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ARTICLE 4.

ALMSHOUSES AND TRUSTEES OF THE POOR.

3. Pauper children to he placed in family, school or institution.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 3. 1912, sec. 3. 1904, sec. 2. 1888, sec. 2. 1906, ch. 32.

1927, ch. 689.

3. It shall be the duty of the County Commissioners and Trustees of
the Poor of the counties of this State to place all such pauper children
who are in their charge in some respectable family in the State, or in
some educational institution or home for children or under the care of
some other child caring agency or agencies which agency or agencies
previously shall have been formally approved by the Board of State Aid
and Charities or to maintain them in their own homes, and it shall also
be the duty of said Trustees of the Poor of the counties of the State, or an
agent or agents to be appointed by them for the purpose, to visit such
children not less than once in every six months and to make all needful
inquiries as to their treatment and welfare, and to report to the Board
of Trustees or County Commissioners making such disposition of said
children. The County Commissioners and/or Trustees of the poor shall
place all such children with a family, institution or agency duly author-
ized as aforesaid, under the control of a person or persons of the same
religious faith or persuasion as the said child; and the wish or request
of the parent or guardian as to the place of commitment shall be respected
unless good cause to the contrary be shown. The said County Commis-
sioners shall have power to place foundlings in any proper institution or
agency qualified as aforesaid. The County Commissioners of the respect-
ive counties of this State are hereby authorized to levy and collect such
an amount as is in their opinion may be necessary and proper to carry
out the provisions of this Section.