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Continuance of Municipal and Parental Responsi-- bility After C h il d Reaches Age of Sixteen --Stricter -- Supervision of Child ren's Aid Societies Wards Safeguarded By New Amendments Safeguarding of Children's Aid So-- clety wards is the object of the amendment to the Children's Protec-- tion Act introduced in the Legislature by Hon. W. G. Martin, Minister of Welfare. One change in the statute is aimed at continuance of municipal and parem.al responsibility over wards after they have reached the age of 16. Accordingly, the word "child" in two geciions of the act is taken to include wards of socicties, no matter what The more important amendment is the addition of three subsections in-- tended to esiablish responsibility fotr the children's care and we'lfare. They "The constitution and by--laws of every Children's Aid Society shall con-- tain such provisions for the proper care, treatment and inspection of all children of which it is the legal guar-- dian, or which are in any way its charge, as the regulations may pre-- scribe, and a certified copy of the con-- stitution and by--laws of the Children's Aid Society shall be filed with the department forthwith after the same are adopted, and shall be subject to the approval of the Minister. carried out. "The Liecutenant -- Governor -- in -- Council, upon the recommendation of the Minister, may at any time dissolve A cmldrena"Md 8;?&)' or, without dissolving society, may dismiss from office the Board of Direc:ors cor Executive Committee or any officer or officers thereof, and direct, in case of such dismissal, the election or ap-- pointment, as the case may be, of a new board, committee or officer in its or his place." . Pirst reading was given also to the "It shall be the duty of the direc-- tors or members of the Executive Com-- mwmittee of a Children's Aid Society to ensure that the provisions of its coun-- stitution and by--laws for the proper care, treatment and inspection of all children of which i# is the legal guar-- bill of Argue Martin (Conservative, l-hmfltolict. We:::l amen%léx:c tg:i Mlt'; es To oet. olebe" prinnents along the English pattern. p in its Rbruary 15