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Show Juvenile Conrl Commission Sends Communication to County Commissioners. JUVENILE COURT LAW SAID TO JJB UNCONSTITUTIONAL However, It Has Been Decided : to Urge a Test of the .' Proposition. i "Gel biisy anil 'establish a detention deten-tion homo.4'- 'This, iu -brief, was the order that wont out from the Juvenile Court Commission, "Wednesday aflor---tieon, to the Board of County Commis- sionerfi. .What will bo tho result of this suggestion is not known. The tlnveuilc court law provides: In counties containing cities of the (IrsL or of" the sccontl clns?s. there may lie established and maintained a detention Ujfi school, not connected with any Jail, which aft shall he In. chnri;t of u superintendent. jUj! The county establishing and uK maintaining- such dotentlon school shall rffl! be entitled to recover from the cities of tva the Hrst and of tho second class, situated ' Ei1! in said county, such sum for the care and B-fl . maintenance of such child as may bo j Fr.jj reasonable therffor. ami In no caao shall i A? Kuch sum be lest? than tho per capita J ifJ monthly or yearly amount of such ex- M pense In the detention school in which the t4 child is committed, or of the actual ex- ijl pense ilncurr'M by the county for the care j i) and maintenance of such child. Said M amounts paid by cities of the first and of I ?V the second class for the care and muitt- J; tenanco of children from these cities sent ! lit to the detention school shall be paid ; V monthly. . Law Unconstitutional. y,j Ever since tho law was passed milk- ing Juvenile courts State institutions, thero has been considerable tnlk of j establishing a detention home, or Jjfj school, in this city. It has been the jjij unanimous opinion that such an insti- M tution is badly needed, but City Atlor- M ncy llilcs advised Mayor Bransford some timo ago that the law was nncon-nift! nncon-nift! stiiutionnl.-iu that it gave the Board of Count Commissioners absolute jl authority' over the school, while the city fjl was required to pay tho bills. In view j of this fact, tho city and tho commis si sioners have not been able to got to- ij gcthur. ill But now the matter is to bo tested. i It is presumed that the County Conimia- ' t sioners will now take somo steps that U ' will forco the .matter to an issue, legal . if or otherwise, in order that it may bo definitely settled. ,fi One of tho strongest arguments in h favor of tho establishment of a deten- 1 tion home in this city was presented ) to the Juvenile Court commission tK Wednesday by Probation Officer , Brown, who took two little boys before i, the hody. The boys are aged twelve and seven, respectively, and their ap- hI Jc pearancc gave ever- evidenco that a Hfir detention home would be their galva- Hlhj tion. They 'were dirty, ragged and un- HS 1 kompt iu every particular.' They did Hfi m not look as" if they had taken a bath Dijt iu months, and they probably did not H! deceive their looks. Their mother is F, addicted to the use of intoxicating Bi! liquors and their father, who is a B! miner, is compelled to be away from B!' home practically all of the time. As a K)i result the children are allowed to wan- dcr about tho city at will. H If Letter to Commissioners. Hb When the commission met Yv'cducs- Hk ' day afternoon the matter of a'.dcton- tion school was immediately taken up HB . J and discussed at some' length, after B ' which the following letter to the H .Board of County Commissioners was approved and ordered sent to the mem- mmW,K bcrs: IR' I The undersigned, the Juvenile Court Sw commission, feel called upon to direct IS- your attention again to a matter of su- IV prenie-Importance, namely, the necessity 'If for a detention school In Salt Lake coun- 1 ty umJor the terms of the detention school act, passed by the recent Lcglslu- u t ture.- ! " The." reasons for the urgent necessity of V the establishment of a detention school - are so obvious as to need no repetition ! here. Illustrations of this need are of W i dally occurrence in the operations of the f Juvenile court. Ah your honorable body wQ has the responsibility of establishing this JO school the need of Its being dono nt once ft tvill'doubtless appeal to you. jifi Tnt,view of Uils unquestioned pressing 15 need, we most respectfully urgo you to .81 act upon tho authority plven you by the ,r tt " 3etenttcm school law and proceed at once iV to establish a detention school under its itT provisions. And wo suggest that this be frlli "one without delay, as the demands for It S are pressing and should not be denied. Ijf tt'e feel aafe in saying that the Juvenile court In this county will come short of ftlU nur expectations and wishes as long as ft A this is not done. f As to the expense of the school, it hau lit been ascertained on Inquiry that the to-.J to-.J . tal cost of. cstabllshtilg and maintaining II it during the year IMS will probably not I exceed S-iOOO. which, according to tho Inw. J ft tvould bo divided pro rata between the Is city of "Salt Lake and the county, and If Iu the law should prove Inoperative In any IBV respect, the question of amending .can If' be placed before the next Legislature. Is In all earnestness, and In behalf of the Bft ?ia)y boys and girls In need of this Instl- I tution. v.-p ask you to establish It wlth- Ejjf out delay. M JOHN C. CUTLER, U j "M. A. BHEEDEN, J'H, A. C. NELSON, i Juvenile Court Coiiunlssion. f R . A Typical Case. J 'To this Gov. Cutlor perrtonally added ! :he following: t'fi , My attention has just been callod to. a typical cano Illustrating the need of this !fW school, and I am told t Is one of many. ii A. mother was found In her home, hclp- j tesply drunk, surrounded with tilth and B. iqualor. Her five children, ranging In (j 3 isTe from 12 to - yenrs. wnie dirt v. ragged SA inrt Btuntod with neglect and Insufficient ft. a ood. They were In imminent danger of turning tho house and the entire family, a ?cmo of the children wpre brought Into If ''-h'- Juvcnlln court thl- afternoon, but nil that can bo done is to return them to the home with Its mlsorable surroundings. There Is no other place for them., Such Incidents nro happening ill the lime. Tho father, in this case, was out of the State, |
