Show Welfare Ready To Resume Lien Practice Utah state welfare elfare commissioners commission commission- ers era Thursday hu day prepared instructions for tor the Salt La Lake e county welfare department ment to resume me taking liens from fronT recipients of public assistance assistance assistance assist assist- ance whenever r recipients own property assessed at more more than The practice which was stopped by the county agency soon after Third district court ruled the lien Hen lien provision of the 1947 public assistance assistance as as- act invalid was reinstated after the state supreme court is issued issued is- is sued a stay of exe execution ution order oMer This delayed effectiveness of the tho district fourt court ruling until questions questions ques ques- Involved are reviewed in the appellate court About 60 persons scheduled to receive old age assistance allowances allowances allowances allow allow- ances this month will be withdrawn withdrawn with with- drawn from the lists and their checks canceled as a result of re reinstatement reinstatement reinstatement re- re instatement of the lien law in Salt Lake county said state welfare welfare welfare wel wel- fare officials Effectiveness of the district court order in Salt Lake county did not extend to other counties of the state which created another problem in welfare administration officials explained The ted federal ral social security act requires requires' the state to distribute federal grants- grants aid in uniformly throughout the state That was was was' impossible under the situation created by the court ruling affecting only Salt Lako Lake county said officials With the supreme court order now operative how however uniform application of the lien p provision of the state law to all counties and welfare districts will vilt be possible at l least st until the supreme court rules rules' on the pending litigation said Dr P. P T T. Farnsworth welfare commission ion chairman |