Word: bureau
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bureau was closed by the Law School following the enactment of a state law forbidding even charitable organizations to practice law. It was later reopened when a member of the Attorney General's office said that in his opinion the law did not apply to the Bureau...
...Bureau is now handling an interesting child marriage case. A girl of 14 and boy of 15 got married as a prank. They left their home state to get married under the less stringent age limitations in South Carolina, but they never lived together...
...girl is here and wants to annual her marriage, for she is engaged to another man. The Bureau is handling her case which is unusually difficult since it involves a conflict of state laws...
...usual line of business was a case brought to the Bureau recently involving a serving maid and a five dollar bottle of whiskey. The girl worked for a family in Newton. Around Christmas time she asked her employer for a bottle of grade-A whiskey to send to her folks for a present...
...serving maid sought refuge in the Bureau, settled the case with an exchange of $2.00 for the umbrella, the house-coat, and the slippers...