 RoMAX Catholic CHILDUEX, I'uoviso 
 
 AS TO, s. 17- 
 Visits by cLERciVMEN, s. 18. 
 
 PlACIXC! OVT f)F CHILHUEX, SS. l!)-21. 
 
 DiscHAR(iE, SS. 22-23. 
 
 Sri'EHVISION AFTER DISCH AROE, 24. 
 
 Powers of school cori'oration, 
 s. 25. 
 
 HlLES OF MAXAOEMEN'T, S. 2(). 
 
 IMaixtexaxce, order for, SS. 27-29. 
 
 Liiiliilitvfoi'.acconliiig to rosidonco 
 uf ciiiia, s. ;:(i. 
 Ai'i'REHEXsiox OF Chilhrex Escap- 
 
 ix(i FROM Schools, ss. 'M, .32. 
 
 SCKREXliEl! OF CHILO To PARENTS, 
 
 s. :]:). 
 
 IXSPF.CTIOX, SS. .34-3(i. 
 
 Pl'ULIC AlH TO INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS, 
 
 SS. ;]7-40. 
 
 HER ^[AJESTY, by and with tlie ailvice and consent of the 
 Legishitive Assembly of the Province of Ontario, ei acts 
 as follows : — 
 
 Short title. 1. This Act may be citcil as " 2V/e Iiuli'i^trial MiO{>h Ad." 
 
 K S. 0. 1887,0. 234, s. 1. 
 
 " Industrial 
 School," defi- 
 nition of. 
 
 " Philanthro- 
 pic Society." 
 
 Rev. Stat, 
 c. 205. 
 
 Rev Stat. 
 0.211. 
 
 3.— (1) The words " Indu.stiial school" in this Act shall 
 mean a school in which industrial trainino- is provided, and in 
 which children are lodo-od, clothed and fed, as well as tanojit, 
 and wliich has been certilied by the Minister under section M of 
 this Act. R. S. O. 1887 c. 284, s. i' (1) ; .-)8 V. c. .5!), s. 1 part. 
 
 (2) " Industrial school board" shall mean the board of man- 
 aijement of such certified industi'ial school, whether acting 
 directly under powers conferred by, or itnder powers delegated 
 pursuant to this Act. 58 V. c. .59 s. I part. 
 
 (3) " Philanthropic society," in this Act, shall mean a 
 philanthropic society (not being a loan corporation within the 
 wxammg oi Tin' I AH ni Corpordfiovs Act,) incorporated undi r 
 Tlie Act rei<pcctivij Benevolent, Providevt and oilier Societies, 
 or under any other Act in force in this Province, and approved 
 l»v tlie Lieutennnt-Governor-in-Council for the purposes of 
 this Act. R. S. O. 1887, c. 234, s. 2 (2); GO V. c. 38, ,s. 121 (1). 
 
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(4) " Minister" shall mean the Provincial Secretary or other "Minister." 
 Minister whose duties for the time being include the charge of 
 industnal schools. See 59 V. c. 73, s. 2. 
 
 3. In case the public school board of trustees for any city j^ gitjj^^ p^- 
 or town, or the separate school trustees tlierein, estal)lish an aminaiiou by 
 industrial school, and provide the necessary building or build- porrthereon* 
 ings, either by purchase, lease or otherwise, and provide the 
 other retpiisites for such schools, and cause notice thereof to be 
 given to the city inspector of ]mblic schools, or in case of a 
 Roman Catholic industrial school then to one of the inspectors 
 of separate schools, tin? sai<l inspector shall make an exannna- 
 tion of the school buildings so provided, and of their fitness for 
 the reception of children, and shall in([uire as to the other 
 re([uisites provided, and shall incpiire also into the means 
 adopted for carrying on thg school, and shall report the said 
 particulars to tlie Minister ; and if tlie Minister is satisfied 
 wdth the report of the inspector, he may, in writing 
 under his hand, certifv that the school is a fit and pro])er one Cer'iihcate by 
 for the reception of children to Ite sent tliei'e, and the school 
 shall thex'eupon be deemed a certified industrial scho(d for 
 
 the purposes of this Act. 
 c. 73, .s. 2. 
 
 R. S. O. LS,s7, c. :>34, s. :} ; ")!) V 
 
 4. The notice of the grant of the certificate shall forthwith Notice of tlw 
 be given bvthe board to the Police Magistrate and the Judge cert iHcate and 
 of the County Court, njid shall likewise be inserted by the thereof, 
 board in the Ontario Gazette; and a copy of the Gazette con- 
 taining the notice .shall be conclusive evidence of the grant 
 which may also bo proved by the certificate itself, or by an 
 instrument purporting to be a copy ot tlu; certificate, and 
 attested as .such bv the Minister or his Dep\it\'. R. S. O. l!S87, 
 c. 234, s. 4 ; 5!) V. c. 73, s. 2 
 
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 5. — (I) Any lioard of school trustees may delegate the powers, Delep.ation of 
 rights and privileges conferred upon such board by this Act, i"'^^''!'* '^""' 
 respecting the establishment, control and management of an pchooi trus- 
 industrial school to anv pliilnnthropic soeietv or societies tees by this 
 and the society or societies to which such powers are <lelegated, " 
 shall have and may exercise all the powers so delegated, and 
 this Act shall thereafter apply to the philanthropic society or 
 societies as fully as to the .saiil boanls; provided, nevertheless, 
 that the chairman and secretary of the l)oard of public sclu^d 
 trustees in the city or town in which the industi-ial school is 
 situated, or under whose control it is jdaced, and the public 
 school inspector of the city or town, shall be members of the 
 l)()ard of management of the society when acting under powers 
 delegated by the board of i)ublic school trustees, uiid the chair- 
 man and secretary of the separate school lioard .shall be mem- 
 l)ers of the Ijoai'd of management, when the soeietv is actintr 
 under powers delegated by the separate school Ixjard. 
 
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 (2) The by-laws of sucli society shall be subject to the 
 approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. 11. S. 0. 
 1887, c. 284, s. 5. 
 
 Societies 6. A philanthropic society in addition to any powers 
 
 on*debenture8. Conferred by the Act incoi-porating- it as to laisini^f money 
 on the security of its property, shall have powei' to borrow 
 money on del)enturt's, and for that purpose maj^ issue 
 deVtentures pledging all the real and pei.sonal estate of the 
 society for the payment of such debentures. The issue of such 
 debentui'cs shall not exceed two-thirds of the value of the 
 property owned by such society, and no debenture shall be 
 for a less suni than SldO. A certificate of the number and 
 amount of such debentures, as they are i.ssued under the seal 
 of the society and signature of the pi-esident or secretary, shall 
 be filed in the registry office where the lands affected lie, which 
 certificate shall be open to inspection ou payment of 10 cents. 
 54 V. c. 59, s. 2. 
 
 Aid to indus- 
 trial schools, 
 from school 
 boards. 
 
 7. Any school board authorized to establish industrial schools 
 may aid such schools in the same manner as othei" schools, 
 notwithstanding that such school does not lie within the muni- 
 cipality or school section wherein such school board has juris- 
 diction ; provided such school has been established by 
 the said school board, or by some society to which the said 
 school board has delegated its powers, and upon the board of 
 management of which it is represented. 54 V. c. 59, s. 1. 
 
 Authorizing 
 corporations 
 of cities and 
 ' towns guaran- 
 tee to deben- 
 tures issued, 
 for industrial 
 school pur- 
 poses. 
 
 Proviso, 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 8.— (1) When the school board of an}' city or town has 
 itself, or where any philanthropic society acting under powers 
 delegated by the public or separate school board, has estab- 
 lished an industrial school or schools, and for the purpose of 
 the purchase of lands and the erection of the n(?ces>ary laiild- 
 ings thereon has incurred a debt or debts, or is about to incur 
 such debt or debts, and where such school Itoard, or the phil- 
 anthropic society aforesaid, is desirous of or has issued 
 debentvires for the purpose of paying such indebtedness, then 
 such school board or the board of such philanthropic society 
 may request the council of such city or town to indorse or 
 guarantee such debentures, and the corporation of such city or 
 town shall have the power and are hereby authorized to guar- 
 antee the debentures so issued, and such indorsement or guar- 
 antee shall have the same force and effect as debentures issued 
 by such city or town for school purposes : Pi-ovided, first : That 
 the amount of the debentures so issued shall not exceed sixty 
 per cent, in value of the lands, buildings and improvements of 
 such school board or philanthropic society held for industrial 
 school purposes : Provided, secondly : That the coi-poration 
 shall either take a mortgage on the said property in respect of 
 which the debentures are issued themselves, or an assisxnment 
 of an existnig mortgage, or require a mortgage to be made to 
 
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 a trust corporation or other trustees as security for such 
 debentures. 58 V. c. 59, s. 2. 
 
 (2) Any debenture debt incurred under this section by an Debentures 
 industrial school board acting under powers derived from the issued for 
 public school board shall lie a liability of the supporters of pub- trial '8choo"B to 
 lie schools, and likewise any debt incurred by an industrial l>e «"Pported 
 school Ijoard acting under })()vvers derived from a separate g'Jhool "^ 
 school board shall b(^ a Hability of the supporters of separate moneys, 
 .schools. 58 V. c. 59, s. :i. 
 
 9. An}' reliyious corporation may out of lands held by the Religious 
 coriioration, whether rectory or otlicr lands, and over which corporations 
 
 , .•! "I'li 1.1 i.1 empowered to 
 
 sucli cor])()ration lias a power or .sale, set apart and grant oi' lease grant or lease 
 for a nouiinal consideratiou, or otherwi.se for industrial school lands to 
 purposes, such portions of sai<l lands as .said corporation, or the schools.'" 
 committt-e having power to sell the same may think proper, 
 without the corporation being deemed guilt}' of a breach of 
 trust. 54 V. e. 59. s. 3. 
 
 10. — (1) The respective school boards shall provide the Appointment 
 teachers necessary for the industrial school, and the general "ftf-ichersand 
 superintendent of the school shall, when practicable, be selected fntendent. 
 from the teachers .so appointed. R. S. O. 1887, c. 234, s. G. 
 
 (2) Any such school board may pay a per capita allowance School boards 
 to the industrial school board in lieu of providing such teacher.-s, niay p*1[ a P<^^' 
 
 1 ■ 11 1-11 Ml 11 1 capita Mow- 
 
 such per capita allowance tor each child taught, to be not less ance instead of 
 than the average co.'it per C(n)ita iov *}ach child attending the ^"'"i''^"'^ 
 schools under the management of such school board in the then 
 next preceding year, the numlier of children in the industrial 
 school to be estimated as being the same number as during such 
 next jireceding year, and should such plan of payment be 
 alopted, then all the powers of such .school board as to hiring 
 and discharging of teachers shall vest in the industrial school 
 board. 58 V. c. 59, s. 4. 
 
