Disposal of child.
1. Attention is called to section 224 of the Civil Code in accordance with which a child not retained by the mother must be legally relinquished before it can be adopted. This relinquishment must be expressed in writing, signed and acknowledged before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments, or before the secretary of one of the organizations mentioned below. Before adoption can take place a copy of the relinquishment must be filed with the State Board of Charities and Corrections.
2. Attention is called to Chapter 569, Statutes 1911, providing for the supervision and control by the State Board of Charities and Corrections of the placing of dependent children into homes, which makes it a misdemeanor for any person, association or society to engage in the work of placing children into homes without a license from the State Board of Charities and Corrections. The following agencies have been licensed to place dependent children into homes and to arrange for adoption:
Berkeley Welfare Society, 2120 Grove street, Berkeley.
Children’s Home Society, 919 E. Twenty-fifth street, Los Angeles.
Children’s Home Society (Branch), 3491 Sixty-sixth street, Oakland.
Catholic Ladies’ Aid Society, City Hall, Oakland.
Oakland Associated Charities, City Hall, Oakland.
Little Children’s Aid, 995 Market street, San Francisco.
Children’s Agency of the Associated Charities, 1500 Jackson street, San Francisco.