Report of the Children's Commission to the governor and legislature, January, 1915.

  • New Hampshire. Children's Commission.
Date:
1914
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Credit: Report of the Children's Commission to the governor and legislature, January, 1915. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Brandeis University Libraries, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University.

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    An Act to provide for the Appointment of a Commis- sion of Three Persons to investigate Matters relating to the welfare of the dependent, de- FECTIVE and Delinquent Children of the State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: Section i. That the governor and council be hereby authorized to appoint three suitable persons who shall in- vestigate all matters relating to the welfare of the dependent, defective and delinquent children of the state, especially the questions of orphanage, juvenile courts, detention homes, desertion, physical and mental degeneracy, infant mortality, accidents and diseases, and make report, with recommenda- tions concerning the above matters, to the legislature of 1915, said commission to serve without compensation except for necessary expenses, and the governor is hereby author- ized to draw his warrant for such actual reasonable expenses of said commission. Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved April 15, 1913.