Chap. 104.—An ACT providing additional powers and duties of the State
board of charities and corrections. (H. B. 20.)

Approved March 4, 1916.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the State board of charities and corrections, in addition to the
powers and duties of said board under the laws in force prior
to the passage of this act shall:

2. Make and keep a register of all the feeble-minded per-
sons in the State, with a history of each case, the names of their
parents or guardians and of the individuals or institutions in
whose custody such persons may be from time to time.

3. Take such legal steps as may be necessary to protect
feeble-minded persons in any county or city in the State.

4. Institute proceedings for the commitment and secure
registration of all feeble-minded persons.

5. License and inspect all private institutions for the care
and training of the feeble-minded; and no person, firm or cor-
poration shall engage in business of caring for and training
feeble-minded persons until a license for such purpose shall
have been obtained from the State board of charities and cor-
rections, subject, in case of refusal, to an appeal to the circuit
court of the county or corporation court of the city in which
such business is proposed to be conducted, which may affirm
the action of the State board of charities and corrections or re-
verse the same and grant the license. Any violation of this
act shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand
dollars; and each day such business is conducted without a li-
cense shall constitute a separate offense.

_6. Deport such non-residents of this State as may be found
within the same and liable to become charges upon the State
or some sub-division thereof, when, in the Judgment of the
court such deportation is necessary.

7. Give notice and instructions confidentially to the parents
and guardians of such mentally defective children as are not
dependent upon the care of the State and are not a menace to
themselves, to others and to the community.

8. Receive such feeble-minded children as may be turned
over to it by the courts (under chapter three hundred and fifty,
page six hundred and ninety-six, Acts of Assembly, nineteen
hundred and fourteen), having control of such children, and
to make such agreements and contracts as to the custody, main-
tenance and training of said children as it may deem proper,
if in accordance with the laws of this State.

9. Place such feeble-minded children committed to it by
any court in the home of the parents or guardians or other per-
sons, when it is not expedient for such children to be placed
in an institution for the feeble-minded. All feeble-minded chil-
dren placed in homes shall be visited from time to time by
agents of the State board of charities and corrections and if
the rules laid down by the said board are not followed by the
persons having custody of such children, the said board shall
have the right to place such children elsewhere.

10. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are to that extent hereby repealed.