Conference Papers1904 - Social service Selected papers from the annual meeting of the Conference. |
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Page 102 - Neither the State nor any subdivision thereof, shall use its property or credit or any public money or authorize or permit either to be used, directly or indirectly, in aid or maintenance, other than for examination or inspection, of any school or institution of learning wholly or in part under the control or direction of any religious denomination, or in which any denominational tenet or doctrine is taught.
Page 31 - ... child has regularly attended the public schools or schools equivalent thereto or parochial schools for not less than...
Page 165 - It would seem that at lower temperatures the line representing this relation must become concave upward, and it is hoped that in the near future it will be possible to carry out some experiments on this equilibrium below 1000 degrees, to test this point.
Page 238 - Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the State, and of all the civil divisions thereof, including cities and villages, shall be made according to merit and fitness to be ascertained, so far as practicable, by examinations, which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive...
Page 278 - A house divided against itself can not stand.' . I believe this Government can not endure permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved ; I do not expect the house to fall ; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other; either the...
Page 217 - ... both. In case a fine is imposed the same may be applied in the discretion of the court to the support of such child. Proof of the abandonment of such child in destitute circumstances and omission to furnish necessary and proper food, clothing or shelter is prima facie evidence that such omission is wilful.
Page 307 - ... 103. Powers and duties of managers. — Six members of the board of managers shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The board shall : 1. Elect from their number a president and secretary, and may adopt a seal for the use of the colony. 2. Have the government, direction and control of the patients, officers and employes of the colony and of all the property and concerns thereof.
Page 317 - Chairman ex officio thereof, and shall continue to be a member of the said Committee when his term as President has expired. He shall have supervision of the work of the other officers and of the various committees in preparing for the sessions of the Conference, and shall have authority to accept resignations and to fill vacancies in the Committees on Topics of the Conference. The President, with the assistance of the Secretary, shall so supervise the editing of the proceedings of the Conference.
Page 202 - Our object in Buffalo is to increase, to organize and to educate the amount of unpaid voluntary personal service given to the poor. We want to make that personal service wiser. We believe we can do the most good in that way. So we are continually trying to increase the personal service given to the poor. We run after the visitor more than after the poor family. We are trying to increase and organize the system of unpaid service...
Page 32 - ... guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars...