The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-02
UNIFORM STATE
AIRCRAFT LAWS
NOW PROPOSED
Thirty-Second Annual Meeting
of Commissioners Opens
in San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO. Calf, Aug 2.
-CBy The Associated Press. D
Proposed uniform state laws for
the regulation of aviation. estab-
lishment Of joint parental guar
dianship Of, children, protection OF
illegitimate children, establish
ment of declaratory judgments, eS-
tradition of persons charged with
crime and creation of uniform
comm ercial acts, were submitteu
to the thirty second annual meet
ing of the commissioners on uni
form state laws meeting here to-
day.
Commissioners. from every state
in the nation and from the United
States possessions attending the
conference will consider and act
on the proposed statutes this
week. Committees submitting
their reports recommended defin-
lite drafts OF the laws that they
had drawn up,
Dangerous flying over populons
sections of the country by aya-
tors would be made a misdeme anor
by the uniform aviation act pro-
posed to the conference. Owners
or lessons of aircraft which cause
damage are BIS olutely liable for
injury to persons or property on
the land or water beneath. caused
by the ascent, descent or flight of
the aircraft, or the dropping or
falling of any object therefrom",
the proposed law states.
Under the suggested statute the
the lands and waters of the state
is declared to be vested in the
several owners of the surface be-
meath, subject to the right of
flight.
This right OF flight contained
in the draft said that flight in
aircraft over the lands and
waters Of this state is lawful I'M
less at such low altitude as to
interfere with the existing use to
which the land or water. or the
space over the land or Eeter,t is
put by the owner. or unless SO
conducted as to be iminently
dangerous to persons or property
lawfully on the land or water be-
meath.
The registra ton of aircraft. IL
censing Of pilots and establishment
of rules for, aerial navigation
should be left to the national gov
eminent the committee believes.
In the law for the protection OF
illegitimate children proposed by
a special committee Of the confer
ence, both the mother and father
would be held responsible for the
support of the children born out
Of wedlock. The mother owes her
child maintenance and support as
if the same were born in wedlock".
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father owes the child maintenance
and support, having regard to the
condition in the life of the mother.
until it attains the age of II. or
if the child is physically or mem
tally incapable of working. until
the child arrives at full age" the
report says.
Failure of the father to support
his child would subject him to a
fine OF not exceeding $1,000 or ini-
prisonment for not more than one
year-
The wife and husband are made
joint natural guardians of their
minor-children under provision Of
a proposed law submitted by the
committee on Joint parental guar
dianship Each would be held
equally responsible for the care.
welfare and education of the chill
dren and the care and manage
ment of their estates. Roth would
have equal powers. rights and
duties. and neither have one right
paramount to the right of the
other.
A uniform fiduciaries act which
the committee believes would re-
lieve persons dealing with a fidu-
ciary from the responsibility Of a
burden of inquiry into the good
faith of the fiduciary. is recon-
mended by the committee on uni
form commercial acts. The general
purpose is said to be "to establish