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Show MATERNITY ACT IS HELD INVALID BOSTON, May 4. The Sheppard-I Sheppard-I Towner act. providing for federal and stale co-operation In promoting ina-, ina-, ternlly and infancy welfare and lv, -glene. was declared to be unconstitutional unconstitu-tional in an opinion given the legislature legis-lature today by State Attorney General Allen. In hlS opinion he said congress had exceeded its authority In that the legislation Involved police powers which were reserved exclusively to the states. He suggested that Sdaasachus- etts might well test the validity ol the act In the supreme court. |