dissolute life, growing up without salutary parental control and education, or in circumstances exposing him or her to lead an Any child leadidle and dissolute life, may be arrested by either of the ing an idle and said officers appointed as aforesaid, who shall, within may be arresttwenty-four hours thereafter, make a complaint against said child therefor, to some court having competent jurisdiction: and if said complaint is maintained the ed. institution dur child shall be sent to the institution named in Sect. 1 of Shall be sent to this ordinance for such a term of time as the court may ing minority. determine, not extending beyond the age of twenty-one years for males or eighteen years for females. SECT. 8. Any child committed as provided for in the seventh section, may be discharged from said institution by the school committee in accordance with the provisions of chapter 283, sect. 4 of the Acts passed by the Legis-Specific laws, lature of 1866, entitled, "An act concerning the care and education of neglected children." etc. SECT. 9. The truant officers appointed by the school Truant officers committee by virtue of this ordinance shall be paid from to be paid; how. the fund appropriated for the support of public schools. SECT. 10. Chapter twenty-four of the ordinances of the chapter recity passed May 15, 1865, is hereby repealed. pealed. SIMEON BORDEN, Clerk. |