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 sixrY.1a1e11T11 couennss. snnn. II. cn. 460. 1925. 1139 likely to follow such discharge; but the enumeration of grounds of discharge or variation herein shall not exclude other grounds of discharge or variation which the court, in its discretion, may deem adequate, having due regard for the welfare of the person concerned or the welfare of others or the welfare of the community. On any petition of discharge or variation the court may discharge the feebleminded person from all supervision, control, and care, or make such variation of the order as to maintenance as the court thinks fit imder all the circumstances appearing on the hearing of the petition. The tn8i>1ep°¤iiiii€§ii1°<]£’1i°¤°.i"n superintendent of the institution having the feeble-minded person “‘”· in charge must be notified of the time and place of hearing on any petition for discharge or variation, as the court shall direct, and no order of discharge or variation shall be entered without giving such superintendent a reasonable opportunity to be heard; and the court may notify such other persons, relatives, and friends of the feebleminded person as the court may think proper of the time and place of the hearing on any petition for discharge or variation of prior order. No person shall be charged with any ter degree of °$;‘;“°°°"”*¤**°¤°* financial responsibility for the support of such feeilgiiminded person ` by variation of the order as to maintenance without notice and a reasonable opportunity to be heard. The denial of one petition for ,,,,’2§'§§,‘}f,°,,',‘{,,*{°,f,§,‘{°“ discharge or variation shall be no bar to another on the same or. different grounds within a reasonable time thereafter, such reasonable time to be determined b the court in its discretion, discouraging frequent, repeated, frivolxaus, ill-founded petitions for discharge or variation of prior order. Com,. www Sec. 18. Any person who shall knowingly contrive or who shall person ixinlililrbperly naconspire to have any person adjudged feeble-minded under this Act, ,“ °°°’ unlawfully and improperly, or any person who shall violate ang provision of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, an , upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding $1,000 or P¤¤*¤¤¤*°¤**¤*· imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court in which such conviction is had. Src. 19. When a child is brought before the juvenile court of mnD°}‘\f§_*;*,§ mq the District of Columbia as a dependent or delinquent child, if it nuvmnclyh mileappears to the court, on the testimony of a plhysician or psycho]- $°°§i;J°.m'§'§m ogist or other evidence, that such person or c ild is feeble-minded *°*· within the meaning of this Act, the court may adjourn the proceedings and direct some suitable officer of the court or other suitable reputable person to file a petition under this_ Act; and the court ,c}§j,j°g}§,Q,n_P°°“¤¥ ma · order that pending the preparation, filing, and hearing of sucli petition the person or chi d be detained in a place of safety or he placed under the guardianship of splme suitable person on that erson enterin into reco izance or is appearance. _ Sag 20. On the gconviction gbiy a court of record of competent a$»f’S{l,Yl$t§Z'$$°ll,t°$'§ jurisdiction of any person of any crime, misdemeanor, or any ;*‘};§{?,‘,§},‘,§§,f,‘;f,f’°g‘; violation of any ordinance which is in whole or in part a violation ·1ir¤¤=¤¤i¤sx>¢ri¤i¤¤· of any statute of the District of Columbia, the court, if satisfied on the testimony of a physician or a psychologist or other evidence that the person or child is feeble-minded within the meaning of this Act, may suspend sentence, or suspend entering an order sending the child to a reformatory, training, or industrial school, and direct that a petition be filed under this Act. When the court directs a  P¤¤di¤¢ petition to be filed it may order that pending the preparation, filing, ' and hearing of the petition, the person or child be detained_in a place of safety, or be placed_under the guardianship of any suitable person on that person entering into a recognizance for his appear- sentence ignngnsegiln ance. If upon the hearing of said petition or upon any subsequent §§{,§;§_ “° °° °' hearing under this Act the person is found not to be feeble-minded, the court shall impose sentence.