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meeting, and the supervisors of their respective towns shall present an estimate of the sum which they shall deem necessary to supply any deficiency of the preceding year, and to provide for the support of the poor for the ensuing year. The inhabitants of such township shall thereupon, by a vote of a majority of the persons qualified to choose township officers, determine upon the sums of money which shall be assessed upon the said township the ensuing year for the purpose aforesaid. The sum so voted, when raised and collected, shall be paid into the township treasury, subject to the order of the township board.

SEC. 37. The directors of the poor of any city in such Idem. counties where the townships and cities are made liable for the support of their respective poor, shall at such time and place as the legislative body of the city shall determine and direct, present an estimate of the sum which they deem necessary to supply any deficiency of the preceding year and to provide for the support and relief of the poor persons of such city for the ensuing year; and the legislative body of the city shall annually determine upon and appropriate such sums of money for such purposes, to be raised by general tax upon all the property in the city or by loan to be repaid by such tax. The sums as appropriated, when raised and collected, shall be paid into the city treasury, subject to the order of the legislative body of the city.

SEC. 38. The accounts of the supervisors, directors and Accounts, justices of the peace, for any personal or official services audit of. rendered by them in relation to the township or city poor, shall be audited and settled by the township boards of their respective townships and the legislative body of the respective cities, and the sums so audited and allowed shall be paid by the township or city treasurer. No allowance for time or services shall be made to any officer for attending any board with any accounts, for the purpose of having the same audited or paid. In auditing the accounts of any supervisor or director, allowance shall be made to such supervisor or director, for all costs to which he may have been subjected, or which may have been recovered against him, in any suit brought by him pursuant to law; and he shall also be allowed the same daily pay for attending to any such suit, as is allowed him for the performance of his official duties. Such allowances may be credited to them, in their accounts for moneys collected for penalties, and may be deducted from such moneys; and the balance of such penalties shall be paid over to the township, city or county treasurer, as directed by law in respect to such penalties.

report.

SEC. 39. It shall be the duty of the supervisors of town- Supervisors ships and cities in those counties where the townships and to make cities are made liable for their respective poor, on or before the first day of April and October in each year, to report to the county superintendents of the poor, and the township board, or the legislative body of the city, in such form as they shall direct, the number of poor persons who have been re

May abolish, etc., distinction.

Report by overseer,

etc.

Form of.

Compensation for.

lieved or supported in such township or city the preceding year, and the whole expense of such support. Any supervisor or director who shall neglect or refuse to make such report, or who shall willfully make any false report, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof be subject to a fine of not exceeding one thousand dollars, to be recovered by the prosecuting attorney of the county, in the name of the people of this state, and to be paid into the township or city treasury, as the case may be.

SEC. 40. At any annual meeting of the board of supervisors of any county, it may, by a two-thirds vote, restore or abolish the distinction between town, city and county

poor.

SEC. 41. It shall be the duty of any director or overseer of the poor authorized by law to furnish relief to poor persons and of the supervisor of each township, district, or ward in this state on the last day of September and on the last day before his term of office shall expire, to make and transmit to the county superintendents of the poor of the county in which such township, district, or ward is situated, a full statement or report of the number of poor persons relieved or maintained by him since the date of his last report, with the names of the heads of families and the number of persons in each family, also the names of persons not members of any family who have received assistance and the causes of their indigence, if he can ascertain the same, the amount paid for transportation, for medical attendance and for funeral expenses, also his charges for services, and any and all other facts and expenditures necessary to a complete showing of his transactions and of the condition of such persons. Said report shall be made in such form as the secretary of state shall prescribe, and the secretary of state shall prepare and annually transmit blanks for that purpose to the county superintendents of the poor, who shall distribute them to the several directors and overseers of the poor and supervisors in their respective counties; and such reports shall be made by the directors, overseers, and supervisors in the counties where the poor are made a township or city charge, as well as in counties where they are all made a county charge, and any supervisor, director, or overseer who shall neglect or refuse to make such report shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof may be punished as prescribed by law for the commission of such offenses.

Every supervisor, director, or overseer of the poor who shall make the reports herein provided for shall receive as full compensation therefor the sum of five cents each for the first twenty-five families and persons not members of any family so relieved, and the sum of three cents for each of such families and persons above that number, to be paid by the county treasurer out of the general fund on the certificate of the superintendents of the poor that said reports have been made in all respects as required by law, but no supervisor, director, or overseer shall receive less than twenty-five cents

for each report so made out and forwarded to the superintendents of the poor.

consolidated.

SEC. 43. That it shall be the duty of the county superin- Reports tendents of the poor, annually, between the first and tenth days of November, to consolidate on blanks to be furnished by the secretary of state for that purpose, all said reports received by them during the year ending the thirtieth day of September next preceding, and the said superintendents shall incorporate into their annual reports to the secretary of state, the several facts, statements, and expenditures reported to them by the supervisors, directors, and overseers, so that their reports shall make a complete showing of the number of poor persons who have been relieved and maintained in the county during the year, with the names of heads of families, and the causes of their indigency; the amount paid for transportation; for medical attendance; and for funeral expenses; the charges and fees of the several officers authorized by law to furnish relief to poor persons, and all other expenditures incurred in the relief and maintenance of such indigent per

sons.

gent owns

SEC. 44. If any person shall receive aid or assistance from When indiany county, township, city or village in this state as a poor property. or indigent person, and shall thereafter be found to have been the owner of property either real or personal, at the time such aid was received, the superintendents of the poor of the county or the proper official of any township, village or city by which such aid or assistance has been extended may bring a suit at law in any court of competent jurisdiction to cover the value or amount of such aid or assistance, together with interest. On the death of any such poor or indigent person the superintendents of the poor of the county or the proper official of any township, village or city by which aid has been thus extended, may petition the probate court having jurisdiction in the premises for the administration of the estate, if any, of such poor or indigent person; and the kind or value of assistance rendered such person shall be a valid claim against his estate: Provided, That no claim arising by virtue Proviso, of the provisions of this section shall be barred by any statute claims not limiting the time within which action may be brought to recover on any claim, account or cost of action.

barred.

SEC. 45. When any poor or indigent person shall be property, brought to the county infirmary as an inmate therein, and is custody of. found to possess property, the same shall be placed at once in the custody and control of the county superintendents of the poor, and shall by such superintendents be used for the sole benefit of such poor person. If such poor or indigent person thereafter ceased to be a public charge on such county. he may apply to said superintendents of the poor for a return to him of such property, or so much thereof as shall not have been expended under the provisions of this law, or under the provisions of any law of the state pertaining thereto. Thereupon said superintendents of the poor shall proceed to make such return or refund as soon as may be. In no case,

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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 Settlement.

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....
day of...

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.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

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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 Denial of 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
for the care, relief and support of.......

in a certain notice dated the.

A. D. 19.., from.

of the Poor of..

the poor person mentioned

..day of.....
Superintendent
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