| Show PRESENTS JUVENILE BILLS I Changes in Court Laws Provided Provided Pro Pro- Provided vided as Well as Curfew Curlew Regulations FOR DETENTION HOMES Gives More Jurisdiction Over Negligent Parents and Guardians i Four blUe bills presented yesterday to tho the House of ot Representatives b by Ellas Elias Conway Conway Con- Con II way Ashton representative a from Salt SaIt Lake provide for many wanted much-wanted changos changes In tho Juvenile Ju court laws of ot Utah a new curfew law the establishment establish establish- mont ment of ot detention homes throughout the tho state te and a law Jaw that will t permit punishment of ot parents and guardians of neglected children Tim bills bUls were framed In accordance with the tho views of or a committee of Utah men and wo wo- mon men who have o tho the b betterment of oC Utah's Juvenile population In view The Tho committee com corn was appointed b by Former Governor Gov Gov- John C. C Cutler and tive tivo Ashton Is Its Hf chairman The original Juvenile court laws are ore declared to be bo deficient In many ro- ro and the proposed laws aro arc simply simply sim sim- ply revl revisions lons of ot those acts nets now in effect Somo Some parts of the ol old lows laws have o been obliterated and nd s somo uno new sections have havo been added which gives the tile Juvenile court extended tion and moro more authority to deal with those who contribute to lo a negligence ne One of ot tho first now new features of ot the tho Juvenile court bill hill Is a paa paragraph that proposes tho the establishment of or a labora labora- tor tory for tor tho the stud study of sociological conditions con con- as IlS regards children In relation to crime It reads A lOA secretary shall bo appointed by the officers whose special dut duty it shall be bo to visit tho the Juvenile courts provided for herewith to gather and dispense information re ro- ro hating lating to the criminal pauper and do- do o classes amon among Juveniles and to aid In the tho supervision of detention schools an and the work generally In tho Interest of Juveniles In this state r of Equity Court t Aim THO Ju court jud Judges es b by th thc th I bill are to be given ghen the power lower o atI o. o I Judge of ot equity courts to inquire Into the ability of parents or guardians of ot children who sho are found foun to be neglected dependent ent or delinquent and may enter decrees against tho the parents and enforce such decrees In cases of misdemeanors misdemeanors mis mis- demeanors of adults In contributing to a childs child's negligence tho the court may summon a jur Jury with the samo power as that of ot a 1 Justice of ot the peace and ond conduct an Investigation Into tho caso case as is done In a Justices Justice's court The bill also gives give Judges of at Ju Ju- Ju venUe venile courts the right r-Ight to change chane their orders Judgments or decrees at an any time Ume In a case before the time child af at- at has reached the ago of 21 1 years ears If it the child has not persistently violated vio vio- hated the regulations of ot an any st state to In Institution institution In- In In which It may mRY be Inc r- r It also allows appeals to be taken from rota final Judgment In cases the appeal In cases of ot misdemeanors going to tho the district court If tho the custod custody of a child Is affected and the child has been taken from its parents the parents have the right of appeal appeal- ing directly to the Supreme court Tho The Juvenile court commission will be empowered to appoint In each county coun coun- ty In Utah a chief probation officer whose salary In counties containing first class cities shall bo be 1600 a year car and in counties containing cities of ot tho the second class the salary shall be a year years In all other counties the salary sal sal- ary ary- shall be a year Tho Tim present salary salar of the the- probation officers In counties s wh To there aro t class cities clUe Is 1000 JOI I a year ear In oHio of ot tho the first and second class deputy deput pro pro- batten bation officers may be appointed at ata ata a salary of 4 U a day The Tho present salary sal sal- ary nry of or such officers Is 3 a da day Tho The Thern officers are also given Iven the tho right to servo serve proc processes which work will betaken be be- taken away from the hc sheriffs sherlf's office New c Curfew Curren I Law nv In the bill relating to the tho curfew law somo some changes have ha been made toward Its Us betterment The new bill proposes to have ha the age of ot children affected by the law to be 18 years ears and under Tho Time age under the present law Is lC 16 years A clause In the present present pres pres- ent law which provides pro that children arrested under the curfew law must b bc be e taken home before being taken Into c custody custod has been obliterated In the n new ew bill That clause It Is declared n nullified tho the effect of ot the present law e entirely A third bill relating to the work of at u uplifting the delinquent children of ot th the tha the e state provides for tor the establishment establish m ment eat of or detention homes On r recommendation com com- m of oC the Juvenile Ju court commission commission com com- mission the county commissioners of e each ach count county must establish detention h homes omes not In connection with Jails a according to tim the bill bin Thc They must bavo havo t the he common branches of ot the public s schools taught In these homes and In addition must mURt teach arts and manual t training raining for boys and arts and domestic science for girls Separate schools for bO boys 8 and anti girls are arc to be provided It If Ifa Ita Ita a child from one county Is Js Incarcerated Incarcerate In Sn a n detention home In another county tho the county In which the child lives lIvos must pay a sum not exceeding 50 cents a a. day for the childs child's maintenance to tho the count county In which the detention school Is established In the tho bill which covers the tho tion supervision and disposition of children some sarno marked changes os from the old law arc are noted Tho The first one Is that which permits tho tim Juvenile Ju court to place a 8 child In any private home considered suitable by the court tho child to bo 10 subject to tho the caro care control and visitation of or the probation officers for It also provides that any person over the age of f 18 years who has custody over a child and mistreats It It I may be bo arrested and fined tined at nt the tho dis die discretion discretion of the court rhe The ago ac according according according ac- ac cording to tho the pre present ent statute is 16 11 years yeara A child 18 16 years cars old or under may bo be taken Into custody If it is treated ill or neglected according to the bill The age oge Is IR Increased two years over that noted In the tho present preson law v. Another change affects the payment for tor the maintenance of a child In any childrens children's aid society or Institution to tc which the tho child had been committed This payment Is to bo be made by the thi county commissioners from the treasury treasury treas- treas ury of ot tho the county In which the chili child resided on and the tho sum Is not to ex exceed ex- ex 33 23 1 1 S cents a day The present law provides that cities shall make mak such payments Some other minor changes chanres have be boon been on made In the present law but the they aro are only technical changes In lathe the thc wordIng wordIng wording word word- Ing and do 10 donot not affect the present law to any extent In Its application The Tho bills have o been heen studied carefully from every standpoint and have ha been gone over o by a a. number of or persons who know tho the needs of th the courts After much study and also after having made mado some minor changes they pronounced pronounced pronounced pro pro- the bill solid and declared declare that It covers the discrepancies In tho the present law An A effort will be bo ma made e eto to have the tho hilt bill passed There Thero 8 0 to be little disposition on tho the part of legislators to fight tight the propos proposed pro pro- proposed pos posed d changes in the tIme law as most of ot them recognized the manner In which the work worl of the tho Juvenile courts i III Is II I hampered by tho the statutes now In I effect |
