This week in Odessa history

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Friday, July 11, 1913

Five Lincon county mothers have applied to the county commissioners through the superior court for relief under the new destitute mothers' pension act which was enacted by the last legislature and just recently became a law. The new law provides that upon proof of destitution, the superior court orders the commissioners to pay a sum of $15 per month for the first child under the age of 15 years and $5 per month for each other child. If the five petitions now before the court are granted, the county will be paying $150 each month to the destitute mothers.

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