 11. — (1) Any person may at a special sitting bring before the Certain child- 
 Police Magistrate, or before the Judge of the County Court, i:"^" '""''^'" 
 
 1 Y • -J.' 1 J.1 • 'r» 1- ^i • i. x" 1 !• fourteen may 
 
 and, except m cities where tiiere is a rolice Magistrate, heiore be brought be- 
 any Justice of the Peace, any child apparenth' under the ['l^^ Police 
 
 i' i! i. 1 -ii • i; ii 1' 11 • Magistrate 
 
 age ot lourteen years, wlio comes within any or the lollowing „r Justices. 
 descriptions, namely : 
 
 (a) Who is found begging or receiving alms, or being in any 
 street or public place for the purpose of begging or receiving 
 alms ; 
 
 (b) Who is found wandering, and not having any home or 
 settled place of abode or proper guardianship, or not having 
 any lawful occupation or business, or visible means of subsist- 
 ence ; 
 
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 Magistrate to 
 inquire into 
 tnith of facta 
 charged. 
 
 (c) Who is found destitute, either being an orphan or hav- 
 ing a surviving parent who is undergoing penal servitude or 
 imprisonment ; 
 
 (d) Wliose parent, step-parent or guai'dian represents to the 
 Judge or Magistrate that he is unable to control the child, and 
 that he desires the child to be sent to an industrial school, 
 under this Act ; 
 
 (e) Who, by reason of the neglect, drunkenness or other vices 
 of tlie parents, is suffered to l)e growing up without salutary 
 parental control and education, or in circumstances exposing 
 him to lead an idle and dissolute life ; 
 
 (fjWho has been foimd guilty of petty crime, and who, in 
 the opinion of the Judge or ^!agist^lte before whom he has been 
 convicti-'d, shoidd be sent to an industrial .'cbool instead of to 
 a gaol or reformatory. R. S. ( ). bSS7, c. '2'U, s. 7. 
 
 ((/) Who (being a child betwet'u eiglit and fourteen years of 
 age) has been expelled fnjm school for vicious and immoral 
 conduct. ')4 V. c. oG, s. G. 
 
 ,2) No formal information shall be requisite to authorize pro- 
 ceedings being taken under the next preceding subsection, but 
 the Judge or Alagistrate, before issuing his order, shall have such 
 child brought before him, and shall, in its presence, take evidence 
 in writiny; under oath of the facts charoed, and shall make 
 reasonable iu(juiry into the truth thereof. K. S. O. 1887, 
 c. 234, s. 8. 
 
 Magistrate ^*'^- ^^ ^^^^ Jiidgc or Magistrate is satisfied on inf[uiry that it 
 
 mav order is expedient to deal with the child under this Act, he may order 
 requisitefof ' 1''^"' ^^ ^^'^ •''^'"^^ ^^ '^ Certified industrial school; which order shall 
 the order. be in Writing, and shall specify the name of the school, and the 
 time for which the child is to be detained in the school, being 
 such time as to the Judge or Magistrate seems proper for the 
 teaclung and training of the child, but not in any case extend- 
 ing beyond the time when the child will attain the age of six- 
 teen years. H. S. ( ). 1887, c. 234, s. 9. 
 
 Admission to 13. The said school corporations or philanthropic societies 
 the schooK ^^.^y .j^djjjjt into any imlustrial school established b}' them, any 
 
 children apparently under the age of fourteen years who are 
 
 connnitted to any such school by the Judge or Magistrate ; 
 
 and the said corporations or societies, respectiveh*, shall have 
 Powers as to power to i)lace the said children at such emph/rments, and 
 AtA employ- cause them to lie instructed in such branches of useful know- 
 men*,, ledge as are suitable to their years and capacities. R. S. O. 
 
 1887, c. 2;!4, s. 10. 
 
 Boys under 14-. — (1) Where under the authority of any statute of the 
 commuted to Province, or of any other statute or law in force in the Fro- 
 industrial vince, .-md i-elating to matters within the legisluti\e authority 
 Bchoos. of the Legislature of the [Province, any offender is conviLteil 
 
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 whether summarily or otherwise, of any ofi'encc punishable by 
 impriHonnient, by any Judge, Stipendiary or Police Magistrate, 
 or Justice of the Pence, who at the time of the trial is of the 
 opinion that sncli offender does not exceed the age of tliirteen 
 years, such Judge, Magistrate or Justice, may order such 
 offender to bo sent to a certified industrial school, subject to 
 the provisions of this Act. .53 V. c. 76. s. 2. 
 
 (2) Such otf\'nder shall thereupon be detained in such Period of 
 industrial scliool until he is ret'oriiied or otherwise fit to be f.f^f"*".'" **• 
 
 1 • 11 ii iti'lustrial 
 
 apprt'iitici'd or liound out, or is prohjitionally or permanently schools, 
 discharged under tlu' provisions of this Act, and such detention 
 shall be substituted in such case for the iniprisonuient in the 
 peniteiitiary or reformatory or such place of confinement by 
 whieli flic offender would otherwise be punislialile under any 
 such statute or law n'lating theivto as aforesaid ; l)ut in no case 
 shall tlie offender be detained beyond the age of 17 years. 
 51] V. c. 7(5, s. 3. 
 
 1.5. rpon complaint made to the Judge of the County or incorrigible 
 District C ourt, or to anv Stiiiendiarv or Police Mai-istrate by "ffuiders may 
 
 • * f ^ ijv i-jo ppnt to 
 
 the general superintendent oi' other officer in charge of .such reformatory, 
 indu.sfrial scIkoI, that by reason of incorrigible or vicious 
 conduct, or escape, or habits of escape, and with reference to 
 the general di.scipline of the school, the offender is beyond the 
 control of such officer, the Judge, Stipendiary or Police Magis- 
 trate may oi'der such offender to be confined in the reformatory 
 for an undefined period, not to exceed the period for which he 
 would be otherwise liable to be detained. .53 V. c. 76, s. 4. 
 
 ■e 
 
 d 
 
 Admisrion'of 
 offenders 
 to industrial 
 schools. 
 
 16. — (1) In case an offender against any law of Canada 
 who at the time of his trial is or appeal's to l)e under the age 
 of thirteen years is for any offence against any law ( f Canada 
 committed to a certified industrial school, or is transferred by 
 legal authority from any place of imprisonment to a certified 
 industrial .school, the managers of such school may admit the 
 offender into the said school accordingly. 53 V. c. 75, s. '2. 
 
 (2) The provisions for maintenance and all other matters 
 relating to offenders against Provincial laws shall also applv 
 to offenders lietween the ages aforesaid against the laws of 
 Canada, who may lie traiLsferred or committed to a certified 
 industrial school. 53 V. c. 75, s. 3. 
 
 (3) The order for chargealiility of maintenance of an offender 
 against the laws of Canada, transferred or committed to a 
 ceitified industi'ial school, may be made by the Court, Judo-e, 
 Stipendiary or Police Magistrate before Avhom the fffender is 
 convicted at any time, as if such Court, .fudge, Stipendiary or 
 Police Magistrate had ordered the commitment of such offender 
 for an offence against Provincial law. 5-'3 V. c. 75, s. 4. 
 
 17. In case an imlustrial .school is established by the Roman Roman Catho- 
 Catholic separate school trustees in any city, th*> Judfe or lie childro,'. 
 
 Provisions fi r 
 
 maintenance, 
 
 etc., to extend 
 
 to offenders 
 
 against 
 
 Dominion 
 
 laws. 
 
 Order 
 charging 
 maintenance 
 in such oasei- . 
 
I 
 
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 Magistrate shall endeavoiir to ascertain the religious persuasion 
 to which every child to be sent l»y him to an industrial school 
 belongs, and shall, as far as practicable, send Roman Catholic 
 children to the Roman C'atholic industrial school and other 
 children to the other industrial school ; and if a parent or 
 guardian, or in case there is no pai'ent or guardian, then if the 
 nearest adult relative of a child in a Roman Catholic separate 
 school claims that the child should be sent to the industrial 
 school undei' the said board of trustees, or claims that a child 
 in an industrial ,'iooi established by the latter should be sent 
 to the Roma.i Catloiic separate school, the Minister, on being 
 satisfied of the justness of such claim, shall order a transfer of 
 the child accordingly, provided that the managers of the school 
 to which the transfer is to be made ai'e willing to reci'ive the 
 child. R. S. (). bSS7, c. 23+, s. 11 ; 59 V. c. 73, s. 2. 
 
 Visits by 
 clergymen. 
 
 18. A clergyiiiin rf i ue, religious persuasion to which a child 
 appears to belong ma '' tln; child at the school on such 
 days and al: such tiiu's as U'av be from time to time fixed by 
 regulations of the Minister "o that behalf, for the purpose 
 of instruci/iov. in i^ ligion. ?', 'v O. 1887, c. 234, s. 12 ; 
 59 V. c. 73, s. 2. 
 
 Children inay 19. — (1) The school corporation, or philanthropic society, 
 reside with may permit a child sent to their industrial school under this 
 persons. Act to livc at the dwelling of any trustworthy and respectable 
 
 person ; provided, that a report is made forthwith to the Min- 
 ister in such manner as he thinks tit to require, of every 
 instance in which this discretion is exercised. R. S. O. 1887, 
 c. 284, s. 13 ; 59 V. c. 73, s. 2. 
 
 Revocation of (2) Any permission for that purpose may be revoked at any 
 permission to ^i^e by the scliool corporation or philanthropic society : and 
 school. thereupon the child to whom the permission relates shall be 
 
 I'equired to return to the school. R. S. O. 1887, c. 234, s. 14. 
 
 (3) The time during which the child is absent from the 
 school under permission shall, except where the permission is 
 withdrawn on account of the child's misconduct, be deemed to 
 be pai't of the time of his detention in the school, and at the 
 expiration of the time allowed by the permission, he shall be 
 taken l)ack to the school. R. S. U. 1887, c. 234, s. 15. 
 
 Time of ab- 
 sence how- 
 calculated. 
 
 Return to 
 school. 
 
 Maintenance 20. The industrial school board may arrange for the main- 
 
 '"t'*^i,^?i'*''**'°° tenance and education of any child connnitted to their care in 
 of children in . ,. , i i •^ i- i i i • i i ii i 
 
 homes outside any Satisfactory home outside ot such school, provided that 
 of school. ^]-,p control of the board over such child is not thereby abated 
 or diminislicd, nor the liability of any municipality for the 
 mairitenance of such child thereby increased and in all cases 
 wl en the cost of maintenance at such house is less than the 
 statutorj^ liability of any municipality, such municipalit}' shall 
 be cl argeable only with the amount paid by saitl board of 
 
 manat^enient. 
 
 54 V. c. 59 s. 4. 
 
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 21. The Minister may at any time order any child to be ''^'^'J*!^"^ 
 transferred tVoni one certified industrial school to another, or 0^^ school to 
 may order a child to be discharged from any such certified another, 
 industrial school either absolutely or on such conditions as he 
 may think fit, and the cldld shall be transferred or discharfjfed 
 accordingly. 59 V. c. 73, s. 1 (1). 
 
