CHAPTER 437

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 68-291 and 63-293, as amended, of the
Code of Virginia, relating to children detained or placed in custody by
the Board of Welfare and Institutions, and the cost of maintenance

thereof. CH 248]
Approved March 31, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 63-291 and 63-293, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be
amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 63-291. The State Board is hereby authorized and empowered to
receive children committed to it by the courts of the State pursuant to *
§ 16.1-178 of the Code of Virginia and is authorized to establish one or
more receiving homes for the care, supervision and study of children thus
committed to it, or to make arrangements with satisfactory persons, in-
stitutions, or agencies, or with cities or counties maintaining places of
detention for children, for the temporary care of such children as may be
committed to the Board.

§ 63-293. For the maintenance of * each child detained or placed by
the Board in a boarding home as provided by §§ 63-291 and 63-292 there
shall be paid by the State out of the appropriation for criminal expenses *
a per diem allowance not to exceed two dollars and twenty-five cents for
each child, and for each child placed by the Board in an institution other
than one of those operated by the State of Virginia, a monthly amount not
in excess of the average monthly cost of maintaining a ward in the training
schools operated by the Department of Welfare and Institutions.