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and such guardian shall exercise proper care for the schooling and train-
ing of such child, and make report to said Court as often as directed by
the order of appointment; and if any child so placed in a home or institu-
tion, or in any custody whatsoever, shall leave or quit the same before
attaining adult age, and without leave of said Court, he or she shall be
apprehended and brought before said Court, and said Court shall award
the custody of said child as said Court shall determine to be best for the
interest of said child and the community. All orders of the Court shall
be noted fully in the docket provided for by this sub-title, and the originals
carefully preserved in the Clerk's Office, and a duplicate copy made and
presented to the custodian so appointed.

An. Code, sec. 56. 1916, ch. 326, sec. 10.

56. In any proceeding begun by petition under this sub-title, wherein
the parent or parents or other person charged by law with the support of
any dependent, neglected or delinquent child shall be made defendant or
defendants, the said Court shall have full power and authority to require
such parent or parents or other person so charged, to pay in full or in part
the cost of maintaining such child, and said Court shall have full power
and authority to assess the costs of such proceeding against such parent
or parents or other person so charged. Costs in such cases shall be taxed in
the customary amount, but in no case shall any appearance fee be allowed,
and fees to witnesses shall be allowed only in the discretion of said Court.

In no case shall any person filing a petition under this sub-title be held
liable for any costs of the case unless the Court shall be satisfied that the
case was instituted without reasonable grounds or through prejudice, upon
which finding all costs of the proceeding may be assessed against the peti-
tioner in discretion of said Court.

An. Code, sec. 57. 1916, ch. 326, sec. 11.

57. Except as hereinbefore provided, all costs incurred in the prose-
cution of cases under this sub-title shall be paid by the County Commis-
sioners of the County wherein said cases shall be prosecuted, and it shall
be the duty of the County Commissioners of each of the several Counties
to make all levies and appropriations necessary to provide for the pay-
ment of the salaries, fees, expenses and costs made by this sub-title payable
by the County Commissioners of such County.

An. Code, sec. 58. 1916, ch. 326, sec. 12.

58. No Justice of the Peace in and for any of the several Counties
shall commit for any reason a child under fourteen years of age to a jail
or police station to be confined with other prisoners. If any such child
shall be unable to give bail for his or her appearance as and where de-
manded, he or she shall be committed to the care of a probation officer of
the Circuit Court for said County, or to the custody of some society or
juvenile institution organized for the care of children.