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WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
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JUN 1940 .
DIGEST OF PUBLIC WELFARE PROVISIONS .
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PREPARED 57 ROBERT C. LOWE AND STAFF
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Preface
CV; This bulletin is one of a series intended to present in
25 abstract form the public welfare provisions of the laws of each of
ii the States.
f The purpose of these bulletins is to give a brief review
‘ fig of the provisions for public assistance under the laws of the several
‘9 jurisdictions, and of the administrative agencies set up by law with
2 reference thereto. A chart showing the organizational relationships
:9 of the administrative agencies is included.
2”' The possibility of error in attempting with a limited staff
. ’ and in a limited time to assemble and digest the formidable mass of
a; material incident to such a study is frankly recognized. The coopera—
Jg tion of those who have occasion to use these digests in reporting any
ti errors of omission or commission noted, or in suggesting improvement
%: in form or content, is invited and will be greatly appreciated.
77 Meanwhile it is hoped that those interested in considering
Q; the reorganization or strengthening of public welfare services in the
g several States may find the digests of practical value.
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ABSTRACT OF WELFARE IAWS OF STATE OF VERMONT

Public Welfare Provisions Page
General Poor Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4301
Care of Dependent Children in Their Own Homes . . . . . . . . . . 4302
Dependent and Neglected Children (Institutional). . . . . . . . . 4303
Blind Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4304
Old Age Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4306
Soldiers' and Sailors' Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4309

Administrative Provisions
Commissioner of Public Welfare (Department) . . . . . . . . . . . 4311
State Hospital-for Insane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4321
Note on Brattleboro Retreat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4326
State Board of Supervisors of the Insane . . . . . . . . . . . 4327
. State Prison and House of Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4332
Prison and House of Correction for Women . . . . . . . . . . . 4336
Vermont Industrial School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4340
State Detention Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4344
Brandon State School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4346
Kinstead Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4350
Vermont Sanitorium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4351
Washington County Tuberculosis Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . 4352
Caverly Preventorium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4353
Trustees of the Soldiers' Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4354
Board to Aid Indigent Veterans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4356
Old Age Assistance Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4358
Juvenile Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4361
Superintendents of the Poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4365
Overseers of the Poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4368

 VERMONT 4301.
ABSTRACT OF PUBLIC WELFARE PROVISIONS
1. GENERAL POOR RELIEF
(a) Description of class
Poor and indigent persons residing or round in a town;
when they are in need. 1/
(b) Procedure for determining eligibilitz
When application for assistance is made, the Overseer
of the Poor must relieve such person or his family. 1/
(c) Measure of responsibility
Care in poorhouses. 3/
Direct relief and burial expenses. g/ (Obligation mandatory)
(d) Qualifications imposed ‘
Residence in the State for one year supporting self and
family. 9/ Residence in town three years. g/
(e) Incidence of financial responsibility
. A town may-make provision for the relief and support
of its paupers. 3/ If no town is liable for the support of poor per-
sons committed to jail while residing in a town, the expense must be
paid out or the State Treasury. §/ ~
Recovery where possible from kindred §/; or estate of
pauper 2/; expense of poorhouses must be paid by towns interested in
proportion to their grand list at the time the expense was incurred. §/
(f) Taxes '
No special provision.
(g) Administrative agencies
Overseers of the Poor 2/; Supervisors for unorganized
towns and gores have same duties as overseers 10/; Superintendents of
the Poor run poorhouses 11/; Town Manager. 1§/_—
(h) Supprvisopz controls
‘ No provision.
1. Public Laws of Vermont (1953), Sec. 3918 7. Ibid, Sec. 5928
2. Ibid, Sec. 3961, 5980 8. Ibid, Sec. 5971
5. Ibid, Sec. 5923 9. Ibid, Sec. 5920
. 4. Ibid, Sec. 55922 10. Ibid, Sec. 3960
5. Ibid, Sec. 5929 11. Ibid, Sec. 3967
6. Ibid, Sec. 5955, 5944 12. Ibid, Sec. 5595

