Biennial Report of the Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities of the State of Illinois

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Page 291 - ... months next preceding the commitment. The court may at any time require from any association receiving or desiring to receive children under the provisions of this act, such reports, information and statements as the judge shall deem proper or necessary for his action, and the court shall in no case be required to commit a child to any association whose standing, conduct or care of children or ability to care for the same is not satisfactory to the court.
Page 381 - When any child under the age of sixteen (16) years shall be found to be dependent or neglected, within the meaning of this act, the court may make an...
Page 442 - ... with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust or passions or sexual desires of such person or of such child, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned in the State prison for a term of from one year to life.
Page 381 - The court may, when the health or condition of the child shall require It, cause the child to be placed in a public hospital or institution for treatment or special care, or in a private hospital or institution, which will receive it for like purpose without charge.
Page 286 - ... shall have the right to approve an age and schooling certificate, and shall have the same rights and powers as the superintendent of public schools to issue the certificate herein provided, for children attending such schools.
Page 425 - Books, pamphlets, and other reading matter in raised characters for the use of the blind, whether prepared by hand or printed, in single volumes, not exceeding...
Page 414 - Association continues to cover its very general field, the American Statistical Association, the American Economic Association and the American Academy of Political and Social Science have added greatly to the expert personnel and equipment of their several departments of research. The recent organization in London of the "Sociological Society" for the study of social theory and the "Institute of Social Service...
Page 286 - An age and schooling certificate shall be approved only by the superintendent of schools or by a person authorized by him in writing...
Page 378 - ... to our everlasting Father's arms and home ? Are not these the things that most we need in the world ? We have found the Christ and loved him and revered him and accepted him, for nowhere else, in no other prophet, have we found the moral relations of men better represented than in the Golden Rule, " Do unto others that which you would have others do unto you.
Page 363 - PREVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy most gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help ; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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