Where re however, shall the property of the insane, indigent person be sold or otherwise disposed of until such person shall have been declared incurable by the medical superintendent of the asylum or institution in which he may be placed, or in which he may be receiving treatment. CHAPTER III. Relief and Support in Counties Other Than County of Settle ment. SECTION 1. When any person applies for or requires relief lief granted. and support as a poor person, in any county, township or city, the superintendents of the poor of the county, or the supervisor or director, as the case may be, shall ascertain the township, city, county or state in which such poor person is settled, and relief and support of such person shall be granted, as follows: Transportation to another state. Notice to ent of other county. First, If such settlement cannot be ascertained or is in another state or country, the relief and support of such poor person shall be at the expense of the county in which he may be; Second, If such settlement is in any other city or township in that county other than the city or township in which such person may be, and the distinction between township, city and county poor is not abolished in such county, relief and support of such poor person shall be granted as hereinbefore provided in chapter two of this act; Third, If it is ascertained that the settlement of any such poor person is in another county or any other township or city of any other county, relief and support of such poor person shall be granted by the superintendents of the poor of the county where such poor person may be, at the expense of the county where such poor person has a settlement, or the county in any township or city of which county such poor person has a settlement. SEC. 2. The superintendents of the poor of the county in which any poor person is relieved and maintained by the county, shall, if such person belongs to another state, furnish transportation and necessary attendance in their discretion to such person, and return such person to the state to which he belongs, and the expense of the same shall be allowed by the auditor general and paid by the state on properly attested vouchers from the said superintendents of the poor. SEC. 3. The superintendents of the poor or any one of superintend them in any county where any such poor person may be granted relief and support at the expense of any other county in this state, shall, within ten days after ascertaining the county in which such poor person has a settlement, give notice, in writing, to the superintendents of the poor, or any one of them, of such county, which said notice shall be substantially in the following form: Form of. To the Superintendents of the Poor of the County of Take notice, That... poor person, has been receiving since the.... a ...A. D. 19...., relief and support as a poor person in this county. The settlement of this poor person is in your county and the relief and support furnished and to be furnished the poor person by this county of..... I will be at the expense of your county of. Dated this.... ...day of... Superintendents of the Poor of. By.... .A. D. 19.. A Superintendent. The said notice may be served by any superintendent of the Upon whom poor of the county where such poor person may be as afore- served. said, upon any of the superintendents of the poor of the county in which such poor person last settled, by delivering said notice personally to any of said superintendents of the poor, or by sending a copy of said notice by registered mail, addressed to any of the superintendents of the poor of said county; and in any action arising under or by virtue of the provisions of this act, an affidavit of the fact of serving such notice made by the superintendent of the poor making per sonal service of said notice, as aforesaid, or the affidavit of such superintendent of the poor of the fact of registering and mailing said notice, accompanied by the postoffice receipt for such registered letter and a true copy of the notice enclosed in said letter, shall be sufficient proof of such service. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the superintendents of the poor, or any of them, of the county sought to be charged with liability. the care, relief and support of poor persons by means of the notice required by this act, if they, or any of them, shall deem their county not legally responsible for the care, relief and support of such poor persons, to serve a denial of liability, in writing, upon the superintendent of the poor from whom notice was received within ten days after the date of service of such notice, which said denial shall be substantially Form of. in the following form: To the Superintendents of the Poor of the County of Take notice, That the county of.... ...here by denies any and all liability of every name and nature the poor person mentioned in a certain notice dated the.... A. D. 19.., from... of the Poor of.. served on the Superintendents of the Poor of..... County on the..... Dated this. .day of. day of. Superintendent of the Poor of... .A. D. 19.. ..County. Denial of Service of. May transport to another county. Idem. which said denial, in writing, shall be served and proof of such service shall be made in like manner as provided in section three of this chapter. If such written denial shall not be served on the superintendents of the poor of the county where such poor person or persons may be, as aforesaid, in the time and in the manner aforesaid, then the county sought to be charged with the care, relief and support of such poor person shall be forever barred from denying liability for the expense of the care, relief, and support furnished pursuant to the notice served in accordance with the provisions of section three of this chapter. SEC. 5. The superintendents of the poor, or any of them, of the county sought to be charged with the care, relief, and support of poor persons by means of the notice required by this act, if they, or any of them, shall deem their county, or any township or city of their county, legally liable for the care, relief and support of such poor person, shall have the right and are authorized to take into their custody and transport such poor person or persons from the county where such poor person or persons may be, to the county, township or city to which such poor person or persons belong. No superintendent of the poor acting under the provisions of this act, in taking into custody and transporting any poor persons as herein provided, shall become liable in any manner to any action or prosecution for illegal arrest or false imprisonment. If the superintendents of the poor, or any of them, of the county sought to be charged, as aforesaid, shall deem their county, or any township or city thereof, legally liable for such care, relief and support of such poor person, such superintendents