Governor Sulzer of New York on April 11 approved two bills to give the
County Court of Ontario exclusive jurisdiction throughout the county
over cases of neglected and delinquent children, and concurrent
jurisdiction in certain offenses against children. The laws are almost
identical with the Monroe County Children’s Court Act of 1910, and make
Ontario County the second in the state to have a county children’s court
using a civil instead of a criminal procedure. The bills were framed by
the State Probation Commission at the request of County Judge Robert F.
Thompson and of the Board of Supervisors. A civil service examination
will be held in the near future for the purpose of securing a competent
probation officer for the court.