The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-08
WOULD MAKE AIR
MEN RESPONSIBLE
Uniform State Law on Avia-
ton Proposed at Nation
al Meeting
FIX RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ILLEGITIMATES

| Would Hold Mother and Father RespOn-
sible for Their SuppOrt-Joint Guard
| ianship for Minor Children Also Pro-
| posed-Other Laws.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. s CAS-
ISOLATED Press. Proposed uniform state
laws for the regulation of aviation.
establishment of Joint parental guar
dianship of children, protection of lille
Ultimate children, establishment of de-
| claratory judgements, extradition of
| persons charged with crime and crea-
| ton of uniform commercial acts. were
submitted to the thirty second annual
meeting of the commissioners on uni
| form state laws meeting here today.
Dangerous flying over populous sec
| lions of the country by aviators would
| be made a misdemeanor by the uniform
aviation act proposed to the conference.
| Owner or leasors of aircraft which
| cause damage "are absolutely 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.
Ownership In the Air.
STATUTE
ownership of the space above the lands
and waters of the state is declared to be
vested IN the several owners of the sur
face beneath, subject to the right of
fight
This right of flight contained in the
draft said that flight in aircraft over
the lands and waters of this state is
lawful, unless at such a low altitude as
to interfere with the existing use to
which the land or water, or the space
over the land or water, is put by the
owner, or unless so lawfully conducted
as to be iminently dangerous to persons
or property lawfully on the land or
water beneath
The registration of aircraft. licensing
of pilots and establishment of rules for
aerial navigation should be left to the
national government the committee be-
heves.
Protects Legitimate
In the law for the protection of lille
climate children proposed by a special
committee of the conference, both the
mother and the father would be held re-
sponsible 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" the
statute would state. "The father owes
the child maintenance and support, hav-
ing regard to the condition in the life of
the mother. until it attains the age of
IA, or If the child is physically or men
tally incapable of working, until the
child arrives at full age" the report
saws
Failure Of the father to support his
child would subject him to a fine not
exceeding $1,000 or Imprisonment for
not more than one year.
The wife and husband are made Joint
natural guardians of their minor chill
dren under provision of a proposed law
submitted by the committee on Joint
parental guardianship. Each would be
held equally responsible for the care.
nurture, welfare and education of the
children and the care and management
of their estates Both would have equal
powers, rights and duties and neither
have one right paramount to the right
of the other.
Other Proposals
A uniform fiduciaries act which the
committee believes would relieve per
sons dealing with Judiciary. is recon-
spOniblity of burden of inquiry int
the good faith of the fduciary, is recon-
mended by the committee on uniform
commercial acts. The general purpose
is said to be ''to establish uniform and
definite rules in place of the diverse and
indefinite rules now prevailing as to
constructive notice of breaches of fidu-
ciary obligations"
Under the proposed declaratory judg-
ment act, courts within their respective
Jurisdictions would have the power to
declare rights, status and other legal
relations whether or not further relief
could be obtained in the court, the
declaration to have the same force as a
final Judgment or decree by the Judge
This power would be limited to matters
involving construction or validity of
legal question in relation to municipal
ordinance or state law.