 33. In case an application is made to any Court or Judge for Applications 
 the discharge from the industrial school of any child com- ^''''''!^';'""'i?*' 
 mittcd thereto under the pi'ovisions of section 1 1 of this Act, oommitted. 
 notwitlistanding any irregularity in or insufiiciency of t]\e 
 order or otlier proceedings, no order sliall be made for such 
 discharge in case the Court or Judge deems it for the 
 benefit of the eliild that it should i-emaiu in the indus- 
 ti'ial school, and it appears l»y tlie depositions taken before 
 the coimnittiiig Judge or Magistrate that tlie child was liable 
 to be eoiiimittiMl to the industrial seliool under the provisions 
 of this Act. R. S. ( ). 1,Sn7, e. 284, s. 18. 
 
 "■iii. The eommittiiig .Judge or Magistrate shall deliver to l>fi"isiti<>ns to 
 the constable, or other vierson liavinu' the execution of his ["'<''■'' ^''I'l''^ 
 
 or otlier person iiavnig ^..^ ,...,>.. ^ ..... ^^^ 
 
 order, the depositions taken by him, or a certified copy theivof, executing 
 which (le|)ositions or copy shall be delivered by the eon- 
 stable or other person to the superintendent or otfieer i-eceiving 
 the eliild into the said industrial school ; such copy shall be 
 vrlnui, fdi-'ie \)n)(>^ of the contents of the original ilepositions 
 and shall be receivable in evidence upon any a[)plication 
 for the discharge of any child conunitted tlu'reundi;)'. R. S. (J. 
 LScST, c. 2:{4. .s. 10. 
 
 wariiiiit. 
 
 Kvidence. 
 
 3t. — (I) Eveiy chilli sent to an indii-trial school, shall, from Children to 
 the expiration of the period of his detention at such i^f^hcjiil, J,^',' ""^^^j^^^ ^^ 
 remain up to the age of IS under the supervision of the Indus- industrial ' 
 trial school lioard. 
 
 (2) Such industrial scliool board shall ha\ e the same powers 
 in respect of children under t' eir supervision as are conferre<l 
 upon such board in nspect of boN's committe<l to said school. 
 58 V. e. 5J) s. 5. 
 
 scho il bean 
 till 18. 
 
 35. The school corporation, or philanthropic society, may School '.,i|,n- 
 at any time during the jieriod of detention of a child in a J'"**"'"' .' '^ ' ' 
 school, exercise all the powers conferred by sections 2 and (.1 of po\v(M> .rrantj 
 The Act respectiiH/ AppreiiflccK (iml Mhroi's, upon the chai'it- ^*^ '>>' '''■^'• 
 abli" societies therein menticmed. R. S. O. 1.S,S7, c. 234, s. 20, ''' 
 
 3<J. Th.e school corporation, or philantlu'opic .society, may Rules ot man- 
 from time to time make rules for the management and rtP''i"i'''it. 
 discipline of the certified industrial school establislu'd liy the nl'ik',-. 
 Vioard or society, such rules not being inconsistent with the 
 provisions of this Act; but the rules shall not be enforced until 
 they have been approved by the Minister; and I'ules soap- 
 
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 proved siuill not be altered witliout tlio like approval ; a 
 printed copy of the rules purpoiiing to Ite rules of a school so 
 approvetl and sij,'ned Ijy the Minister shall he evidence of the 
 rules of the school. K. IS. O. 1.SS7, c. 2:}4, .s. 21 ; o!) V. c 7;J, s. 2. 
 
 P0W( 
 
 pal 
 
 ni 
 
 child. 
 
 »ow(T to order ^7. On the complaint of the school corporation or philan- 
 iiaiiitain a' *" thropic .society, or of any aycnt of the .school eoriioration or 
 philanthroi)ic society at any time dnrin^' the detention of a 
 child in a certitied industrial school, the Judge of the Division 
 Coui't of the division in which the parent, step-parent or guar- 
 dian of the child ivsides, may, on sunnuons to the parent, step- 
 parent or guardian, in the form or to the efi'eet of the Scht'ilule 
 to this Act, issued and served according to the ordinaiy practice 
 of th«( Court, examine into his ability to maintain the child ; 
 and the Judge may, if he thinks tit, make an order on such 
 parent, step-parent or guardian for the payment to the school 
 corporation or philanthropic society of such weekly sum, not 
 exceeding Sl.oO per week, as to the Judge seems reasonable, dur- 
 ing the whole or any part of the time diu'ing which the child 
 is liable to be detained in the school ; and tlie said order shall 
 for all purposes be a iudgment of the Division Court, li. S. O. 
 1SS7, e. 284, .s. 22. 
 
 Costs of order 
 fur mainten- 
 ance. 
 
 Varyin(»the 38. The Judge making such order, or any other Judge hold- 
 mailitenance. ^"^0 ^^^*^ Division Court, may from time to time vary any 
 such order as circumstances require, on the application either 
 of the person on whom the order is made, or of the school 
 corporation or philanthropic society or its agent, on fourteen 
 days' notice of the application being first given to the other 
 party. R. S. 0. 1887, c. 234 s. 2:i. 
 
 39. The officers of the Court shall be entitled to charge fees 
 upon proceedings had untler the next preceding two sections, 
 according to idie lowest Division Court scale, and in everv case 
 all costs shall be in the discretion of the Judge. R. 8. O. 1887, 
 c. 234, s. 24. 
 
 I'i^^jl'ty of j^Q — (1) In cag^3 a child .sent by a Judge or Magistrate to an 
 
 tiona for main- industrial scliool has not resided in the city or town in which 
 tenance ac- said school is situated, or to which it is attached for a period 
 of one year, but has resided for that period in some other 
 county, city, or separated town, the school corporation or 
 philanthropic society may recover from the corporation of such 
 county, city, or sepai'ated town the expense of maintaining the 
 child. 
 
 (2) If the child, although he or she had resided for a 
 period of one year in the city in which the industrial school 
 is situated, or to which it is attached, had, since such residence, 
 been I'esident for a period of one year in some other munici- 
 pality, the school corporation or philanthropic society, niaj', in 
 like manner, recover the expense of maintenance from the 
 
 cording to 
 residence of 
 the child. 
 
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 county, city, or separated town in which the child last resided 
 for a period of one year. R. S. O. 1887, c. 234, s. 25 (1-2). 
 
 (3) Where the child resided for one year last preceding its 
 admission to said school in the city or town in which the 
 industrial school is situated or to which it is attached, such city 
 or town shall pay a sum of not less than .^2.00 per week towards 
 the expenses of maintaining in the school of each such child 
 whose maintenance is not otherwise' fully provided foi- ; and 
 such city or town shall have the power to recover the amount 
 so paid from the parents if ahle to pay it. H. S. O. 1887, 
 c. 234, s. 2.-) (3); 51 V. c. 31), s. 1. 
 
 31. A child escaping from the person with whom he is What shall be 
 placed, or refusing to return to the school on the revocation of fr^om* sch^ooL^^ 
 the permission or at the expirati(m of the time allowetl there- 
 by, shall be deemed to have escaped from the school. R. S. 0. 
 18S7, c. 234, s. IG. 
 
 33. If a child sent to a certified industrial school, and Apprehension 
 while liable to be detained there, escapes from the .school, or ^^^^^^^^J^^ '^'" 
 neglects to attend theivat, he may, at any time before the ex- 
 piration of his period of detention, be apprehended without 
 warrant, and may be brought l)ack to the same school, there 
 to be detained during the period eijual to so much of his period 
 of detention as remained unexpired at the time of his escape. 
 R. S. 0. 1887, c. 234. .s. 2G. 
 
 33. Wherever it is satisfactorily proved that the parents of Surrender of 
 any child committed under the provisions of this Act have re- Ji^^^^ *° Pfjj^j. 
 formed and are leading orderly and industrious lives, and are persons. 
 in a condition to exercise salutary parental control over their 
 children, and to provide them with proper education and em- 
 ployment, or wherever, said parents being dead, any person 
 offers to make suitaV)le provision for the care, nurture and 
 education of such child as will conduce to the public welfare, 
 and will give satisfactory security for the performance of the 
 same, then the board of school trustees or philanthropic society 
 may discharge said child to the parents or to the person making 
 provision for the care of the child as aforesaid. 11. S. O. 1887, 
 c. 234, s. 29. 
 
 INSPECTION OF INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. 
 
 34. Industrial schools establi.shed under this Act .shall be 
 under the same inspection, and subject to the same laws in all 
 respects as other schools, except so far as may be inconsistent 
 with this Act. R. S. O. 1887, c. 234, s. 28. 
 
 35. The Superintendent of Neglected Children shall, by Inspection of 
 virtue of his office, have the right to inspect every institution ing°publk!°aid! 
 receiving aid under this Act. 56 V. c. 50, s. 7 ; 58 V. c. 59, s. 6. 
 
48 
 
 »( 
 
 Dutiefl of 
 Superin- 
 tendent of 
 Neglected 
 Children. 
 
 36. The .said Superintondent shall, from time to time, visit 
 and in.spcct every industrial school and make all proper in- 
 quiries as to the maintenance, management, and ati'airs thereof; 
 and by examination of the registers and such otlier means as 
 he may deem necessary, particularly satisfy himself as to the 
 correctness of any returns made under this Act, or under any 
 Order in Comicil in that hehalf, as aforesaid; upon all which 
 matters he shall make i-eport to the Lieutenant-Governor in 
 Council. 50 V. c. oO, s. 8 : .')8 V. c. oO, s. 6. 
 
 Amount 
 of aid, 
 
 PUBLIC AID TO INDl'STRIAL SCHOOLS. 
 
 J{7. Ill case of public moneys being a])propriati'd for the 
 ])Vir]i()scs of tills Act by tlie I>egislati\(' Assembly, <'\Try liidiis- 
 trial school coniplyiiii;' with the i'e(]ulremcnts of ihls Act and 
 of all orders made lierenn<ler l)y the Lieuteiiant-CJovernor in 
 Council, sliji II receive In each yviw aid from such iuoiie\s to tlie 
 extent and amount following, that Is to say, se\eii cents for ejich 
 dav's actual stav of everv v\\\)\\ admitted to, or beucj witbln 
 such institution during the calendar year next preceding the 
 year foi' which such aid Is given. .')(> V. c. oO, s, .'i. 
 
 Pro 
 
 Limit of 
 amount 
 of aid. 
 
 Further aid. 38. Ill every year, each such institution shall mIso be entitled 
 
 to have and receive from such public funds, further aid to the 
 extent and amount of three cents per ])iipll per day : ])rovided 
 that the aggregate aiiiount of such further ni<l, at the rate afore- 
 said shall not, in any one yi'ar, exceed one-fourth of the entire 
 moneys received by such institution in said preceijinn' year, 
 from all sources other than the Province, towards the ordinary 
 yearly maintenance thereof : and In every such case, where said 
 further aid in the agercjate wouM I'xceed .said one-fourth of 
 the la.st mentioned nioiieys, there shall bi' substituted and 
 given in lieu ther(>of, from the pul)lic tnoney.s so appropriated, 
 a sum equal to the said one-fourth of the last nieiitioiieil 
 moneys. .50 V. c. 50, s. 4. 
 
