THE STATE AND THE FAMILY. 'To Till EDITOR OF Till
" Spiscrrros."
SIR,—With reference to Mr. Bramwell Booth's letter and your note in last week's issue, I would remark that there is
ample authority under the existing law for dealing with the second case quoted. Tile Act to amend Section 1 of the Poor Law Act, 1889, and Section 4 of the Pauper Inmate's Discharge and Regulation Act, 1871 (August 9th, 1899), provides for exactly Buell cases. It lays down
(ii.) Where the guardians are of opinion that by reason of mental deficiency, or vicious habits, or mode of life, a parent of
the child is unfit to have the control of it the guardians may resolve that until the child reaches the ago of eighteen years, all the rights and powers of such parent as aforesaid in respect of the child shall vest in the guardians," &c., &b.
In such cases the Guardians can adopt the child, assuming all rights and powers of the natural parent or parents who cease to have them. It would appear that the Guardians of the Cathedral city, in their anxiety to save the rates, failed to do their duty by the children by removing them from the charge of their mother, who was evidently unfit for it.—I am,
Sir, &b., GEO. CHRYSTIE, Colonel. short Heath Lodge, Farnham.
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