Fifth, To prescribe the rate of allowance to be made to any Prescribe person for bringing poor persons to the county infirmary, or allowance. place provided for the poor, which amount shall be paid by the county treasurer, on the production of a certificate signed by the chairman and countersigned by the secretary of the board of superintendents;

Sixth, To commence any suit wherein they may be entitled Commence to prosecute upon any recognizance bond, or security taken suit. for the indemnity of any township or of the county, and prosecute the same to effect;

Seventh, To draw, from time to time, on the county treas- Expenses. urer for all necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties, which draft shall be paid by him out of the moneys placed in his hands for the support of the poor; Eighth, To render to the board of supervisors of their county Account at their annual meeting, a detailed account of all moneys received and expended by them, or under their directions, and of all their proceedings;

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Ninth, To pay over all moneys belonging to the county, re- To pay maining in their hands, to the county treasurer, within fifteen over moneys. days after receiving the same.

Tenth, To associate with the superintendents and directors State of the poor of other counties and cities within this state, in association. the organization of a state association of superintendents of the poor, keepers and matrons of the county infirmaries and city poor directors, and provide for annual meetings and the attendance thereat of such superintendents, matrons and keepers of county infirmaries, as the said superintendents shall determine.

SEC. 6. The board of supervisors of any county in this state May erect in which a county infirmary is not already erected, may, at infirmary. any annual or special meeting thereof, determine to erect such a house for the reception of the poor of their county; and upon filing such determination with the clerk of the county, they may direct the superintendents of the poor of such county to purchase one or more tracts of land, not exceeding three hundred and twenty acres, and to erect thereon one or more suitable buildings for the purpose aforesaid: Provided, how- Proviso. ever, That before any county infirmary or poor house is erected under the provisions of this act, and before the plans thereof are finally accepted, or any contract entered into for construction, such plans shall be submitted to the state department of welfare for examination and approval. Thereupon said board shall carefully consider the proposed plans and shall either approve or disapprove the same within a reasonable time. The determination reached shall be certified to the county clerk of the county and shall be by said clerk placed before the board of supervisors at the next regular or special meeting thereof. In no case shall a county infirmary be constructed without the approval of the plans thereof having been duly certified as herein provided. No contract for the erec- Approval tion of such infirmary shall be valid or binding unless the plans thereby contemplated and actually followed shall have

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been approved, nor shall any money be paid out of the treasury of the county for any such construction unless and until the plans thereof have been approved and the determination filed.

SEC. 7. To defray the expenses of such purchase and buildings, the said board of supervisors may raise by tax on the taxable real and personal property within the same county, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, in such installments, and at such times as they may judge expedient; and such tax shall be raised, assessed, and collected in the same manner as the other county charges, and shall be paid by the county treasurer, upon the order of the superintendents of the poor, to be applied for the purposes aforesaid.

SEC. 8. When any poor person or persons shall apply for relief to a county superintendent of the poor, or to the super. visor of any township, city or ward, the said superintendent of the poor, supervisor, or director, shall make immediate personal inquiry into the state and circumstances of the appli cant; and if it shall appear that the person so applying is in such indigent circumstances as to require permanent relief and support, and can be safely removed, such superintendent, supervisor or director, shall, by a written order, cause such poor person to be removed to the county infirmary to be received and provided for as his necessities may require; but if it shall appear that any such poor person so applying for re lief, requires but temporary or partial support, or is so sick, lame, or otherwise disabled that such person cannot be safely or conveniently removed to the infirmary, then the superintendent, supervisor or director, may cause provisions to be made, under his own direction, for the temporary or partial relief and support of such poor person, which support when furnished by a supervisor or director, shall in no case exceed the sum of twenty dollars in any one year, unless by the consent in writing of a county superintendent of the poor.

SEC. 9. Every such person so removed shall be received by the keeper of the county infirmary, and shall be supported and relieved therein, under the direction of the superintendents, until it shall appear to them that such person is able to maintain himself, when the said superintendents may in their discretion, discharge him.

SEC. 10. In all cases where relief has been afforded as provided in section eight of this chapter, said supervisor or director shall, within ten days, make in writing to the superintendents of the poor of the county, a report of his doings in every case of relief so afforded, specifying the articles furnished, and the value of each item thereof, and the names of the persons relieved, and shall also file a copy of said report with the clerk of the township or city, where such supervisor or director resides, and the said supervisor shall make to the board of supervisors at their annual meeting a statement in writing showing the number of persons to whom such temporary relief has been granted, and the names of such persons, and the amount granted to each with the items of such

expenditures and also the number of persons, with the names of each, removed to the county infirmary from each township. and city by the order of the supervisors or directors of poor of such township or city, and the date of such removal.

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SEC. 11. The supervisor or director of the poor of the town- Reimburseship, city, or ward shall be entitled to receive from the superintendents of the poor, an order on the county treasurer for any sum which he may have paid out or contracted to pay, within the amount specified in section eight; but no greater sum than twenty dollars shall be so expended or paid for relief of any one person or one family, without the sanction in writing of the superintendents of the poor of the county; and they shall be entitled to a compensation of four dollars per diem for each day, and at the same rate for parts of a day actually compensaand necessarily devoted by them to the care of such poor persons.