 How amount 39. In calculating the amount of ai<l to lie gi\en under 
 calculated. ^^^^^ ^'^^ ^"^ '^"y institution as afoi'esaid, the day of departure 
 
 of any pupil from such institution shall not lie covnited or 
 
 reckoned. 50 V. e. 50, s. 5. 
 
 Penalty 
 in ca^e of 
 false return. 
 
 40. Any person who knowingly and wilfully makes, or is a 
 party to, or procures to l)e ma<Je, directly or indii-ectly, any 
 false return, either under this Act, or any Order in Council, 
 shall there])y incur a penalty of SI, 000, which penalty may be 
 recovered, with costs, by civil action or proceeding, at the suit 
 of the Crown only, in any form allowed by law anil before 
 any Court of the Province having jurLsdiction to the amount 
 of such penalty in cases of simple contract. 50 V. c. 50, s. 0. 
 
40 
 
 CERTIFIED SCHOOLS. 
 
 There are three schools certified by the Government under the above Act : 
 
 The Victoria Indastrial School for Boys, Mimico. 
 
 The Alexandra Indastrial School for Girls, East Toronto. 
 
 The St. John's Industrial School for Catholic Boys, East Toronto. 
 
 Only children should be committed to an Industrial School who are incor- 
 rigible or who have been guilty of some serious offence, as under the Children's 
 Protection Act facilities are provided for draling with those children who are 
 neglected or homeless. No child, as a rule, should be sent to an Industrial 
 School who is under ten years of age or over fourteen, and the sentence should 
 be indefinite, that is, until the boy or girl attains the age of sixteen. It is not 
 the intention that any child should be retained in the school for a longer term 
 than three years, but if committed indefinitely the School authorities would then 
 have power to deal with the child as considered best under the circumstances 
 either by boarding or apprenticing, or returning to parents on parole. By an 
 amendment made to the Act the right of the School to exercise supervision over 
 a child is extended to eighteen years. Although this amendment has not yet 
 been practically tested, it conveys power to the School to act as guardian until 
 the child is eighteen years of age. By this means the return of a child to 
 parents who are manifestly unfit to have the care of children, can be set aside. 
 The Act permits of a child lr<eing committed to the School by one Justice of 
 the Peace, but it is desirable that there should be at least two Justices acting 
 together in making a commitment. 
 
 (Form for coiiiniitiueiit.) 
 
 INDUSTUIAL SCHOOLS ACT. 
 
 (Chapter 304, R. S. O. 1897) 
 
 To 
 
 1 (we) 
 Judge of the County Court of the County of (t)r Police Magistmte or Justice 
 of the Peace in and for ) having aatistied myself 
 
 upon en()uiry that it is expedient for nie to tleal with 
 
 of a child in my opinion under tlio ;ifi;e ()f fourteen years, lie 
 
 being years old last l)irtiiday, whicli was as nearly as 1 can ascertain 
 
 on or abfiut the day of last, under the Industrial 
 
 Schools Act, do therefore order tliat said be sent to the 
 
 Industrial School, at , in the County of York, there to be detained for a 
 
 period not extending beyond the time when he shall have attained the age of sixteen 
 years. 
 
 1 further certify that under the ])rovision8 of section 30 of the said Act, the 
 Municijiality of the (county, city or town separated) of is liable for 
 
 the maintenance of the said unless otherwise ])rovided f(»r. 
 
 Dated the day of ISO . 
 
 Judge of 
 
 (This order shou'd bn made in duplicatf , one to be s^nt to the Clerk of the Municipality 
 chargeable with the support of the child, and the other to the Head Master of the School.) 
 
 4 D.C. 
 
50 
 
 SCHEDULE. 
 
 (Svi-tionOr:.) 
 
 [L.S.] 
 
 of 
 
 HIMMONS F€)U MAINTKNANCK IN INIll'STRIAI, SCHOOL. 
 
 In tho DivisitJii Court of tlio County 
 
 ((>»• Ks may be) 
 Plainfiffs, 
 
 Between tho Public School Board of the City of 
 
 and 
 
 C. D. 
 
 Dejendant, 
 
 You, tho abovo-namod dofendant, aro horoby suinnioned to appoar at 
 tho no.xt sitting of this Court, to bo holdon at 
 
 in tho County of on the 
 
 day of A.D. 18 , at the hour of 
 
 ton o'clock in tho forenoon, to answer tho allegation of the plaintiff, tliat 
 you, the said wo liable for tho expense of maintaining 
 
 one E. />., a boy detained in the Industrial School, under 
 
 the charge of the above named plaintiffs, in tho City of 
 
 And, further, you are hereby re((uired to take notice that tho plaintiffs 
 claim that you are able to pay the sum of $ per wook towards the 
 
 said exjienses, and that if you do not appear at the said time and place, 
 such order will bo made in your absence as may seem just. 
 
 Dated this dav of A.D. 18 . 
 
 day of 
 By the Court, 
 
 X F., 
 
 Clerk. 
 R. S. 0. 1887. c. 234, Sched 
 
CHAPTER 258. 
 
 An Act to ro<;ulato Maternity Boarding' llonso.-^ and 
 for the Protection of Infant Cliildren. 
 
 (As iiiiicii'lcd .Iiimmry H, 1H!>,S.) 
 
 Part I. 
 
 ResTRKTIONS ON HKCKIVINd IN- 
 FANTH TO UK NUKSEII F(»H IIIKK, 
 B. 1. 
 
 PiEfilSTllVTION OK HOl'SEM tNI)EK 
 
 THIS Act, 8. 2. 
 Refusal of ri'i^istmtion, s. .'{. 
 Romoviil from register, s. 7. 
 
 RElilSTElt OF INFANTS, SB. 4, 5. 
 
 Offences, b. (>. 
 
 Notice of heath of infants, s. 8. 
 
 Inspection of KE(iisTEUEii hoises, 
 
 H. !». 
 Penalties, s. 10. 
 Tkia I. OF offences, h. 11. 
 
 E.Xl'ENSES OF ENKOKCINc AtT, 8. 12. 
 
 Ai'i'LicATioN OF Act, s. 13. 
 
 Part II. 
 
 By-I,A\V to URINC, PaKT II INTO 
 FORCE, 8. 14. 
 
 Maternity hoardinc hoises not 
 to iir kept ini.ess rechsterei), 
 
 S. 15. 
 
 Re.STRJCTIONS ON UECEIVINO IN- 
 FANTS TO BE NURSEIJ FOR HIRE, 
 8. 1(> 
 
 Rf.OISTRATION of IlorSES, 88. 17-10. 
 
 Refusal of reyis'raticjii. s. 18. 
 Cancelliiif' registration, s. 10. 
 
 Reoihter of inmates, ss. 20, 21. 
 
 IlECORlt OF A> fU EI>ENTS OF IN- 
 MATES, B. 2\i. 
 
 Notification of births, b. 2.S. 
 Notification of deaths, s. 24 
 .Insi'Ection of registered hocses, 
 
 8. 25. 
 Adoption of children, s. 20. 
 Offences and penalties, as. 27-30. 
 K.xpenses of enforci »i Act, s 
 
 31. 
 
 HER MAJESTY, by and witli the advice and consent of the 
 Lejjislutive Asseiidjly of the Province of Ontario, enacts 
 as follows : — 
 
 PAKT I. 
 
 1. It shall not be lawful for any person to retain or receive Restrictions 
 
 for hire or reward luore than one infant, and in case of twins »» to recsivinff 
 
 , , ... 1 J 1 <• i. , 1 infants to be 
 
 more than two infants, under tiie ao;e or one year, tor the nursed for 
 
 purpose of nursing or niaintainini,^ such infants apart from *'"'®' 
 
 their parents for a lonjjer period than twenty-four hours, 
 
 except in a house which has been registered as herein provided. 
 
 R. S. 0. 1887, c. 209, .s. 1. 
 
 3. The municipal council of ever}'^ local municipality .shall Registration 
 keep a register of the names of persons applying to register for receptfon oT 
 the purposes of Part I of this Act, and therein shall cause to infants, 
 be registered the name and house of every person so a])plying, 
 and the situation of the house ; and the council .sliall from 
 
 [.51] 
 
.'/ 
 
 Authority to 
 refuse regis- 
 tration. 
 
 time to time make by-laws t'oi* fixinf^ the number of infants 
 who may be received into any and every liouse so registered. 
 The legistration shall remain in force for one year. No fee 
 shall be charged for registi-ation. Every person who receives 
 or retains any infant in contravention of the provisions of Part 
 I of this Act, shall be guilty of an offence against Part I of 
 this Act. R. S. 0. 1387, c. "209, s. 2. 
 
 3. The municipal council may refuse to register any house 
 unless satisfied that the house is suitable for the purposes for 
 which it is to be registered, and unless satisfied by the produc- 
 tion of the certificates that the person applying to be regis- 
 tered is of good character, and able to maintain such infants. 
 R. S.b. 1887, c. 209, s. 3. 
 
 Register of 4. The person registered as aforesaid, shall immediately 
 
 children. enter, in a register to be kept by him, the name, sex and age of 
 every infant under his care, and the date at which, and the 
 names and addresses of the persons from whom, they were 
 received, and shall also enter in the said register the time 
 when, and the names and a<lclresses of the person by whom 
 every such infant received and retained as aforesaid is 
 removed, immediately after the removal of the infant, and 
 shall produce the register when require<l to do so by the muni- 
 cipal council ; and in the event of his refusing so to produce 
 the register, or neglecting to enter in a register the name, sex, 
 and age of every infant, and the date at which, and the names 
 and addresses of the persons from whom, they were received, 
 and by whom they were removed respectively, shall be liable 
 to a penalty not exceeding $20." R S. O. 1887, c 209, s. 4. 
 
 Forms of reg- 5. The person registei'ed shall be entitled to receive gratui- 
 sunnlied '° tously from the municipal council, a book of forms for the reg- 
 istration of infants. The register may l)e according to Form 
 B contained in the Schedule to this Act. The book shall con- 
 tain a printed copy of Part I of this Act. R. S. O. 1887, c. 209, 
 .s. 5. 
 
 Offences. 6. If any person makes false representations with a view to 
 
 being registered under Part 1 of this Act, or ff)rges anv certifi- 
 cate for the purposes of said Part I, or makes use of any forged 
 eoi'tificate knowing it to be forged, or falsifies any register kept 
 in pursuance of Part I of this Act, he shall be guiltv of an 
 offence against Part I of this Act. R. S. O. 1887, c. 209, s. G. 
 
 Removal from '7. If it is shewn to the satisfaction of the munic'r.i'i council 
 register. that a person whose house has been so registered as aforesaid 
 
 has been guilty of serious neglect, or is incapable of providing 
 the infants intrusted to his care with pioper food and atten- 
 tion, or that the house speciHed in the register has l)ecome 
 unfit for the reception of infants, it shall be lawful for tlie 
 municipal council to strike his name and house off the register. 
 R. S. O. 18S7, c. 209, s. 7. 
 