 4502. VERMONT
' ABSTRACT OF PUBLIC WELFARE PROVISIONS
2. CARE OF DEPENDENT CHILDREN IN THEIR OWN HOMES 1/ .
(a) Description of class
Child under age of 16 years who has been deprived
of parental support or care by reason of the death or continued ab-
sence from home, or physical or mental incapacity of a parent, and
who is living with his father, mother, grandfather, grandmother,
brother, sister, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister,
uncle, or aunt, in a place of residence maintained by one or more
of such relatives as his or their home. 1/
(b) Procedure for determining eligibility
Investigation by the Department of Public Welfare
of child committed to it by the juvenile court or otherwise under
its control. 2/
(c) Measure of responsibility
Cash allowance not to exceed $4 per week per child. 1/
(Obligation optional)
(d) Qualifications imposed
Child can remain with such relative only' if he or .
she is aided; it would be for benefit of such child that it should
remain; it is desirable that the family be maintained; and such
V relative is a proper person to have the care of such child. 1/
(e) Incidence of financial responsibility
Town (which is liable for support of such relative
as pauper): One—half. 1/
I State: One—half. 1/
(f) Taxes
No special provision.
(g) Administrative agencies
Department of Public Welfare. g/
(h) Supervisory controls 8
None.
1. Public Laws of Vermont (1955), Sec. 5421, amended by Laws of .
Vermont (1955), (lst Spec. Sees. H. B. 16-X, Sec. 1).
2. Public Laws of Vermont (1955), See. 5418, 5446, 5447.
5. Ibid, (1st Spec. Sess.(l955), H. B. -X, Sec. 4).

 VERMQEE 4303.
pBSTRACT OF PUBLIC WELFARE PROVISIQEE
3. DEPENDENT AND NEQLECTED CHILDREN (INSTITUTIONAL)
(a) Epppp1ption of clapp
Dependent, neglected, homeless, destitute, or abandoned
children under 16 years of age. 1/
(b) Procedure for determin1pgpeligibility
A person knowing of such child may file with a court of
,the county a petition in writing, setting forth the facts, and verified
by oath. The Commissioner of Public Welfare or his deputy may file such
a petition in any county. 2/ The court may give notice to the State Pro-
bation Officer who must investigate the case and, if it appear to the
court in the public interest, the parent or guardian of the child may be
summoned to court for hearing, and disposition of the case. 3/ '
(0) Measure of responsibility
Care in institution 4/; family homes or foster homes 5/;
medical and surgical care. p/ (Obligation optional)
V (d) Qualifications imposed
. None.
(e) Incidence of financial responsibility
State: One—half. 1/ Funds from State appropriation to
Department of Public Welfare, and private gifts. 8/
Town: One—half. 1/
Court may order parents to pay as far as they are able. 2/
(f) Taxes
No special provision.
(g) Administrative agencies
Juvenile Court. 19/ State Probation Officer and
Deputies. _19_/ Department of Public Welfare. 11/
(h) Sppervisory controls
Department of Public Welfare. 11/
1. Public Laws of Vermont (1933), Sec. 5444 7. Ibid, Sec. 5455
. 2. Ibid, Sec. 5446 8. Ibid, Sec. 5420
3. Ibid, Sec. 5447 9. Ibid, Sec. 5467
4. Ibid, Sec. 5454 10. Ibid, Sec. 5447
5. Ibid, Sec. 5415 11. Ibid, Sec. 5418
6. Ibid, Sec. 5417

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4. BLIND ASSISTANCE .
(a) DescriptiOn of class
Any adult blind person. l/
(b) Procedure for determining eligibility

Application made to the Department of Public Welfare
which investigates the case and fixes the amount of assistance, if
any. If application is denied, the applicant may within 30 days after
receiving notice appeal to the Department for reconsideration. 3/

Assistance is granted for 1 year or less. 3/

The amount of the assistance may be changed at any
time if the department finds upon investigation that the applicant's
circumstances have changed. 3/

(c) Measure of responsibility

Not to exceed $30 per month. 5/

Funeral and burial expenses not to exceed $150 pro-
vided that the estate of the deceased is insufficient to defray such
expense. é]

' (d) Qualifications impbsed .

(1) United States citizenship. _l_/

(2) Loss of eyesight while a resident of State or
residence in the State for a period of 5 years during the 9 years
immediately preceding the filing of the application, the last year of
which must be continuous and immediately preceding such application. 1/

(3) Not an inmate of or maintained by any public or
private institution at the time of receiving assistance. An inmate of
the institution may, however, make application for assistance, but the
assistance, if granted, shall not begin until he ceases to be an in—
mate. l/

(4) Not sufficient income or other resources to pro-
vide a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health. 1/

(5) No assignment or transfer of property or income
made to qualify for assistance. l/
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1. Laws of Vermont (1935), 1st Spec. Sass. H. B. No. 27—X, Sec. 2
2. Ibid, Sec. 5
5. Ibid, Sec. 6 .
4. Ibid, Sec. 7
5. Ibid, Sec. :3
5. Ibid, Sec. 10

 VERMONT- Abstract of Public Welfare Provisions - 4305
. 4. BLHVD ASSISTANCE (Cont'd)
. (d) Qualifications imposed (Cont'd)
(6) Twenty-one years of age if a male, 18 years if
female. 2/
(7) No person receiving assistance under this Act
shall at the same time receive old age assistance from the State. g/
(6) Incidence of financial responsibility
The State General Fund; provided that the State
shall be reimbursed one-half of each award, not exceeding $15 a
month, from.the Federal Government. 2/
Amount paid as assistance to any person shall be
a lien on the estate of the recipient. 2/
(f) Taxes
No special provision.
- (g) Administrative agencies
. The Department of Public Welfare. ig/
(h) Supervisory controls
No provision.
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7. Laws of Vermont (1935), 1st Spec. Sess. E. B. No..27-X, Sec. 2
8. Ibid, Sec. 10
9. Ibid, Sec. 13a
10. Ibid, Sec. 4

 4306 VERMONT ,
ABSTRACT OF PUBLIC WELFARE PROVISIONS .
5, OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
(a) Description of class
Subject to the provisions of the act, aged and
deserving citizens residing in the State of Vermont who are in
need of assistance are entitled to aid in old age from the State. 1/
(b) Procedure for determining eligibility
Application for assistance must be made to the
person designated by the selectmen or city council of the town
or city in which applicant is domiciled, and in the manner and
form prescribed by the State Old Age Assistance Commission. Such
local official must immediately investigate the applicant's con-
dition, and, within 30 days, forward it with recommendation to
the State Old Age Assistance Commission together with such sup-
porting evidence and papers as the Commission shall require. The
Commission thereupon makes such investigation as it deems neces-
sary, and must decide upon the application and fix the amount of
assistance if any; provided, however, that should an application
be denied, the applicant may within 30 days after notice of such
action, make appeal to the Commission for reconsideration of the
application for assistance. 2/ If at any time the Commission has .
reason to believe that assistance has been improperly obtained,
it must cause a special investigation to be made, and the reward
reviewed. E/
(c) Measure of responsibility
An amount, which, when added to the income of
applicant from all sources, does not exceed a total of $30 per
month, or where a husband and wife living together are both
applicants, the amount does not give them a total income exceed—
ing $45 a month, provided that in computing the income, earnings
or gifts when such do not exceed $100 in any calendar year, are
not considered. 4/ Funeral expenses not to exceed $150, if
estate is insufficient to defray same. 5/ (Obligation mandatory)
1. Laws of Vermont (1935), No. 82, Sec. 1
2. Ibid, Sec. 8
3. Ibid, Sec. 14
4. Ibid, Sec. 4. — Should funds available be insufficient to
permit assistance to all those entitled to the same the
commission must select in their discretion those most
urgent cases. Ibid, Sec. 23.
5. Laws of Vermont (1935), No. 82, Sec. 13 .

 VERMONT - Abstract of Public Welfare Provisions ~ 4307
. 5. OLD AGE ASSISTANCE (Cont'd)
(d) Qualifications imposed

(1) Citizen of the United States; §/

(2) Residence in the State for 5 years or more with-
in 10 years immediately preceding application; 5/

(3) Applicant not receiving aid or an inmate of any
public reform or correctional institution; §/

(4) Applicant has not adequate income, when joined
with the income of such person's spouse, to provide a reasonable sub-
sistence compatible with decency and health; 5/

(5) Applicant has made no assignment or transfer of
property or income for the purpose of qualifying for assistance; §/

(6) Applicant must be 65 years of age or over; §/

(7) Income of applicant must be less than $360 a
year, or if married and not separated from spouse, joint income must
be less than $500 per year. 2/

(8) Applicant must not have equity in property in
excess of $2,500; or if married and not separated, equity in combined
property must not exceed $4,000; provided $1,000 value in home is not
considered in computing value of property. 1/

(9) Recipient must not at the same time receive
other assistance from the State, except medical, surgical or hospital
aid. §/

, . (e) Incidence of financial responsibility

State: Annual appropriation of $250,000 from gen-

eral fund. 2/
(f) Taxes

No provisions. '

(g) Administrative agencies

State Director of Old Age Assistance assisted by
legal voter in each town or city designated by selectmen or city
council. l9/

6. Laws of Vermont (1935), No. 82, Sec. 2

7. Ibid, Sec. 3

8. Ibid, Sec. 13

9. Ibid, Sec. 23 — State appropriation subject to proviso that
State be reimbursed one-half of expenditure by Federal Govern—
ment. Ibid, Sec. 24.

10° Laws of Vermont (1935), No. 82, Sec. 7,8.

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5. OLD AGE ASSISTANCE (Cont'd) .
(h) Supervisory controls
Report to Governor. ll/
Report to Federal Social Security Board. lg/
(Note)
In any event any provision of this act shall
be in conflict with any law of the United
States hereinafter enected prior to conven-
ing of the General Assembly for the year 1937,
under which, if this act were not so in con-
flict, the State would be entitled to receive °
contributions from the United States, the con-
flicting provisions shall be considered sus—
pended. lé/
. ——-—-—————~———-——————-—— 0
11. Laws of Vermont (1955), No. 82, Sec. 19
12. Ibid, Sec. 20
13. Ibid, Sec. 26

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4309
ABSTRACT OF PUBLIC WELFARE PROVISIONS
6. SOIDIERS' AND SAIEQRS' RELIEF
(a) Qescription of class

Burial Expenses: Honorably discharged Union soldier
or sailor of the Civil War, or soldier or sailor of the Spanish Ameri-
can Wer, Phillippine Insurrection, Chine Boxer Rebellion, or the World
War, or widow of such soldier or sailor. 1/

Direct Relief: Indigent disabled veterans and in- '
digent persons who are legally dependents of veterans who are unable
to take advantage of the benefits of the Soldiers' Home. 2/

(b) Procedure for determinipg eligibility

Burial Expense: The commandant and adjutant of the
Grand Army Post, the Spanish American War Veterans Association, or of
the American Legion Post of which such soldier or sailor is a member,
or if not a member, then a majority of the selectmen of a town or the
mayor of a city in which such soldier or sailor or widow resided, must
under oath certify to the Auditor of Accounts that such soldier, sailor

. or widow did not leave sufficient estate to pay the expenses of the
' funeral and a headstone. The Auditor of Accounts must issue a warrant
for such expenses. 1/

. Direct Relief: A person deserving aid must make
application to the selectmen of the town or mayor of the city wherein
he resides. The selectmen or mayor must investigate such person's
military or naval record and the need for such assistance by him or
his legal dependents, and must report to the Board (or Committee) to .
aid Indigent Veterans. The Committee may make such further investi-
gation as it deems necessary and if satisfied of such person's need,
must disburse such funds as it may deem necessary in each case. E/

(0) Measure of responsibility

Burial and headstone expenses not to exceed $150. 1/

Such amount of direct relief as the committee deems
necessary in each case. 3/ (Obligation mandatory)

(d) Qualification imposed

Burial Expenses: No qualification.

