Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06

appropriated for state park improve
ment and maintenance are hereby
re-appropriated to the state park
maintenance and operation fund.
Approved April "a, 1887.
CHAPTER ASS. r. No. 906
A BILL
FOR AN ACT to promote the pub
lie welfare by providing aid to
dependent children and repeating
and amending certain laws re-
lating thereto.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of
the State of Minnesota:
Section /. (a) estate Agency"
as used in this act, shall mean the
State Board of Control.
CD County Agency" as used In
this act shall mean the County
Board Of Public Welfare as estab-
liShed by law.
(c) Dependent Child" as used
in this act means a child under
the age of eighteen years who is
regularly attending school, If phySi-
cally able and above the minimum
school age, or who Is under COM
pulsory school age, or who is phySi-
cally unable to attend school, or
who is over compulsory school age,
but through physical or mental
disability is unable to be employed,
or who is over compulsory school
age and unemployed, but is Of such
intelligence and mental capacity as
to make further schooling mad
visable in the opinion Of the county
agency and his unemployment is
without fault on his part, and who
is found to be deprived Of parental
support or care by reason Of the
death, continued absence from the
home, or physical or mental inca
pacity of parent, and whose rela-
tives, liable under the law for his
support, are not able to provide,
without public assistance, adequate
care and support Of such child, and
who is living with his mother, STEP
mother, grandmother, sister, STEP
sister, or aunt, in place Of resi-
dence maintained by one or more
of such relatives as her or their
own home.
Cd Continued absence from
the home" as used in this act shall
relate and apply only to cases
where the parent, whether or not
entitled to custody of the child, is
an inmate of penal institution
under sentence which will not
terminate within three months after
the date of such finding, or a fugi-
tive after escape therefrom, or
where there is and has been for
three months past an outstanding
warrant for his arrest on a charge,
or after conviction, for the crime
Of abandoning in this state such
child or abandoning in this state
his wife while pregnant and the
mother has in good faith assisted
the proper authorities in all rea-
Sonable efforts to apprehend him
pursuant to such warrant.
(e) Assistance" means money
payments with respect to depend
ent child or children.
Section 2. The State Agency
shall:
(a) Supervise the administration
Of assistance to dependent children
under this Act by the County Agen-
cies in an integrated program with
other service for dependent chill
dren maintained under the direc-
ton of the state agency;
CD May subpoena witnesses and
administer oaths, make rules and
regulations, and take such action
as may be necessary or desirable
for carrying out the provisions of
this Act. All rules and regula-
lions made by the State Agency
shall be binding on the counties
and shall be complied with by the
respective County Agencies;
Co Establish adequate standards
for personnel employed by the
Counties and the State Agency in
the administration Of this Act and
make the necessary rules and regu-
lations to maintain such standards;
Cd Prescribe the form of and
print and supply to the County
Agencies blanks for applications,
reports, affidavits, and such other
forms as it may deem necessary
and advisable;
(e) Cooperate with the Federal
Government and it's Public Welfare
Agencies in any reasonable manner
as may be necessary to qualify for
federal aid for aid to dependent
children and in conformity with the
provisions of this Act; including
the making Of such reports in such
forms and containing such in
formation as the Federal Social
Security Board may from time to
time require, and comply with such
provisions as such Board may from
time to time find necessary to as
sure the correctness and verification
of such reports; and
Cd Make an annual report to
the Governor not later than four
months after the close of each
fiscal year showing for such year
the total amount paid under this
Act, the total number of persons
assisted, and such other particulars
as it may deem advisable.
Section 3. The County Agencies
SHALL
ca Administer the provisions of
this Act in the respective counties
subject to the rules and regulations
prescribed by the State Agency pur-
Suant to the provisions of this Act;
CD Report to the State Agency
at such times and in such manner
and form as the State Agency may
from time to time direct;
Co Submit quarterly and an
nually to the County Board Of
Commissioners budget containing
an estimate and supporting data