53 
 
 8. The person registered as aforesaid, shall within twenty- Notice of 
 four hours after the death of every infant so retained or re- death of in- 
 ceived, cause notice thereof to be given to the coroner for the 
 district within which the infant died, and the coroner shall 
 
 hold an inquest on the body of the infant unless a certificate 
 under the hand of a registered medical practitioner is produced 
 to him by the person so registered certifying that such regis- 
 tered medical practitioner has personally attended or examined 
 the infant, and specifying the cause of its death, and the coroner 
 is satisfied by certificate that there is no ground for holding an 
 inquest. If the person so registered neglects to give notice as 
 aforesaid, lie shall be guilty of au oti'ence against Part I of this 
 Act. R. S 0. 1887, c. 209, s. 8. 
 
 9. It siiall be the duty of the municipal council to provide Inspection, 
 for the visiting and inspecting, fi'om time to time of every 
 
 house registered under Part I of this Act ; and the persons or 
 person appointed to inspect shall be entitled to enter the house 
 at any time and to examine every part thereof, and to call for 
 and examine the legister which is required to be kept by the 
 person registering the house ; and to inquire into all matters 
 concerning the house and the inmates thereof, and it shall be 
 the duty of the person registered to give all reasonable infor- 
 mation to persons makit)g tlie inspection, and to afford them 
 every reasonable facility for viewing and inspecting the prem- 
 ises, and seeing the inmates thereof. \l. S. 0. 1887, c. 209, s. 9. 
 
 10. Every person guilty of an od'ence against Part I of this Penalties. 
 Act shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a })enalty not 
 exceeding S20 and costs, and in default of paj'raent thereof, he 
 
 shall be imprisoned in the common gaol of the county in which 
 the offence was committed for a period of not less than six cal- 
 endar months, and be kept at hard labour, in the discretion 
 of the Polices Magistrate or other convicting Justices, and shall, 
 in addition, l)e liable to have his name ami house struck off the 
 
 register. 
 
 R, S. O. 1887, c. 20!), 
 
 10. 
 
 11. Every offence against P;irt I of this Art shall be tried Trial of 
 summarily under The Oohn'io Siimnuiri/ Convicfions Ad °^'^^°^^- 
 before a Police Magistrate or any two Justices of the Peace 
 having jurisdiction in the n)unicipality in which the oflence j^^^ g^^j 
 takes place. R. S. O. 1887, c. 209, s. 12. c. 90. 
 
 13. All expenses incurred in and about the execution of Exi)en8es of 
 Part I of this Act and the trial of offenders thereunder, shall enforcing Act. 
 be borne by the municipality in which the registered house is 
 situated. R. S. O. 1887, c. 209, s. 11. 
 
 13. The provisions of Part I of this Act shall not extend to Application 
 the relatives or guardians of any infant retained or received as "f ^^t. 
 aforesaid, nor to benevolent and charitable institutions estab- 
 
54 
 
 .'// 
 
 Rev, SUt. 
 0. 161. 
 
 lished for the protection or care of infants, and receiving aid 
 from the Province or authorized by the Lieutenant-Governor 
 to exercise the powers conferred by The Act respecting Appren- 
 tices and Minors. R. S. O. 1887, c. 209, .s. 13. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 By-law brinft- 14. The Council of any inunicipality may l)y by-law declai'e 
 into^force^^ that from and after the passing of such by-law, Part II this 
 Act shall be in force in the numicipality, an<l thei-eupon, and 
 not otherwise, the fullowing si'ctions of this Act shall take 
 effect and be in force in such nninicipality, and thereupon 
 Part I of this Act shall not lie in force in such municipality. 
 The council may at any time thereafter repeal the said bylaw, 
 and thereupon the Follow inn' sections of this Act shall not apply 
 or b(.' in force in the municipality, but Part 1. of this Act shall 
 apply and be in force therein. GO V. c. .52, s. 1. 
 
 l.l. It shall not be lawful without permission in writinu- 
 from the medical health ofhcer of the nnniicipality for !Uiy per- 
 son to retain ov receive for hire or I'eward any woman i r yii'l 
 for accouchement, or to keej) women ( r j^irls (being mothers of 
 iid'ants and not being married) with infauts for board oi- lodg- 
 ing,or to keep a maternity boai'ding house. 60 V. c. 52, .s. 2. 
 
 Home for in- 16. It shall not be lawful for any person to retain or i-eceive 
 fant children j^^y^. ]■^\^.^^ or reward one or uiore iidauts under the aije of three 
 not to be kept i. , i i- • • , ■ • T • .• , 
 
 unless regis- years, tor the purpose or nui-snigor nuuntannng such nitant or 
 
 infants, for a longer period than twenty-four hours, except in a 
 house Avhich has been registereil as herein provided. 
 
 Provided, however, that any pei-son may be exempted from 
 the provisions of this section by the medical health officer of 
 the city or by the Superintendent of Neglected and Dependent 
 Children on proof that only one child is thus cared for. GO V. 
 c. 52, s. 3. 
 
 Maternity 
 boarding 
 houses not 
 to be kept 
 unless rpgis- 
 tered. 
 
 tered. 
 
 Register of 
 
 maternity 
 
 boarding 
 
 houses and 
 
 infants' 
 
 homes. 
 
 17. The metlical health officer of every nmnicii)ality or any 
 officer specially appointed by him for that purpose shall keep 
 a register of the names of persons ap])lying to register for the 
 pur})oses of Part II this Act, and therein shall cause to be re- 
 gistered the names and house of every pi-rson so applying and 
 the situation of the house ; and the medical health officer oi" 
 officer shall from time to time make by-laws oi'i'(>gulations for 
 fixing the nundier of women or girls or infants who may be 
 received into any and every house so registered. Tlie registra- 
 tion shall remain in force for one year. A fee of not more than 
 ten dollars shall be charged for registration. Every person 
 who receives or retains any woiiu\n or girl or infant in contra- 
 vention of the pi'ovi.sions of Part II of this Act shall be. guilty 
 of an offence against Part II of this Act. GO V. c. 52, s 4. 
 
.n 
 
 55 
 
 1 8. The medical health officer may refiise to register any Discretion m 
 house unless satisfied that the house is suitable for the pur- *" "K^tratioit 
 poses for which it is to be registered, and unless satisfied by 
 the production of certificates that the person applying to be 
 registered is of good character and able to maintain, keep 
 and properly lodge such women or girls or infants 60 V. c. 
 52, s. 5. 
 
 19 If it is shown to the satisfaction of the medical health pJl^.'^fS^ 
 
 rt2 ,, . , registration. 
 
 oiTicer that a person wliose liouse lias been so registered as 
 aforesaid lias been guilty of serious neglect or is incapable of 
 providing the women or girls or infants intrusted to his care 
 with proper food and attention, or that the house specified in 
 the register has become unfit for the reception of women or 
 girls or infants, it shall be lawful for the medical health officer 
 to strike the name and house ott" the register. GO V.c 52, s. 12. 
 
 20, The person registered as aforesaid shall immediiitely Register to be 
 enter ill a register to be kept by him the name and age ot'evi'ry p^',',f boarding 
 woman or girl or infant and also the place from which such hciuse or home 
 woman or girl or infant came before entering such house, and 
 sluill also enter in the said register the name of the doctor who 
 attended at any birth which may take place in such house or 
 any infant who may be sick, and when such woman or girl or 
 infant leaves the said house, the ])lace to which they are 
 removed, and the date of such removal : also whether the 
 infant was taken away with the mother or how otherwise 
 disposed of, or how children boarded without their mothers 
 are disposed of and shall produce the register when recjuired 
 by the medical health officer or any person appointed by him 
 and in the event of his refusing so to produce the register or 
 neglecting to enter in a register the particulars hereinbefore 
 recpiired, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty dol- 
 lars. ()0 V. c. 52, s. 6. 
 
 21. The person registered shall be entitled to receive 
 
 Forms for 
 
 gratuitously from the medical health officer a book of forms be fumisiied 
 for the registration of persons received into such house, *°'^*'''P'"'^- 
 This register may be according to the forms containe<l in the 
 Schedule to this Act. The book shall contain a printed co2)y 
 of Part II of this Act. 60 V. c. 52, s. 7. 
 
 313. It shall be the duty of managers of maternity lios- Record of 
 pitals, infants' homos or other refuges for women, to a.scertain oHnmates.* 
 and record the antecedents of women coming under their 
 care, and furnish such information as may be called for from 
 time to time. 60 V^ c. 53, s. 15, part. 
 
 23. Every birth which takes place in such a liouse or Births in 
 hospital shall be attended by a legally (lualified medical prac- attended by 
 
 physician. 
 
56 
 
 Rev. Stat. 
 0.44. 
 
 titioner wlio shall forthwith report the fact of such birtli 
 having taken place to the medical health officer, and he shall 
 also register the same under The Act respecting the liermtra- 
 tion of Births, Marriages and Deaths. GO V. c. 52, s. 8. 
 
 RegiHtered 
 persons to 
 give notice 
 all deaths 
 occurrinif in 
 house to Medi- 
 cal Health 
 Officer. 
 
 34. The person registered as aforesaid shall within twenty- 
 four hours after the death of any inmate of such house, 
 whether a woman or girl or an infant Ijorn therein, or brought 
 thereto as a boarder, cause notice thereof to be given to the 
 medical health officer, and such medical health officer shall 
 immediately call a coroner for the district within which the 
 said peison died to hold an inijuest on the body of such person, 
 unless a certificate under the hand of a registered medical prac- 
 titioner is produced to him by the person so registering that 
 such medical practitioner had personally attended or examined 
 the person so dying and also specifying the cause of death, and 
 the medical health officer is satisfied by certificate that there 
 is no ground tor holding an inquest. If the person so regis- 
 tered neglects to give notice as aforesaid, he shall Vie guilty of 
 an ofi'ence against Part II this Act. 60 V. c. 52, s, 13. 
 
 Visiting and 
 
 inspecting 
 
 maternity 
 
 boarding 
 
 houaea and 
 
 homes for 
 
 infants. 
 
 35. It shall be the duty of the medical health officer 
 to provide for the visiting and in.spocting, fiom time to 
 time, of every house registered under Part II of this Act; and 
 the person or persons appointed to inspect shall be entitled to 
 enter the house at any time and examine every part thereof, and 
 to call lor and examine the register which is recpiired to be kept 
 by the person registering the house, and to incpiire into all mat- 
 ters concerning the house and the inmates thereof ; and it shall 
 be the duty of the person registered to give all reasonable 
 information to persons making the itispection, and to afford 
 them every reasonable facility for viewing and inspecting the 
 premises, and seeing the inmates thereof. 60 V. c 52, s. 14. 
 
 Adoption of 
 children from 
 homes. 
 
