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V'\ f s « "" ds eP e "_;,._,, 3 ons : UM]T "ME 3 Femal C-; -nmno. twbe Given Regulations Governing At-- | emailes | f L Than Two Years . tendance of 14 to 18 , onger an | $ ' ger. w ., -- _ Year Old Pupils ; ' in Refuges \ a menerte iemey , * t e en | Thursday's debate in the Legisla -- | An aftermath of the inquiry into | ture on the extension of the school f | the circumstances surrounding the, age has (brought its result. The [ |gdeath of Alice Halloran at the | Adolescent School Age Bill, which | | House of the Good Shepherd recent-- was referred to by Hon. Dr. Cody at j ly was heard in the Legislature yes-- that, time was introduced in the | terday. Hon. W, D. McPherson, House last night by the Prime Min-- || the Provincial Secretary, introduced 1 ister, Sir William Hearst. The chief' \ j isti g feature of the bill is that it provides xisti law N C | * blll. amendit'« ".le rigl.. i 3e for compulsery part--time educatxon] * || || soverning such institutions, Here-- of boys and girls between the ages | j tofore it has been permissible to of foux-teen'and eighteen. . s s between the ages The bill introduced by the Prime °* :oe recales s twf A gt Minister divides adolescents into two | '54 lauein es td ioty e years -tO classes: those between the ages of |, | |f industrial refuges fo.r an'i'nde\fi{u'e fourteen and eighteen, who will be |J period _ not exceeding five ye.a]r:s. required to continue part--time edu-- : ' Parents or guardians have dM; ! cation for 400 hours each year, and j' J been able to have children placed | those between the ages of sixteen |f in Houses of Correction without parl 'and eighteen, who will have to have|' > | diclal inquiry. 'The main object of 320 hours part--time education each Jthe amendments is to take care | year. The phraseology of the bill is j JJ[of_those cases. s . such that boys and girls between the | t In future Magistrates will only be ages of fourteen and eighteen will | |\ |fFpermitted to sentence females to ! not be able to secure employment | ;ij such institutions for an indetermin-- [ unless they _ are able tao producel |Late period not exceeding two years. | school dismission certificates or em--, '.} The inspector is also given power =-- ployment permits . issued by -- the|/ to parole inmates upon such condi-- school attendance officer--an otficial' |ftions as may be deemed proper. It provided under an act now going | |Ewill also be necessary for the super-- through the House. 4 Nintendents to keep records of the 7 However, there are a numbe:' of |fieonduct of inmates with a view to exceptions provided for in the act. fpermitting them to 'be released on These provide that illness or p]]ysi-, 'Dparole. cal condition will be taken as an ex-- »3§'! The amendments also provide that ecuse, and in the case of a boy or girl' ' W &ll inmates shall be examined by | under sixteen the act will not apply | ;f' he medical practitioner in charge | if he or she has passed the matricu-- | f [Fii&n a reports forwarded to the de-- ; lation of a recognized university, or , ' |[partment in order that the officials : has completed a course of examina-- ; | ay <be thoroughly advised as to | tion equivalent to matriculation. M e health of the inmates. Provi-- | _ The act also places upon urban | \W#ion is made for removal of feeble-- | centres of 5,000 population or over | 1 ([¥ninded inmates to hospitals for the duty of providing such F'('""S"S' roper treatment, and similar pro-- for part--time education. Smalleri [ ¥ision is made for those suffering centres "may'"' provide them. How-- om venereal diseases. A board ever, even if the act becomes law * p y three legally--qualified medical this session--and that is not expected practitioners will pass upou those --it will not become law until the linmates who are to be transferred. 1ieutenant--Governor issues a procla-, : o f mation. ' e e . 3. .'-',"' i '-; _U( F TA w + , «e E5: .;A A -- W:f#' 3 . s Te : 3 y s To o i P i h e o e n e ie mm n