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Show oo WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF UTAH TO BE CARED FOR Down in Kansas City, Mo., a judge of a court who frequently was put j zled to know what to do with children brought belore him. whose mothers were compelled to work away from home for a living, thereby depriving the youngsters of proper guidance andi care, decided that the solution of the vexatious problem was none other than a recognition by the state of I's full duty toward those mothers upon' whom rested the responsibility Of I making a livelihood for ineir ch'l j dren. As a result, the state of Missouri Mis-souri enacted legislation whereby a helping band was extended to every family so distressed The law has been in effect 6ome time and the re ports are excellent results are being obtained. Yesterday, in the Utah legislature, I a bill wqb Introduced providing similar sim-ilar aid for heavily burdened mothers moth-ers A mother compelled to work away from home is to receive $10 a month for one child under the oge of Ifj and $7 a month for each additional I child under 15 The money is to be paid out under the supervision of the juvenile court The measure provides pro-vides that the county commissioners of each county are empowered to supply sup-ply a sum for the purposes of the act not to exceed $5000 each year. Conditions are prescribed for the guidance of the Juvenile court in administering ad-ministering 'be fund It 1b specified thai the child or children must be living liv-ing with their mother; the allowance shall be made only when in the ab-; ab-; sence of the allowance a mother would ! be required to work regularly away I from her home aud children, and when by mdans of the allowance, she would be able to remain at home with ; her children; the mother must be a proper person morally, physically and mentally for the bringing up of her children, the allowance shall, lu the I . judgment of the court be necessary to save the children from neglect; no I person Is to receive the benefit of the 'allowance who shall not have been a resident of the county in which the application 16 made lor at least two years. The allowance Is to cease when the child reaches the age of 15 years The Juvenile court may order a discontinuance discontin-uance of the payment before thui age Is reached if It deems that course proper. pro-per. The cottri Is also given ower to modify the allowance. It Is provided that should the fund authorized be sufficient to permit an i allowance to only a part of the per , 'sons coming within the law. the juvenile juve-nile court Is to Belect those cases mi most urgent need of the allowance The provisions of the law do not apply to any mother who Is not dependent de-pendent upon her own efforts for tbe maintenance oi her children. A protection against fraud Is provided pro-vided in the section which says thai) any person attempting to procure an ! allowance lor a person not entitled to the benefit shall be deemed guilty oil a misdemeanor As a matter of record, it Is requlr. that in each case where an allowance is made a Judgment entry to that ei feet Is to be entered upon the record, of the Juvenile court and any tax paying citizen may at an- time flic a motion to set aside the Judgmen:. upon which motion the Juvenile courts cour-ts to hear evidence. Appeal to the district court Is also provided. The safeguards against fraud should prove ample The good to be nccom pllshed cannot be measured in do! lars We too often neglect the child, later to find that our negligence has produced a criminal, to be cared for at great expense many times the outlay that would have saved the child from moral destruction A mother, left alone to care for a family, has I right to call on a com munity a state to aid her. We de mand of that mother that she rear! her children with respect for author ity, that she send them to school, that she keep them In good environment and dress them pre6cntnbly, nnd yel we do nothing to make the attaining of those ends nosslble. Utah should be among the fore most states in protecting thoiiomes of the widows The eople of Utah lo-i lo-i day have a namo of according to Che I old more onaiderat ton I ban do any ot h j er people, they also are known Co; j I he charities they extend to the poor of every ward. Why not emphasii- this goodness of heart and liberality (of purse by comforting shielding I guiding the widows and orphans? |