Juvenile Court in District of Columbia: Hearing on H.R. 83481916 - 80 pages |
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... LATIMER . I have a copy . The CHAIRMAN . Just hand it to the stenographer , and it will be incorporated as a part of Mr. O'Brien's remarks . Mr. O'BRIEN . Section 19 provides for a temporary place of de- tention coming within the ...
... LATIMER . I have a copy . The CHAIRMAN . Just hand it to the stenographer , and it will be incorporated as a part of Mr. O'Brien's remarks . Mr. O'BRIEN . Section 19 provides for a temporary place of de- tention coming within the ...
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... Latimer's views ; but I could not say as to the time it would take to make an investigation . It would seem to me that in most cases the children are not apprehended in the first instance . Most of the children brought before this court ...
... Latimer's views ; but I could not say as to the time it would take to make an investigation . It would seem to me that in most cases the children are not apprehended in the first instance . Most of the children brought before this court ...
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... Latimer for a great many years . I admire the excellent work that he has done as judge of the juvenile court . I have known , also , most of the gentle- men who prepared this bill , and I have not any criticism to make of their efforts ...
... Latimer for a great many years . I admire the excellent work that he has done as judge of the juvenile court . I have known , also , most of the gentle- men who prepared this bill , and I have not any criticism to make of their efforts ...
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... Latimer , who is here , is thoroughly familiar with the actual conditions there , and I do not pretend to any such degree of familiarity as that . But I simply want to say what Mr. O'Brien this morning indicated to the committee was the ...
... Latimer , who is here , is thoroughly familiar with the actual conditions there , and I do not pretend to any such degree of familiarity as that . But I simply want to say what Mr. O'Brien this morning indicated to the committee was the ...
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... Latimer , who is here , is thoroughly familiar with the actual conditions there , and I do not pretend to any such degree of familiarity as that . But I simply want to say what Mr. O'Brien this morning indicated to the committee was the ...
... Latimer , who is here , is thoroughly familiar with the actual conditions there , and I do not pretend to any such degree of familiarity as that . But I simply want to say what Mr. O'Brien this morning indicated to the committee was the ...
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Adriaans adult amendment appointing power arrest ATLEE POMERENE Attorney authority believe bill Board of Chil Board of Children's board of trade brought CHAIRMAN child Children's Guardians CLEPHANE clerk Commissioners committed committee court of appeals criminal court custodial agency delinquency detained detention home discretion District of Columbia dren's Guardians duty fact feel female going guardian ad litem habeas corpus hearing house of detention insert institution insufficient guardianship Judge LATIMER judgment jurisdiction jury juvenile court legal guardian line 13 matter National Training School O'BRIEN parents person petition police court police department POMERENE present house probation officer PULLMAN purpose question reason represent School for Girls Senator DILLINGHAM Senator SHERMAN suggest SULLIVAN summons Supreme Court surroundings taken term thereof thing thought thumb prints tion trial welfare WILLARD SAULSBURY words
Popular passages
Page 9 - ... the court is authorized to seek the co-operation of all societies or organizations, public or private, having for their object the protection or aid of...
Page 4 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an act entitled "An Act to create a juvenile court in and for the District of Columbia," approved March nineteenth, nineteen hundred and six, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
Page 6 - Upon the return of the summons, or at the time set for the hearing, the court shall proceed to hear and determine the case. The court may conduct the examination of...
Page 8 - ... has been taken from its home or the custody of its parents, that conditions have so changed that it Is consistent with the public good and the welfare of said child that the parents again have the custody of said child, the court may make a suitable order in the premises.
Page 5 - ... it shall be the duty of the said probation officer to make such investigation as may be required by the court; to be present in court in order to represent the interests of the child when the case is heard; to furnish to the court such information and assistance as the judge may require; and to take such charge of any child before and after trial as may be directed by the court.
Page 7 - ... in some suitable family home, in case provision is made by voluntary contribution or otherwise for the payment of the board of such child, until a suitable provision may be made for the child in a home without such payment...
Page 6 - Monroe shall be made personally by delivering to and leaving with the person summoned a true copy thereof. If it shall be made to appear, by affidavit, that reasonable but unsuccessful effort has been made to serve the summons personally upon the parties named therein, other than said child, the court or...
Page 5 - In all proceedings coming under its provisions the court shall proceed upon the theory that said child is the ward of the state, and is subject to the discipline and entitled to the protection which the court should give such child under the conditions disclosed in the case...
Page 6 - ... custody or control of the child, or with whom the child may be, to appear with the child at a place and time which shall be stated in the summons...
Page 11 - Columbia; and said commissioners shall have power to make leases, fix and determine rentals, wharfage and dockage fees, and to collect and pay the same into the Treasury, one-half to the credit of the United States and one-half to the credit of the District of Columbia...