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SEC. 12. The superintendents may provide for the support Idiotic, etc., of poor persons that may be idiots or lunatics, out of the support of. county infirmary at such place and in such manner as shall best promote the interests of the county and conduce to the comfort and recovery of such persons. The superintendents may send to the hospitals of the university of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, under such conditions and regulations as the regents of said university and said superintendents may agree upon, and to such other hospital or hospitals as may be de cided by the said superintendents of the poor, any and all persons in their respective counties, who by reason of any severe physical injury may have become county charges and who are liable to remain county charges, unless special skill and facilities are employed in their treatment, also all persons who are county charges, because of acute disease or as the result of physical injuries, who require capital operations to preserve life. The expense of transportation to and from said hospitals and maintenance therein shall be a county charge: Provided, That there shall be no charge at said hospital at Proviso. the university of Michigan for medical or surgical treatment: And provided further, That no patient shall be sent to the Further said hospitals by the superintendents except on the written proviso. recommendation of the physician having charge of the inmates of the infirmary: And provided further, That whenever ob- Further stetrical wards are established in said hospitals, the said proviso. superintendents may make special contract with the regents of the university or the governing body of any hospital for the care and treatment of such obstetrical cases as are a public charge in their respective counties.

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SEC. 13. Any person who shall send, carry, transport, re- Misdemove, or bring, or who shall cause or procure to be sent, car- meanor, ried, transported, removed, or brought, any poor or indigent deemed person, from any township, village, city, or county, into any other township, village, city, or county, or from any other state or country, into any county in this state, without legal authority, and there leave such poor person, or who shall entice such poor person so to remove, with the intent to make

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such county to which the removal shall be made, chargeable with the support of such poor person, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding three months, or fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 14. No supervisor of any township, mayor, or alderman of any city, prosecuting attorney of any county, county clerk, or county treasurer, shall be appointed to, or hold the office of superintendent of the poor.

SEC. 15. The keeper of every infirmary shall be exempt from all service in the militia, and from serving on juries, during the time he shall be such keeper.

SEC. 16. The place which shall be provided for the reception of the poor by the county superintendents pursuant to the provisions of this act, shall in all cases be deemed to be the county infirmary and all the provisions of this act, applicable to county infirmaries, shall extend and apply to such places.

SEC. 17. Whenever there shall be in any county ten or more poor persons over five and under eighteen years of age, the superintendents of the poor of such county shall cause the same to be taught and educated in an apartment of the county infirmary, to be fitted up for that purpose, if it shall be convenient, and if not, then in some building or apartment to be provided by them for that purpose; and there shall be taught in such school the branches usually taught in the primary schools of this state; and the superintendents are required to provide for the education of such poor persons for at least onehalf of the time they shall be under their charge, and the expense thereof shall be paid in the same manner as other contingent expenses are paid for the support of such poor persons: Provided, That when the number of such persons shall be less than ten, then the said superintendents shall make such provision for their education as to them shall seem just and proper.

SEC. 18. Any person who shall bring or remove, or cause to be brought or removed, any poor or indigent person, from any place without this state, into any county within it, with intent to make such county chargeable with the support of such poor persons, shall forfeit and pay fifty dollars, to be recov ered before any justice of the peace of the county into which such poor person shall be brought, or in which the offender may be; and shall also be obliged to convey such poor person out of the state, or support him at his own expense.

SEC. 19. It shall be unlawful for the justice or court before whom such person shall be convicted for a violation of the provisions of the preceding section, to require of such person satisfactory security that he will, within a reasonable time, to be named by the justice or court, transport such person out of the state, or indemnify such county for all charges and expenses which may have been, or may be incurred in the support of such poor person; and if such person shall neglect or refuse

to give such security when required, it shall be the duty of the justice or court to commit him to the county jail for a term not exceeding three months.

SEC. 20. All moneys which shall be collected by any super- Moneys, to intendent, or by the supervisor of any township, city or ward, whom pald. or received by any of them on any bond or other security given for the benefit or indemnity of any county, or of any township, city or ward, and all other moneys which shall be received by such superintendent or supervisor for the benefit of the poor, shall be by them paid over within fifteen days after the receipt of the same, to the county treasurer; and if not so paid, the same may be recovered in an action as for money had and received, to be brought by and in the name of the county treasurer, with interest at the rate of ten per cent, from the time the same should have been paid over.

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SEC. 21. Every superintendent who shall neglect or refuse Refusal to so to render an account or statement, or to pay over any pay over; moneys as required in this act, shall forfeit the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, and shall also be liable to an action by and in the name of the county treasurer, as for moneys had and received, for all moneys which may be in his hands after the expiration of his term of office, with interest thereon from the time when the same ought to have been paid over.

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SEC. 22. The superintendents of the poor in each county Estimate of shall present to the board of supervisors at their annual meet- money ing in each year, an estimate of the sum which, in their opinion, will be necessary during the ensuing year for the support of the county poor; and the said supervisors shall cause such sum as they may deem necessary for that purpose to be assessed, levied, and collected in the same manner as the other contingent expenses of the county, to be paid to the county treasurer, and by him to be kept as a separate fund, distinct from the other funds of the county.

SEC. 23. The accounts of the supervisors, directors, and of Accounts, justices of the peace, for any personal or official services ren- audit of. dered by them in relation to the poor, shall be audited and settled by the superintendents of the poor, and be paid on their order by the county treasurer; but no allowance shall be made to any officer for attending any board with accounts, for the purpose of having the same audited or paid.

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SEC. 24. It shall be the duty of the superintendents of the Report to poor of each county, on or before the tenth day of November secretary of in each year, to report to the secretary of state, for the year ending on the thirtieth day of September next preceding, and in such form as such secretary shall direct, the condition of such infirmary during the preceding year; which report shall what to contain a statement of the number of poor persons, insane, contain. idiots, blind, mutes, and the average number of each class maintained during the preceding year; also the cost of supporting such persons in the infirmary; the salary of the keeper thereof; the amount paid for medical attendance; the estimated amount earned by poor persons, and their nationality; the amount paid for the transportation of poor persons; the