work is needed, and the incorporation of such association is desirable and for the public good; amendments proposed to the articles of incorporation or association having as its object the care and disposal of dependent, neglected or delinquent children shall be submitted in like manner to the Board of State Charities, and the secretary of state shall not record such amendment or issue his certificate therefor unless there shall be filed in his office a certificate of the Board of State Charities that they have examined the said amendment, that the association is in their judgment performing in good faith the work undertaken by it, and that the said amendment is, in their judgment, a proper one and for the public good. Sec. 10. This act shall be liberally construed to the end that its purppose may be carried out, to-wit: That the care, custody and discipline of the child may approximate as nearly as may be that which should be given by its par ents, and in all cases where it can properly be done, the child is to be placed in an approved family home and become a member of the family by legal adoption or otherwise. Sec. 11. All laws and parts of laws not consistent herewith are hereby repealed. Sec. 12. There being an emergency this act is ordered to be in force and effect immediately upon its passage. BOARD OF REFERENCE. CALIFORNIA. Hon F. J. Muraskey, San Francisco, Judge Juvenile Court; F. M. Todd, San Francisco, Merchants' Association; Hon. C. D. Wilber, Los Angeles, Judge Juvenile Court. COLORADO. Hon. B. B. Lindsey, Denver, Judge Juvenile Court. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Zed Hetzel Copp, Washington, Probation Off cer. ILLINOIS. Hon. Julian W. Mack, Judge Juvenile Court of Chicago; Dr. H. H. Hart, Chicago, Supt. Children's Home and Aid Society; E. P. Blcknell, Chicago, Supt. Bureau of Charities; Hon. G. W. Murray, Springfield, Judge Juvenile Court. INDIANA. Hon Geo. W. Stubbs, Indianapolis, Judge Juvenile Court. KENTUCKY. Hon. Chas. A. Wilson, Judge of Juvenile Court, Louisville, George L. Sehon, Supt. Children's Home Society of Kentucky. LOUISIANA. James F. Hill, Detroit, Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children. MARYLAND. Hon. Charles W. Heuisler, Baltimore, Judge Juvenile Court. MICHIGAN. James F. Hill, Detroit, Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children. MISSOURI. W. H. McClain, St. Louis, Supt. Provident Association; Hon. Henry L. McCune, Kansas City, Judge Juvenile Court; W. C. Johnson, Kansas City, Chief Probation Officer. MINNESOTA. A. W. Gutridge, St. Paul, Sec. Associated Charities; Edwin D. Solenberger, Minneapolis, Manager Associated Charities. NEBRASKA. Hon. Judge Day, Judge of Juvenile Court, Omaha. NEW JERSEY. Hugh F. Fox, Plainfield, Pres. Board of Chil dren's Guardians; Mrs. B. E. Williamson, Elizabeth, State Board of Children's Guardians. NEW YORK. Hon. William H. Olmsted, New York, Judge Juven!'e Court; E. Fellows Jenkins, New York, Chief Probation Officer, Juvenile Court; Thes. M. Mulry, New York, Saint Vincent De Paul Society; Hon. Robert J. Wilkin, Brooklyn, Judge Juvenile Court; Hon. Thos. Murphy, Buffalo, Judge Juvenile Court. OHIO. Hon. A. H. Adams, Cleveland, Judge Juvenile Court; Hon. John A. Caldwell, Cincinnati, Judge Juvenile Court. OREGON. Hon. A. L. Frazer, Portland, Judge Juvenile Court. PENNSYLVANIA. Hon. F. A. Bregy, Philadelphia, Judge Juvenile Court. WASHINGTON. Hon. A. W. Frater, Seattle, Judge Juvenile Court. WISCONSIN. Hon. N. B. Neelen, Milwaukee, Judge Juvenile Court. CANADA. J. J. Kelso, Toronto, State Supt. Children's Aid Societies. 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It was roalized that a medium was needed whereby the results accomplished by the Juuenile Court might be set forth in an intelligent manner. The JUVENILE COURT RECORD stepped into the breach and has devoted its pages exclusively to news of the various juvenile courts. As a result of the publicity thus given to the foundation principlle and routine work of the Cook County Juvenile Court other States have passed juvenile court laws, and bills are being prepared in nearly every State in the Union to be presented at the next sessions of the Legislatures of the various States providing for similar legislation. Please Note! ALL agents fer the Juvenile Court Record carry credentials. You are referred to the Board of Reference, and verbal references to other people are unauthorized. The agent presenting this paper to you is authorized to sell single copies at 10c. and to take annual subscriptions at $1.00 per year. This paper is published only as an exponent of Juvenile Courts. Published by the Visitation and Aid Society 79 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill. New York Office, 23 West 24th St. Boston Office, 147 Milk St. VOL. VIII. New SUMMER NUMBER, AUGUST, 1907 Series No. 7 Few people, other than those personally interested in the work, understand the meaning of probation as used in our courts, or appreciate its value. Perhaps its true significance can best be apprehended by the citation of a concrete case. A. P., a boy of eleven years, living with his mother and five brothers and sisters, was convicted of burglary. Ordinarily a serious offense, but the peculiar conditions surrounding this particular case showed that the boy was in with a bad "gang," which was under the influence of an older boy as leader. These boys had previously committed many thefts, as was afterwards learned. Without probation there would have been but two ways of dealing with the boy. He might have been either reprimanded and discharged or sent to some reformatory institution. The disadvantages of eitner alternative will appear on a moment's thought. Were he discharged, he would soon forget the reprimand, regard the law lightly, and fall back with his former companions and into his old ways, in addition to the fact that his release would be an invitation to other boys to follow in his steps. He might possibly have learned to be more cautious, but in so doing would cultivate within himself the characteristics of the professional criminal-a sly, cautious and wary evader of law and officers. On the other hand, send a boy of eleven years to a reformatory institution, when there is a possibility of reformation elsewhere, and you place a stigma upon that boy's life which his fellow companions, as well as himself, will never forget. He is at the age at which his character and ideals of life are forming; at the age when he needs the influence of the home above all else. He goes to associate with boys as bad or worse than himself, and their leisure time is spent in telling of past experiences and planning campaigns of crime for the future. Or, again, he may possibly be less susceptible to those things and return from the institution with loftier purposes and higher ideals. Yet, even so, the fact that he has been "sent up," as the boys say, altogether too frequently discourages him, and forms a blot upon his life which only time, perseverance and the utmost patience can erase. In such cases the boy is neither discharged nor sent to an institution, but |