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Premier D asked N y Enieg. if s called rg:{u:askei M;& gfiier:::" The Children's Aid Society to the| sport. Mr. Dewart said be call 3' 'care of which a child has been com--| racing a legitimate eport and & ~ | mitted shall be the legal guardian far ag betting was concerned, it y' as . of euch child until such child is 21| legitimate by law of the Dominion years of age, unless sooner renounc--| 'of Canada. The Attorney--General ed by the soc_iety, with the approval| was now endeavoring, 'by a -- sid of the Swperintendent. Any parent ~\ ! mave, to obtain an ad\'ranta.ge hifi who ill--treats, neglects, abandons, WaB not fair and which no s;vortcs- deserts or fails to support his or her man would try to obtain. There child is eubject to a penalty. | were some people who said the At No child is to engage in any street * torney--General was . the poores;. trade between the hours of 109 p.m. sportsman "that had ever happened 3_n_¢LfLia_m__ This c]vaus_el_:t"g'k_'_e_q"wn,h in the Province of Ontario," but he 1e 'former one in the erigina! bill, observed that he was expressing no means that no boy between the ages 0p}pion on that. « of 12 and 16 is to engage in such ns Er?ee'giqyemrgesferleamrmtggg q trade, except within the hours speci-- Government regretted that the Do-- fied. Girls under 16 years--of age and minion Government should have le-- boys pndor 12 are prohibited from gitimatized it. engaging in street trade at any time. Hope to Hurt Betting. Given Special Powers. °_ The Government pleaded gullty t 3 Every,Loc.al Superintendent of a the hope that the legislatiog would whildren's Aid Society, for the pur-- lessen betting, would lessen the evils y poge of (he acl, is vefted with the on betting. The Government was ; powers of a peate officer, and of a| making no apologies whatever for ischool attendance officer under the the legislation. School Attendance Act. Any society Hon. Mr. Smith intimated that 'may furnish temporary shelter with it was the hopo' to have the new tax -- |the consent of parents or guardian made legal as soon as possible, so ga,nq charge the municipality with the that it would apply to the race maintenance at a rate not exceeding meets that begin next week. Fol-- one dollar a day, on the written lowing the passing of his resolution requisition of the Mayor or Reeve of he introduced his act to amend the sugh municipality, Corporation Tax Act. 'ljlme minimum amount per day for aommn on n mm e mmmmammmmneeamenmarmeme s which a municipality can be assessed s when a child is committed to a Chil-- / @ren's Aid Society 'by a Judge is to : be 75 cents, instead of 50 cents. Important Changes to Chil-- 9 i f dren's Protection Act -- MOOted « LegIS|ature ' klAY USE DATA s | s Hon. H. C. Nixon introduced into the Legislature yesterday a bill to --. amend the Children's Protection Act of Ontario, which, he said, was an act of general revision, containing { wposmmmsesmmtminssmnettenmmicre o several clauses asked for by the As-- Ivie} i sociation of Neglected Children's BUt Appe"ate D|V|S|0_n Wl" Societies. It consisted chiefly, he ex-- ; Be Asked to Decide plained, of minor changes to several o | - f clauses of the act to make these Thew StatUS clauses more workable. $ The act cites that the court -- of PAPERS LAWYER OBJECTS summary jurisdiction in the present aeuiiithy ies rncronnmmemarn ns law is to be extended so as to include The production of a number of 'a Juvenile Court. The definition of * telegrams to The Tovonto Gvening, . a neglected child is more widely de-- Telegram jrom Port Frances ard fined by the adding to the present Winnipeg led to considerable con--| wording of the words: "or a habitual troversy at the sittings of the Naec--| delinquent or incorrigible." Intosh Commission of Inquiry into ~ AMt the present time a neglected Capt. Orville Huston's death, counsel| child, in regard to desertion, must for the newspaper and the telegraph 'have been deserted 'by both parents. company contending that the daocu-- The new act sets forth in this regard, _ > ments were inadmissible and that| '"who is deserted by eithner parent the commission had no power to de--| s enianr "~ * unable to maintain mand their production. When Gor--| The local officers of a Children's ~ don Waldron, K.C., for the Crown,; Ald Society are now to be called , called the witnesses from the tele-- '!ml i Supgrlntlengents.'} dW'hetn ba graph company for the purpose 'of | c s ordere y a Judge to be . c C m tA s delivered to a Children's Aid Society, producing the telegrams, R. E. Laid the society may sernd the child to its law, on behalf of 'The ,Evening Tele-- temporary home or other suitable gram, objected to their being pro-- place, .t?rl'l:e kept ut";tn D"tt 22 9{53'?'?&'; duced unless the addressees had an ~. 7 regent law states | ifi Cammifs r f_':?:)';%se o? goxeweying a shild to any | opportunity of examining them. The shelter is to be borne by the munici-- objection was overruled, whereupon pality in which euch child is com-- J. D. Spence, K.C., for the C. P. R. mitted. This is gha!tlggdr;?n?g;';altfi; i 'Telegraph Company, entered a pro-- ;fp;?jceh Izgl;nghilg is domiciled. : test, declaring that it was outside * Municipalities are given power to the scope of the commission to de--| pass by--laws for the lefl]'ing ?tfh"eces' mand their production. : sary amounts to comply W any | | obligation imposed upon them by the| Inspects Telegrams. f | act or aiding in any other way -- a | Ultimately Mr. Spence agreed 10 Children's Aid SOCielEg- a to pe sent oz hand over the documents to the com-- When a child is ordered to 'be S a itor "HIS i y £ it to & shelter a.copy of the raer is to | missioner for his inspection, anfl | be ment to the municipality lHable, | . : was agreed that he should peruse} and unless: within one month _the| * 'them and announce later his deci-- municipality objects it is estopped | sion as to their admissibility. } "_ from denving liability. | s k >