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§ 31. Society to place minors in families of same religious denomination as their parents

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 11 P.S. Children

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 11 P.S. Children (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 2. Care and Commitment of Minors in General (Refs & Annos)
11 P.S. § 31
§ 31. Society to place minors in families of same religious denomination as their parents
Currentness
It shall be the duty of the duty of the1 society, to whom a commitment shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the first section of this act,2 when the minors so committed to it are placed in respectable families, subject to the visitation and supervision of such person as may from time to time be appointed for such purpose by the judges of the court of common pleas of the county in which such commitment shall be made, to select, so far as it may be possible, families of the same religious denomination as that to which the parents of children committed to its care shall belong.

Credits

1893, June 8, P.L. 399, No. 301, § 5.

Footnotes

1
The repetition of the words “duty of the” appears superfluous.
2
11 P.S. § 27.
11 P.S. § 31, PA ST 11 P.S. § 31
Current through 2023 Regular Session Act 1. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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