Note 654 — Chapter IV · (continued 2)

Hansard, 28th May 1887, vol. 315, p. 857. The policy of the Central Authority was apparently against allowing the guardians to assume parental responsibilities. In 1889 Mr. Ritchie had prepared a Bill "to provide that, on application to the justices, an Order might be made detaining a child already under the care of the guardians or boarded out" (Local Government Chronicle, 23rd March 1889, p. 238), but not extending the duties or responsibilities of the guardians.