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Children apprehended under this Act to be

rant to enter by day or night such house or building, and if necessary use force for the purpose of effecting an entry, and to search for such child, and bring such child before a judge to be dealt with in the manner provided by section 32 of this Act.

(2) It shall not be necessary in any information or warrant for the purpose of this section to specify any particular child. R.S.M. c. 22, s. 19.

45. No child, who is held for examination under the provisions of this part, shall be placed in the company of adult kept separate persons in any police lock-up or common gaol, but shall be in lock-ups, kept in a separate room or building. R.S.M. c. 22, s. 20; 6-7 Ed. 7, c. 6, s. 6.

from adults

etc.

Examination

may be private.

46.

Any examination, prosecution or proceeding arising under the provisions of this part shall be conducted privately. R.S.M. c. 22, s. 21; 6-7 Ed. 7, c. 6, s. 7.

Restrictions

as to receiv

be nursed for hire.

PART III.-NURSING HOMES FOR INFANT

CHILDREN.

47. It shall not be lawful for any person to retain or ing infants to receive for hire or reward more than one infant, and in case of twins more than two infants, under the age of one year, for the purpose of nursing or maintaining such infants. apart from their parents for a longer period than forty-eight hours, except in a house which has been registered as hereinafter provided, and is so registered at the time of such retention or reception. R.S.M. c. 109, s. 19.

Registration of houses for reception of infants.

48. The superintendent of neglected children appointed under Part II of this Act shall keep a register of the names of persons applying to register for the purposes of this part, and therein shall cause to be registered the name and house of every person so applying, and the situation of the house, and shall from time to time make regulations for fixing the number of infants who may be received into any and every house so registered. The registration shall remain in force for one year. No fee shall be charged for registration. Every person who receives or retains any infant in contravention of the provisions of this part shall be guilty of an offence against this part. R.S.M. c. 109, s. 20.

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49. The said superintendent may refuse to register any Authority to house unless satisfied that the house is suitable for the pur-tration. 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 such infants. R.S.M. c. 109, s. 21.

children.

50. The person registered as aforesaid shall immediately Register of 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 addresses of the persons 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 required to do so by the superintendent or any officer employed by him; 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 twenty dollars. R.S.M. c. 109, s. 22.

registration.

51. The person registered shall keep a book of forms for Form of the registration of infants. The register may be according to the form contained in schedule D to this Act. R.S.M. c. 109, s. 23.

52. If any person makes false representations with a view offences. to being registered under this part, or forges any certificate for the purposes of said part, or makes use of any forged certificate knowing it to be forged, or falsifies any register kept in pursuance of said part, he shall be guilty of an offence against said part. R.S.M. c. 109, s. 24.

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53. If it be shown to the satisfaction of the superintend- Removal ent that a person whose house has been so registered as afore-register. said has been guilty of serious neglect, or is incapable of providing the infants entrusted to his or her care with proper food and attention, or that the house specified in the register has become unfit for the reception of infants, it shall be lawful for the superintendent to strike his or her name and house off the register. R.S.M. c. 109, s. 25.

death of

54. The person registered as aforesaid shall, within Notice of twenty-four hours after the death of every infant so retained infant. or received, cause notice thereof to be given to the coroner for the district within which the infant died, and the coroner

Inspection.

Penalties.

Application of Act.

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 registered 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 he shall be guilty of an offence against this part. R.S.M. c. 109, s. 26.

55. It shall be the duty of the said superintendent to provide for the visiting and inspecting, from time to time, of every house registered under this part, and the person or persons 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 register 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 information to persons making the inspection, and to afford them every reasonable facility for viewing and inspecting the premises, and seeing the inmates thereof. R.S.M. c. 109, s. 27.

56. Every person guilty of an offence against this part shall, on conviction thereof by a police magistrate or two or more justices of the peace, forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars, and, in default of payment thereof, he shall be imprisoned in the common gaol of the district in which the offence was committed for a period of not less than one month nor more than three months, and be kept at hard labor, in the discretion of the police magistrate or justices, and shall, in addition, be liable to have his name and house struck off the register. R.S.M. c. 109, s. 28.

57. The provisions of this part shall not extend to the relatives or guardians of any infant retained or received as aforesaid, nor to benevolent and charitable institutions established for the protection and care of infants, and receiving aid from the Province or authorized by the LieutenantGovernor-in-Council to exercise the powers conferred by "The Infants' Act." R.S.M. c. 109, s. 29.

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SCHEDULES.

The following are the schedules referred to in this Act:

SCHEDULE A-(SECTION 20).

APPLICATION FOR INCORPORATION,

We, the undersigned, all being of the full age of twenty-one years, and being British subjects, and residents within (city, town, village or rural municipality within which the society is to be formed), in the Province of Manitoba, do hereby make application for incorporation as "The Children's Aid Society of ," under the pro

visions of "The Children's Act," Part II, and hereby adopt the following articles of incorporation:

1. The society shall be known as "The Children's Aid Society of (giving distinguishing name).”

2. The business and objects of the society shall be the protection of children from cruelty, and caring for and protecting neglected, abandoned or orphaned children, and the enforcement by all lawful means of the laws relating thereto.

3. The number of directors of the society shall be

4. The names of the first directors of the society, who shall hold office until the first annual meeting of the society, are:

5. The annual meetings of the society shall be held at

on the

day of

by by-law of the society.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto severally subscribed our names this

nine hundred and

In the presence of

day of

in each year, until changed

in the year one thousand

R.S.M. c. 22, sch. A.

SCHEDULE B-(SECTION 22).

CERTIFICATE TO BE ENDORSED ON APPLICATION.

I hereby approve of the within application for incorporation as "The Children's Aid Society of (giving distinguishing name).”

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What steps were taken, preliminary to placing of child, to ascertain that the child's present home is a desirable one?

Is child legitimate?

Are child's own parents living?

If so, give full name and address

Has the child's present home been personally visited by an agent or member of the society or institution?

If so, send copy of report

Has any report on child's progress been received from foster parents? If so, send copy

SCHEDULE D-(SECTION 51).

REGISTER OF INFANTS.

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2 Geo. 5, c. 10, sch. C.

Name and address whom removed. of person by

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