CARE OF PAUPER CHILDREN.
The bill [H. R. 119] amending an act concerning the organization of voluntary associations being read the third time--
Mr. SPANN belived a bill passed the Senate covers the same ground.
Mr. VAN VORHIS explained that this bill provides the per diem for keeping the child can be paid at once without waiting for one year under the present law. The bill passed the Senate is not a mandatory act, while this is an amendment to an existing statute.
The bill was rejected--yeas, 15; nays, 21.