or superintendent, if they or he do not deem it advisable to take into custody and transport such poor persons, as hereinbefore provided, may send a notice directing and authorizing the superintendents of the poor of the county from which the notice provided for in section three of this chapter has been received, to continue such relief and support as the necessity may require. SEC 6. The superintendents of the poor, or any of them, of the county where such poor person may be relieved and supported as a charge to some other county, may, when the liability of such other county for such person is admitted either by a notice from the superintendents of the poor of such county authorized and directing relief and support to such poor person, or by reason of the failure to serve the notice of denial as required in section four of this chapter, take into custody and transport such poor person or persons to the custody of the superintendent of the poor of the county in which the poor person or persons are settled, or to the county in any township or city whereof such poor person is settled at such county's expense and without any liability therefor to any action or prosecution for illegal arrest or false imprisonment. If such superintendents of the poor, or any of them, do not so take into custody and transport such poor person as afore said, they shall, as the necessity may require, relieve and support such poor person in such manner as they deem best at the expense of the county charged with the liability of such relief and support. statement tute an SEC. 7. The superintendents of the poor of the county fur- Expense nishing the care, relief and support and transportation of presented. any poor persons at the expense of another county in this state, shall present to the superintendents of the poor of the county liable for such relief and support and transportation from time to time, as the case might be, a sworn, itemized statement of such expense, and such expense shall be allowed and paid by the superintendents of the poor of the county liable therefor, within sixty days after being presented, as aforesaid. The superintendents of the poor presenting any May instisuch bill, may institute an action at law, in their own name, action. in the circuit court of the county in which the superintendents presenting any such bill reside, against the superintendents of the poor of the county neglecting or refusing to allow and pay such bill, for the recovery of such expense with interest from the date of the presentation of the bill for the same. Such action may be commenced at any time after ninety days from the date of the presentation of the bill as aforesaid, and service of process in such cases may be made by any officer authorized by law to serve the processes of courts of like jurisdiction in any county in this state, upon any one of the superintendents of the poor against whom such action is brought, and such service and return thereof in accordance with law shall give the court in which such action is commenced full jurisdiction to hear and determine such cause, in like manner as if served upon all said superintendents of the poor in the county where such action was commenced. SEC. 8. In those counties where the distinction between Recovery. county, city and township poor exists, the amount expended in any case by the superintendents of the poor of such county, who have been required, under the provisions of this act, to audit, allow and pay the account for the care, relief, support and transportation of such poor person, where such poor person has a settlement in any township, or city in the county, may be charged up to and recovered from such township or city by the superintendents of the poor for the county in which said township or city is situate. SEC. 9. Chapter thirty-seven of the revised statutes of Acts eighteen hundred forty-six, being sections five thousand one repealed. hundred ninety-one, five thousand one hundred ninety-two, five thousand one hundred ninety-three, five thousand one hundred ninety-four, five thousand one hundred ninety-five, five thousand one hundred ninety-six, five thousand one hundred ninety-seven, five thousand one hundred ninety-eight, five thousand one hundred ninety-nine, five thousand two hundred, five thousand two hundred one, five thousand two hundred two, five thousand two hundred three, five thousand two hundred four, five thousand two hundred five of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen; act number one hundred forty-eight of the session laws of eighteen hundred sixtynine, being sections five thousand two hundred six to five thousand two hundred sixty, both inclusive, of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen; act number seventy-two of the public acts of nineteen hundred seven, being sections five thousand two hundred sixty-one to five thousand two hundred sixty-nine, both inclusive; act number one hundred twentyone, public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-five, being sections five thousand three hundred one to five thousand three hundred four, both inclusive, of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen; act number one hundred seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred seventy-five, being sections five thousand two hundred ninety-eight to five thousand three hundred one of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen; act number two hundred thirty-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-one; act number one hundred thirtynine of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-three, are hereby repealed, except that all rights and causes of actions which may have accrued under the provisions of said laws shall survive for a period of six months from and after the time the act takes effect. Approved April 30, 1925. Title amended. [No. 147.] AN ACT to amend the title of act number eighty-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-three, entitled "An act to provide for the licensing and regulation of the sale of drugs, nostrums, face powders, face creams, face bleaches, face lotions, cosmetics, tooth powders, tooth pastes, dentifrices and other toilet preparations or ointments or applications for the treatment of diseases, injuries or deformities, by itinerant and traveling vendors or hawkers." The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The title of act number eighty-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-three, entitled "An act to provide for the licensing and regulation of the sale of drugs, nostrums, face powders, face creams, face bleaches, face lotions, cosmetics, tooth powders, tooth pastes, dentifrices and other toilet preparations or ointments or applications for the treatment of diseases, injuries or deformities, by itinerant and traveling vendors or hawkers," is hereby amended to read as follows: |