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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 - Child welfare
 

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Page 21 - ... such county, city and county, city, or town shall be entitled to receive the same pro rata appropriations as may be granted to such institutions under church or other control. An accurate statement of the receipts and expenditures of public moneys shall be attached to and published with the laws at every regular session of the Legislature.
Page 269 - This section was entirely unnecessary, for without it a delinquent child can be tried only by a jury for a crime charged; but, as already stated, the act is not for the trial of a child charged with a crime, but is mercifully to save it from such an ordeal, with the prison or penitentiary in its wake, if the child's own good and the best interests of the state justify such salvation.
Page 135 - ... physically to care for and bring up such child or children, provided such widow has been a resident of the county or of the city wherein the application for an allowance is made for a period of two years Immediately preceding the application, and whose deceased husband was a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State at the time of his death.
Page 35 - If the parent or parents of such dependent or neglected child are poor and unable to properly care for the said child, but are otherwise proper guardians and it is for the welfare of such child to remain at home, the court may enter an order finding such facts and fixing the amount of money necessary to enable the parent or parents to properly care for such child, and thereupon it shall be the duty of the County Board...
Page 17 - ... the allowance shall be made only when in the absence of such allowance, the mother would be required to work regularly away from her home and children, and when by means of such allowance, she will be able to remain at home with her children...
Page 179 - When any child under the age of sixteen (16) years shall be found to be dependent or neglected within the meaning of this act, the court may make an order...
Page 182 - On the return of the summons or other process, or as soon thereafter as may be, the court shall proceed to hear and dispose of the case in a summary manner.
Page 79 - The commission shall elect annually, from among its members, a chairman, a vice chairman and a treasurer. The commission may appoint an executive director and fix his duties and compensation.
Page 58 - ... home with her children, except that she may be absent for work a definite number of days each week to be specified in the court's order...
Page 182 - In any case where the court shall award a dependent child to the care of any association or individual in accordance with the provisions of this act, the child shall unless otherwise ordered become a ward and be subject to the guardianship of the association or individual to whose care it is committed.

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