Direct Relief: Residence in State for at least
one year next prior to application, 3/
______—________________.___________.____.___________.____.____._________
1. Public Laws of Vermont (1933), Sec. 3930. Amended by Public Acts

. of Vermont (1935), No. 79. ‘

2. Public Laws of Vermont (1933), Sec. 3931.
3. Ibid, Sec. 3932

 4310 mom
6. SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' RELIEF (Cont'd) .
(e) Incidence of financial responsibility
State General Fund. 3/
(f) Taxes
No special provision. '
(g) Administrative agencies
Burial Expenses: Commander and Adjutant of Grand Army
Post or American Legion Post.
Selectmen of town; mayor of city.
Auditor of Accounts. §/
Direct Relief: Selectmen of town; mayor of city.
Committee of Board of Trustees of
Soldiers' Home. g/
(h) Supervisory controls
Burial Expenses: No provision.
Direct Relief: Report to Auditor of Accounts and to ,
General Assembly. 17 . .
______________..______.._.__________________.____._____________________
4. Public Acts of Vermont (1935), No. 41, Sec. 38
5. Public Laws of Vermont (1933), See. 3930. Amended by Public Acts
of Vermont (1935), No. 79.
60 Public Laws of Vermont (1933), Sec. 3932
7. Ibid, Sec. 3934

 m 4311
. ABSTRACT OF ADMIQIISTRAEIEILPROVISIONS
_c_o_m_ss;oits1mama—“Latinasas.
(Department)
(Statutory Body)
1. General Powers and Duties

(a) The Department of Public Welfare has the power to
supervise and direct the conduct of the State Hospital at Waterbury,
the State Prison and House of Correction for Men at Windsor, the
State Prison and House of Correction for Women at Rutland, the
Brandon State School at Brandon, the Vermont Industrial School at
Vergennes, the Shelter Home for Children at Montpelier, the vermont
Sanatorium at Pittsford, and other like institutions maintained by
the State. A]

(b) The Department of Public Welfare has the power of
visitation in and over all institutions chartered by the State for
the care of dependent classes which solicit public support for their
work. 3/

(c) The Department of Public Welfare has supervision

. and control of such dependent, neglected, and delinquent children as
it may take under its care and such as are committed to it by the
juvenile courts; it must receive and disburse all funds which are
given to it for charitable purposes and must aid and assist in such
charitable work as in the judgment of the Commissioner of Public Wel—
fare will best promote the general good of the State. 3/

(d) The Department of Public Welfare, with the approval
of the Governor, may designate or construct a ward or hospital room
at any State institution for the purpose of giving treatment and care
to inmates of such institutions. 3/

(e) The Department of Public Welfare must investigate
the administration of poor relief and the condition of the poorhouses
in the State. It may in its investigations and recommendations, re-
quest the cooperation of the State Board of Health, when necessary
and advisable. If any poorhouse is found deficient in the care of
its inmates, or if the buildings, equipment or appliances are insani-
tary, defective or improper, or if any condition surrounding the care
of the poor warrants, the Commissioner must report and recommend such
changes to the selectmen or directors of a poorhouse association.

1. Public Laws of Vermont (1933), Sec. 471
2. Ibid, Sec. 5422
3. Ibid, Sec. 5418 - The overseers of the poor in each town shall

. report to the Commissioner of Public Welfare on forms furnished by
him, all cases of dependent, neglected, or delinquent children, and
they shall make such statistical reports showing financial data as
the Commissioner may require. Ibid, Sec. 5424
4. Public Laws of Vermont (1933), Sec. 5433

 4312 VERMONT - Abstract of Administrative Provisions m
Commissioner of Public Welfare
1. General Powers and Duties (Cont'd) .
If they fail to act, the Commissioner, at the expense of the town
or poorhouse association, may make such changes as he deems best,
but the board of selectmen of the town or the directors of a poor-
house association within thirty days after receipt of recommenda-
tions, may appeal to the assistant judges of the county court. 5/

. If in the absence of a poorhouse association, it
appears to the Commissioner that the organization of such an asso-
ciation would promote the welfare of the town poorhouses, he may
call a meeting of the selectmen of such towns and present to them
the facts and his recommendations. fi/

(f) The Commissioner of Public Welfare, or his deputy,
at any time may visit each county jail and there examine into its
condition, sanitary or otherwise, and into the treatment of prison-
ers; and, if he finds that such condition or treatment ought to be
corrected, he must report the facts to the Governor for such action
as the latter may direct. 7/

