Note 1 — Chapter I · THE RIGHT TO CHILDHOOD

One of the curiosities of legislation is that provision of the penal code of New York which reads as follows: Penal Code—Sec. 292a (Laws 1893, Ch. 692): “A corporation or person employing messenger boys who knowingly sends or permits any person to send any messenger boy to any disorderly house, unlicensed saloon, inn, tavern or other unlicensed place, where malt or spiritous liquors or wines are sold, on any errand or business whatsoever, except to deliver telegrams at the door of such house, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and incurs a penalty of fifty dollars, to be recovered by the district attorney.”