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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Cs. 908. 1928. 1005 provisions of section 17 to 24 of this Act, shall for the first offense For first offense. b e warned by the director of the department of school attendance and work permits and the parent, guardian, or custodian of such minor shall be notified. For any subsequent violation, while under Action of court, ete., the care of said parent, guardian, or custodian, and with his or her tionsnbsegnent vi ol knowledge or consent, said minor may, in the discretion of the court, be deemed to be lacking in proper parental care and guardianship, and m ay on petiti on fil ed for that purpose, and in the discr etion of the court, be committed to the board of public welfare of the District of Columbia until twenty-one years of age or for a shorter period as th e court m ay see fi t, the sa id board of publi c welfare being he reby expressly authorized and required to receive minors so committed. The court may, instead of immediat e commitment, suspen d the Supervision pr , bation of ficer of ju ve. e« imposition or execution of judgment of commitment, or may, after nlle court, etc. partial hearing and instead of proceeding to judgment, suspend further proceedings without judgment, with the consent of the parent, guardian, or custodian of said minor, and in either event may assi gn a proba tion offi cer o f the juv enile cour t to exer cise probationary s upervision over said minor, said probati onary supervision to continue in force and the said minor to remain under the jurisdiction and control of the court as a ward of the court until said minor attains the age of seventeen years, or unless sooner discharged by order of the court or committed to said board of public welfare, the court hereby being given power to withdraw said case from said probationary supervision at any time during said probation period, and after a hearing may commit said minor at once to the said board if, in the opinion of the court, the best interests and Revocation of badge, welfare of said minor shall so require. Upon the recommendation of etc. the principal or chief executive officer of the school which such minor is at tendin g or u pon th e comp laint of any school atten dance office r, or anv officer authorized to enforce this Act, the badge of any minor who violates any provision of this Act, or who becomes delinquent, or who fails to comply with all the legal requirements concerning school attendance, may be revoked by the director of the department of school attendance and work permits for such period as the said officer may require ; and upon revocation said officer shall so notify enk Notification Cat ion to par- the parent, guardian, or custodian having such minor in charge, and it shall thereupon become the duty of said parent, guardian, or custodian to surrender or require said minor to surrender said badge Effect of revocation. to the said officer. After notice to such minor and his parent, guardian, or custodian of revocation of such badge, he shall be deemed to be in the same status as a minor without a bade. The Ro efu sal latio tosurrender , b a vin. refusal of any such minor to surrender his badge upon such revocation shall be deemed a violation of this Act. SEC. 23 . Any person who, either for himself or as agent of any Pers on of feri ng mi nor under 16 an article to be other person, or of any firm, corporation, or company, furnishes or sold in a public place, must ascertain if minor sells or offers for sale to any minor under sixteen any article of any wears his own badge. description to be used for the purpose of sale or distribution in any public place, shall first ascertain that said minor wears his own badge in plain sight as herein provided, and if said minor has no badge, no article shall be furnished or sold to him. Any person who ureiocomply, ete. faii- fails to comply with the foregoing provision, or who furnishes or sells or offers for sale to any minor any article of any description, with the knowledge that he intends to sell or distribute such article in vio lation of an y prov ision of thi s Act, or aft er hav ing re ceived written notic e from any o fficer charg ed with the e nforce ment o f this Act, that such min or is sel ling such article in violat ion of an y provi- sion of said Act, or any person who procures any minor to violate any provision of said Act, shall for a first offense be punished by a For first offense. fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100, or by imprisonment

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