1899 public laws – Ch.82 Sec.1
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CHAPTER 82 at An act for relief of certain children in the state. The General Assembly of North (arolina do uae
That whenever any moneys less in amount than twenty ($20.00) dollars shall be paid into court for indigent or needy children for whom no one will become guardian, upon satisfactory proof of their necessities, the clerk may pay the same upon his own motion or order to the mother or other person who has charge of said minor or to some discreet neighbor of sai minor to be used for the benefit or maintenance of said minor : Such person shall be solvent and shal! faithfully apply any money so paid to him or her.