Download or read book Summary of State Laws Relating to the Dependent Classes, 1913 (Classic Reprint) written by United States Department of Commerce and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-06-17 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Summary of State Laws Relating to the Dependent Classes, 1913 In connection with the Census Report on Paupers In Almshouses for 1904 there was published as an appendix an outline of the laws governing poor relief in the United States. The scope of this outline included for each state the laws indicating the kind 'and extent of outdoor relief furnished, the auspices under which it was disbursed, the class of persons entitled to receive aid, the methods of almshouse administration and the chief regulations governing it, the treatment of destitute children, the extent of state supervision of almshouses, and whatever else may help to a truer appreciation of the pauper statistics of each state. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.