51. "For each case acted upon by any juvenile court, one dollar and Reformatory or to any charitable institution or to any institution where * * * * * * Huntingdon * * * * * * * CONSTABLES' FEES IN CONNECTION WITH JUVENILE COURTS. CERTIFICATION BY PROBATION OFFICERS. APPROVAL BY COURT. PAYMENT. When, in pursuance of the provisions of said act, a child under the age of sixteen years is arrested, with or without warrant, or is brought before a magistrate in any other proceeding and the case shall be transferred to the juvenile court the constable to whom shall be given the custody of such child for delivery to the officers of the juvenile court, shall be entitled to receive therefor the following fees, to be taxed as costs in the case; to wit, For services performed in delivering such child to the juvenile court, seventy-five cents, together with three cents per mile for each mile actually traveled and necessary, and three cents per mile for the transportation of each such child, in addition to necessary help and expense. Such probation officer shall certify the account of the constable performing such service to the judge presiding in the juvenile court, who shall approve the same, or so much thereof as may be found correct, and direct by whom it shall be paid. Sec. 2, Act of June 7, 1907, P. L. 438 supplementing Act of April 23, 1903, P. L. 274. 52. SHERIFFS' AND CONSTABLES' FEES BY WHOM PAYABLE. The court in disposing of the question of the payment of the costs provided for in this act, may impose them on the county; or on the complainant, if, after hearing, it be found that the complaint was made without probable cause; or upon the parent or parents, or guardian or custodian, of the child, if, after hearing, it be found that they were at fault and are of ability to pay. Sec. 4, Act of June 7, 1907, P. L. 438, supplementing Act of April 23, 1903, P. L. 274. The costs herein referred to are those imposed under the two sections immediately preceding and section three of this same act, infra section 55. 53. COSTS OF HEARING IN CERTAIN CASES BEFORE MAGISTRATE OR JUSTICE WHEN MINOR NOT COMMITTED. Whenever, in the enforcement of the act to which this is a supplement, any magistrate or justice of the peace, after hearing, shall be of the opinion that the minor should not be committed to said society, and shall discharge such minor, the costs of the proceedings before such magistrate or justice shall be paid by the proper county. Sec. 1, Act of May 11, 1911, P. L. 270, supplementing the Act of June 8, 1893, P. L. 399, infra sections 167 to 170. The Act of June 8, 1893, P. L. 399, provides for the commitment of delinquents to incorporated societies having for their objects the protection of children from cruelty or the placing of children not otherwise provided for in families. 54. COSTS OF HEARING IN CERTAIN CASES BEFORE COURTS OF QUARTER SESSIONS. Whenever any judge of any court of quarter sessions shall make an order for the detention of any minor, as provided for in said act, or shall order the discharge of said minor, such judge may direct whether all the costs of such proceedings be paid by the proper county or by the complainant, or by both in such proportion as to such judge shall seem equitable. Sec. 2, Act of May 11, 1911, P. L. 270, supplementing the Act of June 8, 1893, P. L. 399, infra sections 167 to 170. See notes to section immediately preceding. V. LIABILITY FOR COST OF COMMITMENT, MAINTENANCE AND INSTRUCTION OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS AND INDIGENT, NEGLECTED AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN. Courts committing juvenile offenders may make an order upon the Where the court commits a juvenile offender to a family home or to As to liability for costs of proceedings prior to commitment, see supra sections 17, 26 and 30. FOR LIABILITY FOR COST OF MAINTENANCE AND INSTRUCTION OF CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR INSTITUTIONS SEE THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS: 55. EXPENSES OF REMOVAL BEYOND COUNTY LIMITS OF CHILDREN COMMITTED BY JUVENILE COURTS. When the court, after trial or hearing, makes such disposition of a child as requires its transportation to a point outside of the county, the necessary expenses of its removal and those of the probation officer in charge, shall be certified, as above provided, to the judge presiding, who shall approve the same, or so much thereof as may be found correct, and direct by whom it shall be paid. Sec. 3, Act of June 7, 1907, P. L. 438, supplementing Act of April 23, 1903, P. L. 274. The manner of certifying these expenses is provided in sections one and two of this act. See supra sections 50 and 51. The "court" herein referred to is the juvenile court. This section it seems would apply to the removal of children under the age of sixteen years only. 56. WHO LIABLE FOR COST OF REMOVAL OF CHILDREN. The court, in disposing of the question of the payment of the costs provided for in this act, may impose them on the county; or on the complainant, if, after hearing, it be found that the complaint was made without probable cause; or upon the parent or parents, or guardian or custodian of the child, if after hearing, it be found that they were at fault and are of ability to pay. Sec. 4, Act of June 7, 1907, P. L. 438, supplementing Act of April 23, 1903, P. L. 274. The costs herein referred to are those imposed under the section immediately preceding and for sheriffs' and constables' fees imposed under sections one and two of this act. See supra sections 50 and 51. 