 36. No child under threeyears old, whetheran inmate of such 
 house or hospital or born therein or brought thereto or other- 
 wise, shall be given out for adoption except by and with 
 the consent of a children's aid society, or other duly incor- 
 porated benevolent or charitable institution or society or 
 of the Superintendent of Neglected and Dependent Children of 
 Ontario, under such rules and regulations in that behalf as 
 may be approved of by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. 
 60 V. c. 52, s. 9. 
 
 Penalties for^ 
 advertising 
 for children 
 for adoption. 
 
 3 7. It shall be an offence against Part II of this Act for any- 
 one registered as herein provided to advertise that he will adopt 
 children or to hold out inducements to parents to part with 
 their offspring ; and when such children are transferred by 
 their parents or are given out for adoption to other persons, such 
 transfer shall be with the knowledge and consent of the agent 
 or secretary of the children's aid society. 60 V. c. 52, s. 10. 
 
.'flf 
 
 67 
 
 ^nl^^ If any person makes false representations with a view Securing 
 to be ng registered under Part II of this Act or forges any cer- SraLn or 
 
 fnrZA .-^^ rV^^ °^ '^^^ ^^''^ I'' «^- n^akes use of any LtSreaen': 
 forced certifaeate knowing it to be forged, or falsifies any Sn ?""" 
 reg ster kept in pursuance of Part II of this Act, he shall be '°'«^"'"''- 
 guilty ot an offence against Part II of this Act. 60 V. c. 52 
 
 S( J. X. ' 
 
 89 Every person guilty of an offence against Part II of this P^n^'ty for 
 Act shall on conviction thereof forfeit and pay a penalty not An^'°"°^ 
 exceeding $100 and costs.and in default of pay/ent^thereoVhe 
 shall be imprisoned in the common gaol of the county in which 
 the offence was committed for a period of not less than six 
 ca endar months, and be kept at hard labour, in the d^retton ^^ 
 mldit^^n L M^hf f ^'i ^' ^'A^' convicting Justices, and shall in 
 
 ^gis^:- lotVs^Tlt """ '"' '^"^ •^'^'"^' ^^" '^^ 
 
 sumlvn?'^ offence against Part II of this Act shall be tried Trial of 
 summarily under The Ontario Summary Convictions Act "^^--^^^ 
 before a Police Magistrate or any two Justices of the Peace "'""« ^'*" 
 
 'i:;:^^^^tT riiT^ -^^^'^ ^^^ offend: e-^.-- 
 
 P.,?^^^r^]',r^'Tr "?^"^'^^^lip and about the execution of Expenses of 
 
 l-dit U ot this Act and the trial of offenders thereunder shall ^ct to be 
 
 officS;;unlovt? T^'T-^ '"^^^'^ officer shall not, nor shall any Registers, con- 
 omcei e.uployed by him, nor shall the person registered as '«"*«"'• """=o 
 keeper ot any house under this Part, divulge or disclose the ^'"^''''"''^• 
 contents oi the said register or any of the particulars entered 
 tliei em, except upon en.iuiry before a court of law, or at a 
 
 tn'Z?. '''T'^';"' \^^'''^ «^'"^^ other competent tribunal, or. 
 the case of such officer or registered person, for the infor- 
 mation of the medical health officer. 
 
 iJ!l ^"^'P^l'^^f violating the provisions of subsection 1 of Penalty 
 besidi cTts ' ' '"' '' P'"^^^^' "^^ exceeding $100 '" 
 

 68 
 
 SCHEDULE. 
 
 Form A. 
 
 (Section 21.) 
 
 Register of Persons Received. 
 
 No. 
 
 Date. 
 
 a 
 
 I Place from 
 'which per- 
 : Bun came. 
 
 Name of 
 doctor who 
 attended at 
 confinement. 
 
 
 Destina- 
 tion of per- 
 Hon after 
 leaving. 
 
 at n 
 
 Q 
 
 Infant, 
 how dis 
 pnsedof 
 
 
 
 
 s 
 
 00 V. c. 52, Schcd. A. 
 
 Form B. 
 
 {Sections 5, 2i.) 
 Register of Infants. 
 
 Date at 
 
 which 
 
 received. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Sex. 
 
 Age. 
 
 Name and 
 
 address of person 
 
 from wh(,m re 
 
 ceived. 
 
 Date at 
 
 which 
 
 removed. 
 
 Name and 
 
 addre.iB of person 
 
 by whom re- 
 
 ., >OV€d. 
 
 GO V. c. 52, Sched. B. 
 
CHAPTER 262. 
 
 An Act to regulate the Immigration into Ontario of 
 Certain Classes of Children. 
 
 InTEHI'KETATION, S. 1. 
 SOCIKTIKS Foil !!KIN(a.N(i Cliri.DKEN 
 INTO OXTAKIO. 
 
 Societies to be authorized, as. 2, 
 3. 
 
 Records to ho kept by societies, 
 
 s, 4. 
 CertiHciitH i.f examiner before 
 
 children sent out, s. 5. 
 Duties as to children brought into 
 
 Ontario, ss. (i-10. 
 Investigation of c.miplaints as fo 
 
 treatment of children, s. 11. 
 
 Return of children who become a 
 l)ublic ch/irge, s. 12. 
 Pknai/piks. 
 
 Bringing in children unlawfully, 
 
 s. 1,'{. 
 Bringing in defective or criminal 
 children, s. 14. 
 
 Notice of chiij)kk.\ <'OM>hTTEi) to 
 GAOL, s. 15. 
 
 Invkstkiatiox as to violatiox.s ov 
 Acts, s. ](i. 
 
 Rkvi.sed Statlte c. 157 not affect- 
 ed, s. 17. 
 
 HER MAJESTY, by and with tlie advice and consent of 
 the Le^rislative Assembly of tlie Province of Ontario 
 enacts as follows : — * 
 
 I. Where the words following occur in this Act, they shall Inter„reta. 
 be construed ni the manner hereinafter mentioned unless a *'^'"- 
 contrary intention appears : 
 
 1. " Child" shall mean a person under 18 years of age. ..qj^jjj , 
 
 2. "Society" shall mean any individual or association of "Society. '- 
 individuals, whether incorporated or unincorporated under- 
 taking the care, training, reformation or education of orphan 
 neglected or dependent children, ov the bringing of such 
 children into the Province, or the placing out of such children 
 
 in foster homes, or the apprenticing of such children to any 
 trade or industry, or other work of a similar character, and 
 shall include a branch or agency of any .society. 
 
 3. " Agent" shall inclu.ie the superintendent or other officers .. a 
 
 ot any .society to which this Act applies, and also any *"'"'• 
 person who undertakes for reward or otherwise to brino- such 
 children into the Province, or to place children in foster Tiomes 
 or as apprentices to any trade or calling or to procure them to 
 be so placed. 
 
 4. "Inspector" shall mean the Superintendent of Nerdected 
 and Dependent Children or any officer specially appointed bv 
 
 [59] ■ 
 
 ' Inspectrjr. 
 
60 
 
 " Examiner.' 
 
 Authority of 
 LieHtenant- 
 Governor tor 
 bringing chil- 
 dren into 
 Ontario. 
 
 Societies and 
 agents to he 
 subject to 
 inspection. 
 
 the LiouteDiint-Governor in Council to inHpcct tlio work, 
 books and records of .sociotie.s and aj^cntH. 
 
 5. " Examiner " sliall mean tlie a^ent of the Province of 
 Ontario in CJreat Britain or any officer appointed by the Lieu- 
 tenant-Governor in Council to inspect and examine in Great 
 Britain or Ireland, children who are to be brou^jht into the 
 Province of Ontario. And any officer of the Government of 
 the Dominion of Canada may, with the consent of the (Jovern- 
 ment of Canada, be appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in 
 Council to perform tht? duties of an examiner under this Act. 
 60 V. c. 53, s. 1. 
 
 "4. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council umy authorize any 
 society or ayi-nt to carry on the woi k of brinoing into this 
 Province, indigent, neglected or dejicndent childi'en, for the 
 purpose of providing for such children in this Province by 
 placing them out in foster homes, or binding them as appren- 
 tices, or otherwise. 60 V. c. 53, s. 2. 
 
 a. Every such society or agent, after such authority 
 has been given, shall, as to operations in Ontario, be subject to 
 the inspection and supervision of the inspector, who shall, at 
 least four times in every 3'ear, or ofteiier, if re(|uired to do so 
 by the Minister in charge, inspect the work of every such 
 society or agent, and shall i-epoit -thereon to the Lieutenant- 
 Governor in Council. 60 V. c. 53, s. 3. 
 
 Record of 4. Everj' society or agent authorized to carry on work in 
 
 oper.vtiona of Ontm-Jo .^s aforesaid, shall keep a record in writing showing: 
 
 ^oclety. ' o o 
 
 {(i) The full name c)f every child brought, or procured to be 
 brought into this Province by the society or agent ; 
 
 (/>) The name aiul addre.ss of the parents or guardians, or 
 other persons from whom the society or agent received such 
 child ; 
 
 (c) The date on which the child was brought into this 
 Province ; 
 
 (d) The age and date of birth of the child ; 
 
 (e) The name and place of residence of eveiy person from 
 time to time having the custody of the child ; 
 
 (f) The more important terms and conditions of the agree- 
 ment entered into on placing out or binding as an apprentice 
 any child ; 
 
 (g) Such other particulars as the inspector may, with the 
 approval of the Minister in charge, from time to time require 
 (o be kept on record ; 
 
 and every examiner before giving the certificate provided 
 for in section 5, shall be furnished with such information as 
 to the particulars hereinbefoi'e set out, as the society or agent 
 
proposinj;' to 
 
 Di'injif 
 
 or s( 
 
 nd 
 
 61 
 
 liny 
 
 child into th 
 
 ! 
 
 (• Provinco otJ 
 
 Ontario as at'oivsaid, sliall Ik- al)lc to irivo. tiO V 
 
 Si. — (1) No child shall ho hrouijht, or caused, or procurod to Certificate of 
 be hroujrht into the Province ol" Ontario )>y any society or he*obtftinpd 
 aj^ent, or by any person other than the parent, or a person before child 
 8tandin<; in loco painilU to such child, from any port in (Jreat 'eaves Bntam, 
 Britain or Ireland, uidess bef'oiv the vessel upon which the 
 child is to be a passenger, sails, a certificate has been obtained ' 
 from an examiner statinj; tliat he has satirtied liimself by 
 personal examination or in(|uiry, and by such sufficient evi- 
 dence as may be produced that the chihl named in the certificate 
 has not been convicted of any crime or misdemeanour or dis- 
 played criminal or vicious tendencies, and is in other ix'spects 
 a child who may lawfully be brouyht into this Province as 
 aforesaid. 
 
 (2) The said certificate may include any number of children 
 forming mend)ers of the same party of immigrants, and in 
 charge of the same person or persons. 
 
