1891 public laws – Ch.337 Sec.16
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CHAPTER 337 An act in relation to the establishment of childrens homes in the several counties of the state and the maintenance thereof. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
The trustees, directors or managers of any institution established under the provisions of this act or to which the board of . commissioners of any county may lend aid under such provisions shall cause to be entered in a book to be provided by them for that purpose, the age, parentage, place of residence and present condition of every child received into such institution, and also the time when, the place where and the persons to whom any of the inmates of such institution have been placed or indentured or caused to be adopted, at the time when and the reasons why discharged from such institution.