Social Welfare Laws of the Forty-eight States

adoption agency almshouse amount annually application appointed approved authorized blind board of charities board of control board of county board of public board of supervisors boys Castle county certificate chapter charge child or children child welfare clerk commission committed consent county board county commissioners county treasurer county welfare board custody deemed delinquent children department of public dependent detention discharge district dollars duties expenses feeble-minded freeholders fund furnish girls governor hearing hereby hospital imprisonment indigent industrial school inmates institution investigation judge jurisdiction juvenile court legal guardian license maintenance marriage ment minor misdemeanor mother municipal municipal board necessary neglected overseers paid parent or guardian parole pauper pension petition poor person poorhouse probate court probation officer proceedings proper public welfare purpose receive relief residence salary settlement suitable superintendent supervision therein thereof tion town township trustees tuberculosis