Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-08-02
NEW
UN|F F0RM STATE
LAWS PRESENTED
Regulation Of Aviation, Estab-
lishment Of Joint Parental
Guardianship, Declaratory
Judgments And Others Sub
mitted To Meeting Today
MEANS FOR PROTECTING
ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN

SAN FRANCISCO, CALF, Aug. 2.
Proposed uniform state laws for the
regulation of aviation, establishment
of joint parental guardianship of chill
dren, protection of illegitimate chill
dren, establishment of declaratory
judgments, extradition of persons
charged with crime and creation of
uniform commercial acts, were sub
mitted to the thirty-socond annual
meeting of the commissioners on uni
fern state laws meeting here today.
Commissioners from every state in
the nation and from the United States
possessions attending the conference,
will consider and act ors the propos-
ed statutes this week. Committees
submitting their reports recommended
definite drafts of the laws that they
had drawn up.
Dangerous Flying, Misdemeanor
Dangerous flying over populous sec
tions Of the country by aviators would
be made a misdemeanor by the uni
form aviation act proposed to the con-
ference. Owners or lessons of air.
craft which cause damage "are abso-
lutely liable for injury to persons or
property on the land or water be-
meath, caused by the ascent, descent
Or flight of the aircraft, or the drop
ping or falling of any object there
FROM" the proposed law states.
Under the suggested statute the
ownership of the space above the
lands and waters of the state is de-
clared to be vested in the several
owners of the surface beneath, sub
ject 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 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 conduct
ed as to be iminently dangerous to
persons or property lawfully on the
land or water beneath"
The registration of aircraft, licens-
ing of pilots and establishment of
rules for aerial navigation should be
left to the national government the
committee believes.
Protection OF Children
In the law for the protection of il
legitimate children proposed by spe-
cial committee of the conference,
both mother and father would be held
responsible fer 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 mainten-
ance and support, having regard to
the condition in the life of the moth
er, until it attains the age of II, or
if the child is physically or men,
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 fine of
not exceeding 81 1000 or Imprisonment
for not more than one year.
The wife and husband are made
joint natural guardians of their minor
children under provision of a pro-
posed law submitted by the committee
on joint parental guardianship. Each
would be held equally responsible for
the care, welfare and education of the
children and the care and manage
ment of their estates. Both would
have equal powers. rights and duties
and neither have one right paramount
to the right of the other.
Uniform Fiduciary Acts
A uniform fiduciaries act which the
committee believes would relieve per-
sons dealing with f1duciary from the
responsibility of burden of inquiry
into the good faith of the fiduciary, is
recommended by the committee or