 (3) Regulations may be made with the approval of the 
 Lieutenant-Oovernor in Council authorizing the examiner to 
 accept as sufficient evidence in whole or in part for the pur- 
 poses of this section informaticjn received from any emigration 
 .agent or other officer of the Government of Canada whose 
 duty it may l)e to officially in.spcct the children before being 
 allowed to be brouirht into Canada. 60 V. c. 58, s. 11. 
 
 — (1) Every society or agent .shall maintain careful super- Duties of 
 vision over every child brought, or caused or procured to be societies and 
 brought into the Province by such socic^ty or age:it, \mtil such children 
 child attains the age of 18 years; audit shall be the <^l"ty b^o^'g^tin*" 
 of such society or agent to cause a personal visit by an agent 
 specially appointed for that purpose, to be made to each such 
 child at least once in every year, until the child has 
 attained the said age, and for the purposes of this Act, and 
 for the protection of the pei'son and earnings of the chiM, the 
 society or agent, until the child attains the age of 18 yeai'S 
 shall liavi' all the powers, and shall ])erform all the duties by 
 law ])rovided in the case of the giiardian of an infant. 
 
 (2) A certificate in wiiting, .signed by an examiner or 
 inspector, stating the age of any pei'son ailinitted into this 
 Province under this Act at the date when such per,s(Mi was .so 
 admitted or left Great Britain or Ireland fur that purpose, 
 togethei- with a further certificate signed by the Provincial 
 Secretary declaring that the per.son signing such first men- 
 tioned certificate was at the time of signing tlie .same a duly 
 autliorized examiner or inspector under this Act, shall in any 
 proseeution, action, or other proceeding institiiteil, brought or 
 taken under any Act of this Li-gislature, on account of or by, 
 
69 
 
 HoiiKM or 
 slifltHrs to be 
 proviipd. 
 
 or at^iiiiist, or on hcluilf of any person so adinittol, he conclusive 
 evidence as to the a<;e of such |)ers(jn. 00 V. c. 5J}, s. 5. 
 
 1. Kveiy such society or aijfeiit shall pi'ovide a permanent 
 home or shelter to which any child hrouijht, or cause(|, ur 
 procured to be brouijht into the Pi'ovince as aforesaid, hy 
 such society or a^ent, may he returned after havin<jf heen 
 placed out in a foster lion)e or ap])renticed as aft)resai<l, if the 
 person with whom the child has heen ])laced is unable or uu- 
 williiit;' to retain the custody or control of the child ; and the 
 address of such shelter shall l)e specitied in e\i'yy aeTeenuMit 
 made with persons receivin<^ children into fostei' homes or as 
 apprentices. 00 V. c. .5.S, h. 6. 
 
 Persona wth H_ Kvery person icceivin<!; Irom any society or aii'ent, any 
 placd to give fluid brought nito the rrovmce ot Ontario as aioresaid, sliaH, 
 infounation to wlu'iiever re(|uired by the society or a<]jent so to do, furnish to 
 socit y. ^j^^^ society or aj^vnt, full particulars as to the lieidth, conduct, 
 
 pro^'i'css and welfare of the child. GO V. c. 5.S, s. 7. 
 
 Return of 
 child to home 
 when employ- 
 er is unwilliiigr 
 to retain child. 
 
 Penalty for 
 abandonment 
 of child. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 Society or 
 agent to Bta'e 
 cause of return 
 of child to 
 Bubseciuent 
 applicant. 
 
 1>. — (I) In case any person who has received from a society 
 or aireiit, a child broiii>ht into the Province of Ontario aH 
 aforesaid, is unable or unwillini;' to carry out tin; a<^rei'meut 
 entered into by him with the society or atjeiit, he shall, at Iuh 
 own e.xpense, return the child safely to the home or shelter 
 provided by the society or a<ient ; and any such person who 
 a])an<lons a child so rtjceived, or refuses to maintain the child, 
 and nei;lects or refuses to return him to the home or shelter 
 provided by the society or ao-ont as aforesaid, shall, on sum- 
 mary conviction thereof, before two or more Justices of the 
 Peace, be lial)le to a fine of not more than !?100, noi' less than 
 SIO, or to imprisonment i\>v an}' term not e.Kceedino- three 
 months. Provide<l, however, that noti.'ujjf in tliis sectioo 
 contained shall be deemed to ivlieve any person or to entitle 
 any pei'son to relief as a matter of right in respect ot a child 
 received by him from any society or a<>'ency or in respect of 
 any contract oi- a;:,reement enti'ivd into in respect of such 
 child, until he (jbtains the written consent of such society or 
 a<;ent in that behalf. 
 
 (2) Wherever a child has been so returned after having 
 been placed out or apprenticed, the society or ayent shall 
 ascertain as far as possil)le the true cause of such return, and 
 if it shall appear that such return was caused by any act of 
 immorality or serious misconduct or misdemeanour on the part 
 of the child, the society or a<;'ent shall, before the child is 
 a<iain placed out or apprenticed to any pi'rson, state to such 
 per.son the true cause of such return as so a.scertained. under 
 penalty of forfeiture of the license hi'ld l)y such society or 
 aiJi'e'Ut, and of the sum of not more than $100 to be lecovered 
 in any court of competent juriwliction at the suit of the Crown 
 or of the per.son ajifi^rieved. 00 V. c. 58, s. IS. 
 
68 
 
 10. — (I) Where a child who has been received by any person Society or 
 as aforesaid, of his own accord deserts the homo or employ- *««"* to be 
 
 . ,. ' .11 111 1 1 ' . notified when 
 
 ment ot any perstjn in whose liome he has been phiced, or to child lea vee 
 whom he has been api)renticed, or is wrongfully taken from «»»»teror 
 the custody of such person, with or without the consent of the ^" 
 child, before attaininfj the ai;e of 18 years, the person from 
 whose custody the chiM has lii'tni taken or has ('scaj)ed, shall 
 immediately notify the society or aj^ent from whom the chilil 
 was received, and shall give all reasonable assistance in 
 recovering and restoring to the gtiai'dianship of the s(jciety 
 or agent the child, under jjenalty in case of defaidt of not 
 rnov-j '^,j,mi sj;2() and not less than ^5, besides costs, to be 
 recovered on summary conviction btd'ore two or more Justices 
 of the Peace. 
 
 (2) It shall not b" lawful for any per.son to entice a child 
 away from a foster-home or situation, or to encourage or aid 
 a cliiM to leave the iiome in which such child has ])een placed 
 for adoption or apprenticeshij). Any person so interfering 
 with a child may be i^rosecuted by a society or agent and 
 may on conviction thereof be fined any sum not exceeding 
 $25 or imprisoned for any period not exceeding three months. 
 GO V. c. 5.S, s. !). 
 
 1 1. — (1 ) In case any person resident in the Province gives 
 notice to a society or agent, that a child brought into the 
 .Province by the society or agent and placed out or apprenticed 
 by the society or agent, is being ill-ti'eat('<l or over-woi'ked, or 
 is not being properly educated, or is being otherwise neglected, 
 such .society or agent shall immediately can <e the complaint to 
 be investigated, and shall take all necessary steps to protect 
 the child from further ill-treatment or neglect. 
 
 (2) Any person with wdiom a child has been placed out or 
 a])prentice(l, who ill-treats or over-works, oi- neglects to pro- 
 vide for the proper maintenance and education of such child, 
 shall, upon sinnmary conviction thei-eof, before two or more 
 Ju.stices of the Peace, be ]ial)l(' to a tine not e.xceeding §50, or 
 to imprisonment, with oi- without liard labour, for any term not 
 exceeding six montlis. 
 
 (3) Every society, agent or person having the custody of 
 Huv child heretofore or liereafter brought into the Province of 
 Ontario shall be entitled to send sucli child to the public or 
 separate schools of the municipality or school .section in which 
 the child resides in the same manner as the child of any rate- 
 payer in the nuniicipality or .school section, and every such 
 .society, agent or person having custody of any such child shall 
 be .subject to The Act respectivg Truancy ami Gohipulsory 
 Sc/iool AUondancc, and to the penalties imposed by the said 
 Act in the .same manner and to the same extent as any rate- 
 payer. ()() V. c. 53, s. 14. 
 
 Society or 
 agent to inven- 
 tigate com- 
 ptaintH as to 
 ill-treatmeAt 
 of children 
 placed out. 
 
 Rev. Stat, 
 c. 2»€. 
 
64 
 
 t ) 
 
 Where child | *4, If any chiltl lu'i'i'iifter so brought, or canst'd or pi'ocurerl 
 Province be- ^ ^^^ In'ou^ht into tho Provincn of Ontario, V>y any society or 
 cornea a public at^cnt, within tlwee years thereafter, becoincH a charj^e 
 charge, upon the funds of any nmnicipality, or upon tiie Province, or 
 
 dependent upon private charity, such society or a^ent shall, 
 if HO ordered by tho Inspector, pay to tho municipality or the 
 Province, or to any person inaintaininjj the child, as the case 
 may be, the cost of the maintenance of the child, and may be 
 recjuired to return the child to the place from which he came 
 into this Province, if, in the opinion of the Inspector, such a 
 Proviso. course is advisable ; Provided that the Inspector may exempt 
 
 any society or agent from the operation of this section upon 
 production of the certificate of an examiner to the effect set 
 forth in section 5 of this Act unless it is made to appear 
 that such certiticate was granted on false statements or repre- 
 sentations made by or on behalf of the society. (50 V. c 63, s. 13, 
 
 Penalty for 
 brinKing 
 ohilaren into 
 Province 
 unlawfully. 
 
 I Jl. Any person who, withotit the authority conferred by 
 the Lieutenant-Governor under section 'I of this Act, brings, 
 causes or procures to be brought into this Province, after tho 
 1st day of September, 1897, any indigent, neglected or depen- 
 dent child not being his own child, or a child for whom he is 
 acting as guardian, or one towards whom he .stands in loco 
 parentis, shall, on summary conviction thereof, before two or 
 more Justices of the Peace, be liable to a tine of not more than 
 $100 nor less than $10, besides costs, and in default of pay- 
 ment of such tine and costs, to imprisonment for any pei'iod 
 not exceeding three months. 60 V. c. 68, s. 10. 
 
 Penalty for 1 4. — (1) Any society or agent, or person acting on behalf 
 
 fe'otive'or * 0^ ^^Y society Or agent, who brings, or causes or procures to be 
 criminal chil- brought into the Province of Ontario, any child who, from 
 y"j^j?^"' *"*° defective intellect, or disease, or physical inHrmity, or any 
 other defect, is unable to follow any trade or calling, or any 
 child of known vicious tendencies, or any child who is known 
 to be an habitual criminal, or who has been reared, or who hud 
 resided amongst habitual criminals, or any child whose parents 
 have been habitual criminals, lunatics, or idiots, or weak 
 minded or defective constitutionally, or confirmed paupers, or 
 diseased, or without having the certificate provided for in sec- 
 tion 5 of this Act, shall, on summary conviction thereof, before 
 two or more Justices of the Peace, be liable to a penalty of not 
 more than $100, nor less than $10, besides costs, and in default 
 of payment of said fine and costs, to imprisonment for any 
 period not e.xceeding 3 months. 
 