57. LIABILITY OF COUNTIES FOR COST OF COMMITMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NEGLECTED AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN. RECOURSE AGAINST PARTIES LIABLE AND POOR DISTRICTS. Where any neglected or dependent child is or shall be committed to the care and custody of any association, society, 3 person or family, by any court, and an order for the payment of the maintenance of the child and the expense of such commitment is made upon the proper county, in pursuance of the laws of this Commonwealth, the county from which such child has been committed to the said association, society, person, or family, shall be liable to the said association, society, person, or family for the maintenance of the said child and all expenses connected therewith: Provided, That the county shall in all cases have full recourse to recover all expenses incurred in behalf of said child so committed from the parties or persons or poor district properly charged therewith under the laws of this Commonwealth. Sec. 1, Act of May 8, 1913, P. L. 177. Quaere: Whether this section applies to children under the age of sixteen only or to all minors? 58. LIABILITY OF COUNTIES FOR COST OF COMMITMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF INDIGENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN. RECOURSE AGAINST PARENTS AND RELATIVES. Whenever hereafter any indigent or dependent child shall be committed by any judge or other competent authority to the care and custody of any person or family, for the purpose of maintenance and education in the home of such person or family, such child shall be conveyed to such home by the county commissioners, sheriff, or other proper officer, at the expense of the proper county, and the cost of maintenance of such child shall also be paid by the proper county, but at a sum not exceeding what it would cost to maintain and educate such child in the house of refuge, or other public institution of such county: Provided, however, That if at any time the parents or other relatives of such child shall become able to pay such costs, or to refund the money already paid, the said county may apply for and obtain an order for the payment thereof, and enforce the same, in the same court, and in the same manner as is or may be provided by law for compelling the maintenance and support of deserted wives and children. Sec. 1, Act of May 31, 1907, P. L. 331. Quaere: Whether this section applies to children under the age of sixteen years only or to all minors? 59. LIABILITY OF COUNTIES FOR COST OF MAINTENANCE AND INSTRUCTION OF CHILDREN COMMITTED TO INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS; RENDERING OF ACCOUNTS; PAYMENT. Whenever a child shall have been committed by a court or judge thereof to any industrial school, or other institution of like character, or shall become an inmate thereof, whose parents or guardian are not of sufficient ability to pay the expense of maintaining and instructing such child, such maintenance and instruction shall be paid by the county from which such child shall have been committed; Provided, however, That the actual cost of maintaining and instructing such child shall be paid only, and in no event shall such per capita maintenance and instruction exceed the amount of per capita cost of maintenance and instruction of inmates of the House of Refuge. And provided also, That the treasurer of such industrial school, or other institution of like character, shall transmit an account quarterly, to the commissioners of such county as may have become indebted for the maintenance and instruction of inmates in such industrial school, or other like institution, which account shall be signed, by said treasurer and sworn or affirmed to by him, and attested by the superintendent of the department of such industrial school, or other institution of like character, in which such inmates may be living. It shall be the duty of said commissioners immediately upon receipt of said accounts to order the treasurer of their respective counties to pay the same. Sec. 1, Act of April 15, 1903, P. L. 208. This section seems to apply to all children below the age of twentyone years. 60. LIABILITY OF COUNTIES AND STATE FOR COST OF MAINTENANCE AND INSTRUCTION OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS COMMITTED TO HOUSES OF REFUGE NOT EXCLUSIVELY UNDER STATE CONTRACT. Whenver a child shall be or heretofore shall have been committed to any House of Refuge which is not exclusively under State control, and shall become or shall have become an inmate thereof, one-half of the expense of maintaining and instructing such child hereafter shall be borne by the county from which such child shall have been received, and the remaining one-half shall be paid out of the appropriations made to such House of Refuge, from time to time, by the State. The method of collecting the amount due by the several counties from which children have been sent, shall be by orders drawn by the treasurer of any such House of Refuge on the treasurers of said counties, who shall accept and pay the same;Provided, That the said orders shall be presented quarterly, on the first days of May, August, November, and February, in each and every year, or as soon thereafter as may be convenient. And provided also, that the treasurer of such House of Refuge, on or before the first Monday of the preceding month, shall transmit, by the public mail, to the commissioners of such of the counties as may have become indebted for the maintenance and instruction of inmates in such House of Refuge, an account of the expense of maintaining and instructing them, which account shall be signed by the treasurer, and sworn or affirmed to by him, and attested by the superintendent of the department of such House of Refuge in which each of such inmates may be |