Modern Methods of Charity: An Account of the Systems of Relief, Public and Private, in the Principal Countries Having Modern Methods

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Macmillan, 1904 - 715 pages
 

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Page 265 - That is found wandering and not having any home or settled place of abode, or proper guardianship, or visible means of subsistence...
Page 485 - ... to the care of some suitable State institution, or to the care of some reputable citizen of good moral character, or to the care of some training school or an industrial school, as provided by law, or to the care of some association willing to receive it...
Page 473 - ... it shall be the duty of the said probation officer to make such investigation as may be required by the court ; to be present in court in order to represent the interests of the child when the case is heard ; to furnish to the court such information and assistance as the judge may require; and to take such charge of any child before and after trial as may be directed by the court.
Page 473 - ... its own home, subject to the visitation of the probation officer; such child to report to the probation officer as often as may be required, and subject to be returned to the court for further or other proceedings whenever such action may appear to be necessary; or the court may cause the child to be placed in a suitable family home...
Page 168 - At the dissolution of the monasteries in the reign of Henry VIII., the...
Page 174 - ... that no poor who refused to be lodged and kept in such houses should be entitled to ask for parochial relief.
Page 678 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Page 484 - For the purposes of this act the words dependent child and neglected child shall mean any child who for any reason is destitute or homeless or abandoned; or dependent upon the public for support; or has not proper parental care or guardianship; or who habitually begs or receives alms; or who is found living in any house of...
Page 677 - The objects of this association are to discuss the problems of charities and •to promote reforms in their administration; to provide uniformity of action and co-operation in all matters pertaining to the relief and betterment of the Jewish poor of the United States, without, however, interfering in any manner with the local work of any constituent society.
Page 485 - ... or whose home, by reason of neglect, cruelty or depravity on the part of its parents, guardian or other person in whose care it may be, is an unfit place for such a child...

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