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the order of admission. When placed out, the children are to be visited by the county superintendents of instruction at least twice each year and reports made to the institution. The superintend- ents receive their expenses and $3 per day for the time spent in the performance of this duty. 1

In 1895 Colorado established a state home "for children of sound mind and body under sixteen years of age who are depend- ent upon the public for support." The provisions for a state agent, for placing out, etc., are essentially the same as those in the states described above. Each child placed out must be visited quarterly by the county superintendent, a county com- missioner, one of the county visitors or the state agent, and its condition reported to the state home. 2

In accordance with an act of March 2, 1893, Montana estab- lished an orphans' home for the care of orphans, foundlings, and destitute children, which in many respects is not different from the state public schools described above. It is primarily for children under the age of twelve, but the board of trustees may admit others under the age of sixteen. Facilities for education, "literary, technical, and industrial, as can be made beneficial to

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The law providing for the creation of this instititution states., its purpose as fol- lows : " Said orphans' home shall be an institution to afford a temporary home with- out charge for the classes of children hereinafter mentioned, and to provide them with such advantages of education and training as may be necessary to fit them to enter

homes secured for them All children with sound minds and bodies, who are

over the age of two years and under the age of fourteen years, and who belong to either of the following classes, shall be eligible for admission to said home : First, any child who is dependent upon the public for support ; second, any abandoned, neglected, or ill- treated child whose condition is an object of public concern, and over whom the state may have power to exercise its authority and extends its protection ; provided, that in the event of a lack of room in said institution the children of soldiers and sailors who served in the Union army or navy during the late rebellion shall have preference in the order of admission."

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In the supplement we find a note reading as follows : "This institution was estab- lished as a result of a quickened public conscience upon the subjects of waifs of the state, a comprehensive understanding of the relation of the state to the child, and the demonstrated effect of such institutions in decreasing crime." Park vs. Commissioners of Soldiers and Sailors' Home, 22 Colorado.