...section 362 of the Criminal Code. Section 18 of the act defines the purposes of the act, as follows : "This act shall be liberally construed to the end that its purpose may be carried out, to-wit, that the child may be cared for as would be done by a court of chancery and that it may be...

...commonly called the Juvenile Court Law, is summarized in its last section as follows: " Sec. 21. — This act shall be liberally construed, to the end that its purpose may be carThis policy has been definitely adopted by nearly all of the great interior States, and is already...

...during the last twelve months. The essential aim of the new law was, as expressed in the act itself, "that the care, custody, and discipline of a child shall approximate as much as may be to that which is given byits parents, and that, in all cases where it can properly be...

...dealt with in the Juvenile Court (sec. 30). Section 31' strikes the keynote of the Act. It reads : " This Act shall be liberally construed to the end that...purpose may be carried out, to wit: That the care and custody and discipline of a juvenile delinquent shall approximate as nearly as may be that which...

...furnish, through agencies of the state, for delinquent children that care, custody, and discipline which shall approximate, as nearly as may be, that which should be given by their parents. To carry out such purpose, jurisdiction is conferred upon the county courts, and an...

...This is clearly pointed out in section 19, where it directs "that the care, custody, and disposition of a child shall approximate as nearly as may be that which should be given by its parents." The same purpose is manifested in sections 15 and 16, where provision is made for binding over to the...

...declared to be a delinquent, and methods are provided whereby "the care and custody and discipline of the child shall approximate as nearly as may be that which should be given by Its parents, and that, as far as practicable, any delinquent child shall be treated not as a criminal but as misdirected...

...comprehensive bit of legislation. The spirit and aim of the law is well expressed by its last section : " This act shall be liberally construed to the end that its purpose may be carried out, to-wit, that the care, custody and discipline of a child shall approximate as nearly as may be that...

...Sec. 13. This act shall be liberally construed to the end that its purpose may be carried out, to-wit: That the care, custody and discipline of a child shall...may be that which should be given •by its parents. of the judge of probate. Suit to recover the same from the parents shall be brought by the county attorney...

...were personally in court and consented thereto whether made party to the proceedines or not. Sec. 13. This act shall be liberally construed to the end that its purpose may be carried out, to-wit: That the care, custody and discipline of a child shall approximate as nearly as may be that...