New York Laws
Article 6 - Police Matrons
96 - Woman Defined.

ยง 96. Woman defined. The term "woman" as used in this article shall
not include any female either actually or apparently under the age
sixteen years, whose care is assumed by any incorporated society for the
prevention of cruelty to children; but every such female upon being
taken to a station house shall be at once transferred therefrom by the
officer in charge to the custody of such society.