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SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 135. 1921. 225 _ Sec. 4. In order to secure the benefits of the appropriations author- *¥°°$)P*°¤°°, and ized in section 2 of this Act, any State shall, through the legislative i¤ii·i»°i1eqiiu%i.t° wml authority thereof, accept the provisions of this Act and designate or authorize the creation of a State agency with which the Children’s Bureau shall have all necessary powers to coo erate as herein rovided in the administration of the provisions of Act: Providiid, That {;§Z',°;§”'§},,,,,,,g,,,,c;,s_ in any State having a child-welfare or child-hy iene division in its State agency of hea th, the said State agency ofghealth shall administer the provisions of this Act through such divisions. If the legis- miigmprimrycriiiriiiiiiirii lature of any State has not made provision for- accepting the provi- ?w¤i’¢i¤si¢siS1¤t¤‘·‘¤ M- sions of this Act the governor of such State may in so far as he is mm authorized to do so by the laws of such State accept the provisions of this Act and designate or create a State agency to cooperate with the Children's Bureau until six months after the adjournment of the first regular session of the legislature in such State following the passage of this Act. Sec. 5. So much, not to exceed 5 per centum, of the additional mggggggigg e{°;n3g appropriations authorized for any fiscal year under section 2 of this `P `B ` Act, as the Chi.ldren’s Bureau may estimate to be necessary for administering the provisions of this Act, as herein provided, shall be deducted for that purpose, to be available until expended. Sec. 6, Out of the amounts authorized under section 5 of this Act , Emg°¥1°°§e t¤ ga the Children’s Bureau is authorized to employ such assistants, clerks, éiiiiiis. V mm ° ` and other persons in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, to be taken from the eligible lists of the Civil Service Commission, and to purchase such supplies, material, equipment, office Bxtures, and B,&&°g ¤“PP“**‘» ¤*°·» apparatus, and to incur such travel and other expense as it may ` deem necessarylflor carrying out the purposes of this Act. Sec. 7. Wit sixty days after any appropriation authorized by ,,,A¤”°°l g§"j‘f,°1*;,*;{; this Act has been made, the Childr·en’s Bureau shall make the appor- msveéxpeasas, sem tionment herein provided for and shall certify to the Secretary of “"’°"‘°”’“°“'$’°‘°‘ the Treasury the amount estimated by the bureau to be necessary for administering the provisions of this Act, and shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury and to the treasurers of the various States the amount which has been apportioned to each State for the fiscal year for which such a propriation has been made. Ssc. 8. Any State ({)€Sl1`lI1g to receive the benefits of this Act shall, ,_§gg¤;j,fj;¤b;*st2g by its agency described in section 4, submit to the Children’s Bureau agenda. detailed lans for carryin out the provisions of this Act within such State, which plans shall gbe subject to the approval of the board: Provided, That the plans of the States under t `s Act shall provide £E’{1m{“‘;,•;gb om as ew that no official, or agent, or representative in carrying out the proyi— forbidden u obiéméi sions of this Act shall enter any home or take c arge of any child '°‘ over the objection of the parents, or either of them, or the person standing in loco parentis or having custody of such child. I these °,§{>g1§ ·>* ¤vP¤’¤¤¤ plans shall bein conformity with the provisions of this Act and reasonably appropriate and adequate to carry out its purposes thelyuslhall be approved by the board and due notice of suc approval s be sent to the State agency by the chief of the Children s Bureau. _ Sac, 9. No official, a ent, or representative of the Ch1ldren’s C,§§*§ggg,;1¤g$1¤r°gg Bureau shall by virtue og this Act have any right to enter any home again mewaen if over the ob'ection of the owner thereof, or_ to take charge of any ° ’°°‘°°‘°· child over the objection of the parents, or either of them, or of the erson standing m locehparentrs or havmgcustody of such child. Pammpowm mt Klothing in this Act sh be construed as lrmrting the power of a limited. parent or guardian or person standing m loco parentis to determme what treatment or correction shall be provided for a child or the agency or encies to be employed for such purpose. _ www to sub Sec. 10.a%Vithin sixty da after any appropriation authorized hy myoiga rmmnzsdr this Act has been made, andys as often thereafter While such approprra- {,'}‘$t,,°§§’§°[$,, ,,, tion remains unexpended as changed conditions may warrant, the v·¤*¤¤¤•¤***·•*•*°· 42150°—23--15