(g) The Commissioner of Public Welfare, through the
Board of Supervisors of the Insane, exercises all the powers and

, duties of such Board. g/

(h) The Department of Public Welfare may receive in .
trust and invest and expend in accordance with the provisions of
trusts, funds and property given, granted and bequeathed by persons

. for the support, care, and education of dependent, neglected, or
delinquent children and may receive and disburse funds given for
the temporary needs of children, and may receive such gifts to _
be used in carrying out the charitable work of the department in
all branches. 2/

The Department of Public Welfare may pay a limit-

. ed amount, not to exceed four dollars per week, for the maintenance
of dependent children in their homes. 19/

The Department of Public Welfare, with the ap-
proval of the Governor, to accomplish the purposes of title IV of
the Social Security Act, must appoint officers and assistants and
fix their salaries; make provision that any State plan shall be in
effect in all political subdivisions of the State; provide methods
of administration (other than selection, tenure of office, and
compensation of personnel) found by the Federal Social Security
Board to be necessary for the efficient operation of the plan;
______________________.___________________._________‘_____________
5. Public Laws of Vermont (1935), Sac. 5427,5428
6. Ibid, Sec. 5429 ‘
7. Ibid, Sec. 8824
8. Ibid, Sec. 471
9. Public Laws of Vemont (1933), Sec. 5431 amended by H. B. 16X, .

Sec. 1, 1st Special Session 1955.
10. Public Laws of Vermont (1933), Sec. 5421 amended by H. B. 16X,
Sec. 2, let Special Session 1935. ‘

 . VERMONT - Abstract of Administrative Provisions - 4315
Commissioner of Public Welfare
. 1. General Powers and Duties (Cont'd)

grant Opportunity for a fair hearing to any individual whose claim
with respect to aid to a child eligible therefor is denied; make
amend, suspend, and repeal rules and regulations; submit plans and
reports; and comply with provisions necessary to assure the correc-
tions and verification of reports. ll/

The Department of Public Welfare is authorized '
to accept the cooperation of the United States through the Federal
Children's Bureau, in accordance with the provisions of Part 3 of ,
Title v of the Federal Social Security Act. £2]

The Department of Public Welfare is empowered to
cooperate with the Federal Social Security Board and the Children's
Bureau of the United States Department of Labor in securing Federal
funds available for services required of the State Department of
Public Welfare by statute, and to suhrit plans and reports, make
rules and regulations and in other respects comply with the provis-
ions of the Social Security Act. 13/ .

(i) The Department of Public Welfare must supervise the
administration of assistance to the blind. The Department is author-
ized to make such rules and regulations necessary for carrying out -
the provisions of this Act and to prescribe the form of and furnish
applications, reports, affidavits, and such other fonns as it may

. deem necessary. The department is hereby authorized to make such °
rules and regulations as may be necessary to conform with any re-
quirements of the Social Security Board or other agency established '
under the provisions of the Social Security Act. 12/ The Department
must make investigation, decide on applications for blind assistance
and fix their amount. ip/

(j) The Commissioner of Public Welfare is, by virtue
of his office, State Probation Officer, Commissioner of the Deaf,

Dumb, Blind, Idiotic, Feeble-minded or Epileptic Children of In—
digent Parents, and Commissioner of Indigent Tuberculous Persons
and Indigent Children, Predisposed to Tuberculosis, and of Tuber—
culosis Hospitals. lfi/ As such he has the following powers and
duties: -

(1) State Probation Officer:

(a) The State Probation Officer has gen-
eral supervision of persons placed on probation and of administration
of the statutes relating to probation and may prescribe rules not
11. Laws of Vermont (1935), lst Special Session, H. B. 16X, Sec. 4
12. Ibid, Sec. 5

L 13. Ibid, Sec. 6
14. Ibid, H. B. 27X, Sec. 4 '
. 15. Laws of Vermont (1935), lst Special Session, H. B. 27X, Sec. 5
160 Public Laws of Vermont (1933), Sec. 471