 (2) No proceedings against any person under this section 
 shall be taken after the expiration of two years from the date 
 on which the child was brought into the Province as aforesaid. 
 
 (3) The provisions of .sections 5 and 13 and of this section 
 shall not apply in the case of any person not acting as an 
 agent or on behalf of any society or agent, and who is. 
 
 i 
 
V ) 
 
 05 
 
 i 
 
 Npfciiilly fiitniHtvd widi Mir ciisindy of the cliilil \,\ thf |.,ii«iii( 
 (ir pd'Hoiis stiiiiiliii;^' ill loct) /Kiriiilis to sucli cliild, for tlic [>ui • 
 T)()so of l)iin;;iii;^ the siiid cliiM into tlic I'rovinci' iiiid dclivor- 
 mj; liiiii l,o Hie ciislody of sotiir iiiisoii ill flic I'rox iiicc ; pro- 
 vided lli.it llir |M'isuii |o wlioiii IJir cliild is |o lie ddiscrcd is 
 ill tlic o|iiiiioii of llic Sii|HTiiitciidi III of Ncifjcctcd .'Hid l>c|p(ii- 
 dciit ( 'liildrcii n tit ;uid |iro|icr person to In cnimstcd witli tin' 
 cUHtody uf the child (iO V. c. y.i, 12. 
 
 ItT. Whenever Jiiiy child iidiiiitted to the I'roviiice under 
 this Act is coiiiiuilted to or ijetniiied in the coiiniion ;^;io| of n 
 county, it sli.dl he the duty of the SlieiiH' of i he county to 
 notify the Siiperintciideiil of Neirjccled iind !»• piiid<iit 
 < 'hildrcii of the ii.'iiiie iiiid .e^e of the child. ;iiid the d.ite iinij 
 CiiUiJe f)f such coiiiniitta! or <letention. i»(» \ . c. hA. k. lb, part. 
 
 Itt. The FnHpt'ctor may diri'ct prooe(>din<,'H to he tnkon 
 )i;fainst any jierson for xiohit in;;' the |)ro\isions of this Act,, and 
 h(! shall, for tiilH purpose, iii(|uire into all the complaiiifs niadc 
 to him ae-ainst any person, society or ai,fcnt, and report thereon 
 to tlui Minister in cluiree of the Department to which he is 
 attached; aiifl the Tns]'ertor may. in his report, recommend 
 tliat the, aiit.liority conferred hy the Tiieutena,nt-('lov(!rnor in 
 Conncil under s(^ntion 2 of this Act, shall he revoked, and the 
 Tji(!utenant-(!overnor niav thereupon hy order revoke such 
 >).uthority. 60 V. c. 5.*^, h. W. 
 
 17. "Nothing' in tllis Act shj'll M.ffec<. tlic provisions of 77"" Provisions of 
 
 Art rr'si)''rfinii ^f"sf('l- dvd Srrr'ivf witli regard to anrec- ]i'i^' *^*'*'- °- 
 mcnts mado with p(>rsons resid(>nt out of ( anada for the t»m contnwtH 
 pcrformanct^ of lahour or servic"^ or liaviiu;' reference to the ""' »tf''«:*'<-'<l- 
 performance of lahour or s(\r\'ice >)y such persons in the 
 Provijicc of Ontario. 60 V. c. 53, s. 17. 
 
 Shiriff bo 
 
 ii(ilif,v HUpiT- 
 
 illtciiili'llL uf 
 Ciillllllltllll (IP 
 
 (li'iifitii)ii uf 
 cliil-l. 
 
 fnsppctor to 
 invcsti^uto 
 ciini|iIaintH 
 iiiiiilf' of vi<ila- 
 
 tlllllM of thti 
 
 Act, 
 
 5 D.C 
 
To 
 
 OTIIEK STATIITI'S AITHCTING CIIILDKKN. 
 
 In various other .Stat- ten of the Province the following lidditionai provig- 
 lons briefly Huinmarized are made for the protection of children : 
 
 Kg child under fourteen years of age is to l^e allowed to work in any 
 factory. II. S. O. chap. 2r)«, sec. 3. 
 
 It is illegal to supply intoxicating liquor to any person under twenty-one 
 years of ago, R. 8. O. chap. '245, sec. 78. 
 
 No person is allowed under penalty to give or sell tobacco to any person 
 under eighteen years of age. R. S O. chap, tlifil, sec 1. 
 
 Keepers of billiard or bagatelle rooms are prohibited from allowing young 
 persons under sixteen year.s of age to be on the premises. H. S () chap 247 
 sec. 1. ^ ' 
 
 Pawn-brokers are prohibited tVom taking any goods in pledge from any 
 person who appears to be under fifteen ye s of age. K. S. 0. chap 188 
 sec. 33. ' *^' ' 
 
 The compulsory school age is from eight to fourteen years, and ail children 
 within these years must attend, unless excused for some very good reason. 
 R. S. (). chap. 290, sec. 2. 
 
 Slore kf'epers are ro.juirtd to provide seats for girls emjiloyed on the 
 premises, and must permit emidoyees to use such seats when not actually 
 engaged in the work for which they are employed in such shoi). K. S. O. chap. 
 257, sec. 11. 
 
 (HI 
 
ONTARIO'S INSTITUTIONS 
 
 KOK TIIK CAIIK Oir 
 
 Defective and Delinquent Children. 
 
 Victoria Industrial School, Mimico, Ont.— Short distance west of 
 Toronto. Receives wayward or incorrigible boys from ten to fourteen years of 
 age on legal commitment from any part of Ontario. Mr. C. Ferrier, Superin- 
 tendent. 
 
 Albxanura Industrial S( hool for Girlh, East Toronto.— Receives 
 wayward girls from ten to fourteen years of age from any part of Ontario. 
 Legal commitment. Miss Walker, Superintendent, East Toronto Post Office, 
 
 St. John's Industrial School, East Toronto. -Receives Roman Catholic 
 boys, ten to fourteen years of age, on legal commitment from any {)art of 
 Ontario. Rev. F. Hohledtr, Superintendent, East Toronto Post OtBce. 
 
 Ontario Rekuge for Giri.s, Toronto. — Receives wayward girls between 
 the ages of thirteen and -sixteen on commitment by magistrate or county 
 judge from any pait of Ontario. Mrs. O'Reilly, Superintendent. R. S. O. 1897, 
 chap 310. 
 
 Ontario Reformatory for Both, Penrtanouishenk, Ont. — Receives 
 incorrigible boys between the ages of thirteen and sixteen from any part of 
 Ontario on coiumiiment by magistrate or county judge. Thos. McOrosson, 
 Superintendent. li. S. 0. 1897, chap. ;U3. 
 
 Ontario Asylum for Feeuleminded Children, Orillia, Ont —Receives 
 feeble-minded children over seven years of age on certificate of two physicians 
 and consent of asylum authorities, Dr. Beaton, Superintendent, Orillia, Ont. 
 
 Ontario Institution for the Education ok the Blind, Bbantford, 
 Ont. — Receives blind children over seven years of age from any part of Ontario. 
 Mr. A. H. Dymond, Principal, Brantford, On* |{. 8. O. h-<97, chap. 319. 
 
 Ontario Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Brllevillr, Ont. — 
 Receives Deaf and Dumb children over seven years of age from any part of 
 Ontario. Mr. R. Mathipon, SuDorintendent, Belleville, Ont. R. S. 0. 1897, 
 chap. 319. 
 
 For information on the general subject of child saving work address the 
 Superintendent of Neglected and Dependent Children, Parliament Buildings, 
 Toronto. 
 
 DOMINION CRIMINAL CODE. 
 
 For otiences ot a criminal nature against children or girls see the Dominion 
 Criminal Code This book can be purchased from any legal supply tirni, or can 
 be consulted in any lawyer's office. 
 
 hi7i 
 
INDEX 
 
 NHAi, OF CIIIU) I'KOTHCTION LAWS. 
 
 i'Al.K. 
 
 Ai)pliuption for (Jliild 
 
 Agreement re ('hild 
 
 Aiiiirnnticf.s ami Minors Act 
 
 Act/' l!riti.sh CliiMi'cu 
 
 Mt'xap'.ira [Ilfi^^tl•iu) Scluiol 
 
 B. 
 
 lUinii Children, I'lduciition of . . . 
 IJeggiiif,', Ohildroii scut out . 
 
 Hiiliy Faiin.s 
 
 Britifli, ri Iniinigration of 
 
 Hoarding out uf Indn^trial School Ciiildran 
 
 C. 
 
 Crimiuiil Code ut Canada 
 
 ChildroD, Maintenance of 
 
 " Ill-treatment of 
 
 '■ .sent begging 
 
 " Curfew Bylaw 
 
 ■>'.) 
 30 
 •M\ 
 09 
 07 
 
 D. 
 
 Deaf and Dumb Cliiidren, Educati.in of 
 Dii-cliarge if Industual School Childrm 
 I)(in\ini(iii ( 'ririiinal Code 
 
 Vo 
 U 
 
 07 
 45 
 07 
 
 J. I'A(!K 
 
 Jiidge'.s Order of Tran.sfer t<i C. A. S. . . . 27 
 Ju\Hnile (Jifeuder.s 2()-;i:f 
 
 K. 
 
 Kidnapping T'lnldren, 
 
 19 
 
 M. 
 
 Medical Health Otiicer, l)utie.-i of 51 
 
 i.iateriiity boarding Houses 51 
 
 Miin*(>ii.u)ce of Children 7 
 
 ,^l Main-^enance of Industrial School Child 1 en 10 
 
 .,j I Ahniicipality, Definition of -1 
 
 , , j Minors, Act respecting ;{G 
 
 I Neglected Children. Trial <) 
 
 (j^ [ " Detinitinn of ') 
 
 -> Notice of Appiehensioii of Children 2:"! 
 
 P. 
 
 Forms under Children's Act 
 
 Korin of Coniinitiiient to Industrial Sclio..; 
 Feebleminded Cliililn n, .Asyhuti for 
 
 I 
 
 ln.stitutioD.s of ();itario 
 
 Itnprisonnieiit of Young I'ernons 
 Ill-treatment of (.'hildren . 
 
 Insurance of Children 
 
 Industrial ScliooLs Act . 
 
 liispei^tion of Industrial Schools 
 
 Industrial Schools, Public aid to . . ... 
 
 Industrial Schools, Location of 
 
 Ininiigratiou of Clljildren 
 
 Infant Children, Protection of 
 
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 I'arents surrendering children 13 
 
 '■ complaints of u 
 
 Private Trial of Children 2(i \VA 
 
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 I Refuge for (Jirls (;7 
 
 ! lit forioatory tor Boys 117 
 
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 t)7 Separate trial ot Children 20 
 
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 St. John's InduMtrial School (;7 
 
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 15 ! Trial of Children 20 
 
 l-' j Transfer of {jUurdiunBhiii from parent ... . 27 
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 .„ j ViHiting Comnnttees i; 
 
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