Pennsylvania Act 1911-266 — JUVENILE DELINQUENTS, SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF

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JUVENILE DELINQUENTS, SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF
                  Act of Jun. 7, 1911, P.L. 676, No. 266              Cl. 23
                                  AN ACT

     To provide for the payment for the maintenance and support of
        children or minors, who have been or who may be sentenced by
        the several courts of quarter sessions of the peace within
        this Commonwealth, under the various juvenile court acts of
        this Commonwealth, where such minors have been committed to
        institutions outside this Commonwealth.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That where the courts of
     quarter sessions of the peace of any county within this
     Commonwealth heretofore have or hereafter may sentence and
     commit children or minors, under the various juvenile court acts
     of this Commonwealth, to homes or institutions without this
     Commonwealth, in every such case such county, from which such
     child or minor has been or shall be so sentenced, shall be
     liable for a reasonable charge for such maintenance, when the
     amount is ascertained and approved as hereinafter provided for.
        Section 2.  Such institution shall prepare a written itemized
     statement of its claim, in such form and detail as the
     controller of the county shall prescribe, which statement shall
     be signed and sworn to by its president, attested by its
     secretary, and shall be under its corporate seal, if
     incorporated; or, if not incorporated, the written statement
     shall show the fact, and shall be signed and sworn to by its
     superintendent, and attested by its chief clerk; and, when so
     prepared and presented to the proper officers of the respective
     county, it shall be audited, and the sum or sums found to be
     reasonably and equitably due by such officers shall be paid.