The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13
APPLICATIONS READY
Judge Taylor Declares That Careful
Study Will Be Made in Every Case
Before Any of the $4,000 Appropri-
ated by County Board Is Paid Out.


application for "mother' pension
this morning. It was filed with
County Judge George w. Taylor and
it has been taken under consideration.
The name of the petitioner has not
been made public, bit it is announced
that she is woman with three minor
children who are in need Of support.
Just when the county judge will act
on the matter is not known Applica-
ton blanks are now being given out
for the operation of the law and with
in short time there will be twenty
FIVE hundred dollars in the county
treasury which will be available for
the payment of these pensions. The
money is to be paid out on orders from
Judge Randall and Judge Taylor.
It is understood that the names of
petitioners will not be made public and
the only time that the reports on the
amounts paid out under the act will
be given to the public will be in the
annual report of the judges in connec-
ton with the expenditures of the fund
provided by the county board.
The formal application for the re-
lief from the county demands the full
history of every case to be acted upon.
The petitioner must state all facts
connected with the lives of the child
rem for which relief is sought and it
must be shown clearly that there is
reason. for the county to grant such
support. IF it is shown that children
are crippled provision is made for them
to be received at the state public
school to be cared for at the expense
of the county, but children to be sent
to the home must be physically able
to go up and down the stairs
at the school.
Judges Taylor and Randall on whose
shoulders has been placed the admin
istration of the act in Kenosha county
are planning to make a trip to NIL
waukee within the next few days to
make an investigation of the methods
followed in the division Of the money
appropriated by the county board in
that county. Milwaukee county has
appropriated sixty thousand dollars to
be used as fund to take care of neg
lected children there and the county
judges of the county have made vice
study of the law and the methods of
it's administration.
"We want to be careful to see that
this law is not abused in Kenosha
county" said Judge Taylor this morn
ing. "There has been a lot of people
around looking for applications for re
lief, but we have declined to give out
any until today, on account of the
fact that we had no assurance
that there would be any funds
to meet payments if we ordered
them. 1t is possible now that these
payments will be delayed for sew
eral months The law is not aimed
as a general law to take care Of
all people in hard luck It is a law
for the protection of neglected child
rem and as understand it, the money
is to be paid out only for the support
OF children and only when 1T is shown
to the judges in charge Of its admins
tration that there is real demand
for it. The fund set aside in Kenosha
county is not large and it is going to
be guarded in order that it may be
placed where it will relieve real suf-
fering. The applications which have
just been received are in keeping with
the provisions of the law and every
condition named in these applications
must be met before any formal order
is issued
The attorney general has recently
given out an opinion that it is
mandatory on all counties of the
state to provide fund for the pay
ment of these pensions.