 4514 van/[ONT - Abstract of Administrative Provisions ..
Commissioner of Public Welfare
1. General Powers and Duties (Cont’d) ~ .
(1) State Probation Officer: (Cont'd)
inconsistent with the orders of the court placing the person on
probation, covering the conduct of such a person, and may require
such a person to report in person to him or such deputy as he may
appoint. lz/

(b) The State Probation Officer, in the
execution of his duties, has all the powers of a police officer
and the authority, rights and powers over and in relation to each
probationer in his care and custody which he would have if he were
a Surety upon the recognizance of such probationer. Such authority,
rights and powers, extend to and are vested in the State Probation
Officer for the time being over and in relation to all cases pend-
ing in his charge during his tenm of office whether such probationn
ers were originally committed to his charge or to that of his pre-
decessor in office. 18/

(c) The State Probation Officer has super-
vision of all persons placed on parole by the Governor, and when
requested by the Governor must investigate and report upon appli~
cations for a pardon or parole. 19/

‘ 17. Each probationer must make a monthly report to such probation .
officer of his whereabouts and present employment and give such _
infonnation as such officer may require, and upon neglect or failure
so to do or whenever such officer believes that the probationer has
violated any of the terms or conditions of his probation, he must
bring the probationer, or cause him to be brought, before the court
where he was convicted, or if the court is not in session, before a
majority of the judges of such court, and such court or judges must
inquire summarily into the conduct of the probationer subsequent to
his release on probation; and if such court or judges are satisfied
that the probationer has violated any conditions of his probation,
they may order him committed on his original sentence. Public Laws
of Vermont (1933), Sec. 8865, 8879.

When a person has been placed on probation the court may auth-
orize and direct the State Probation Officer to expend for such per-
sons the temporary support or traveling expenses or both, to such
reasonable sum as the court may deem expedient, and money so expend-
ed by him shall be repaid him on vouchers approved by such court by
a warrant issued by the Auditor of Accounts. Ibid, Sec. 8877. K
18. Public Laws of Vermont (1933), Sec. 8875 .

19. The Sheriff at the request of the State Probation Officer must
investigate as to any person placed on probation, parole or pardon,
and for such investigation such officer receives his actual and
necessary expenses. Ibid, Sec. 8866, 8867.

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Commissioner of Public Welfare
. 1. General Powers and Duties (Cont'd)
(1) State Probation Officer: (Cont'd)

(d) The State Probation Officer, at the re-
quest of the Justices of the Supreme Court, must investigate as to
any person against whom a prosecution is pending in that court and
make report thereon to the court, and upon order of such court, he
must take on probation any person sentenced therein. 29/

(e) The State Probation Officer must keep a
full record of all cases placed in his care and of all duties per—
formed by him. He must also keep an accurate account of all monies
coming into his hands. 21/

(2) Commissioner of the Deaf, Dumb, Blind, Idiotic,

Feebleaminded or Epileptic Children of Indigent

Parents:

(a) The Commissioner may provide for the in-
struction of the blind, deaf and dumb children over fourteen years
of age and of blind adults, in such schools outside the State as
he may designate, but such schools must be selected with a view to
furnishing instruction in such trades or lines of work as will be
better regulated to enable such persons to become self-supporting. 23/

. (3) Commissioner of Indigent Tuberculous Persons and

Indigent Children, Predisposed to Tuberculosis?—

(a) The Commissioner has general direction,
control and management of the Washington County Tuberculosis Hospital
and makes regulations relating to the operation of such hospital.
Such hospital must receive and treat persons suffering from tuber-
culosis and be open to the public under such regulations as the Com-
missioner may prescribe. 2g/

20. The State Probation Officer when directed so to do by a court
in the State before which a person is being prosecuted for a crime,
must inquire into the circumstances of the particular case and the
character and previous record of the accused and may recommend that
such person if convicted be placed on probation. Such court must
pass sentence on the accused, if he is convicted, and may then sus-
pend all or a part of such sentence and place the person so convict-
ed and sentenced in the care and custody of the State Probation
Officer upon such conditions and for such time as it may prescribe
or until further court order. Public Laws of Vermont (1933), Sec.
8868, 8872.
21. Ibid, Sec. 8869, 8870
22. The Board of Listers in each town must asc