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Sales by Owner after Warrant issued to be void.

(1428.) SEC. 11. All sales and transfers of any personal property left in the county from which such person absconded, made by him or her after the issuing of such warrant, whether in payment of an antecedent debt, or for a new consideration, Inventory and shall be absolutely void; and the said Superintendents shall intendents. immediately make an inventory of the property, things in action, and effects so seized by them, and return the same with their proceedings, to the next Circuit Court for the county in which such Superintendents reside, there to be filed.

return by Super-.

Circuit Court

may confirm or

rant, etc.

Order for Sale.

(1429.) SEC. 12. The said Circuit Court, upon inquiry into discharge War the facts and circumstances of the case, may confirm the said warrant and seizure, or may discharge the same; and if the same be confirmed, such Court shall, from time to time, direct what part of the personal property shall be sold, and how much of the proceeds of such sale, and of the rents and profits of the real estate, if any, shall be applied towards the maintenance of the wife and children of the person so absconding.

Sale of Property, and application of proceeds.

When two Justices may discharge order.

(1430.) SEC. 13. The Superintendents shall sell, at public vendue, the property so ordered to be sold, and receive the rents and profits of the real estate of the person so absconding, and shall apply the same to the maintenance and support of the wife or children of the person so absconded, and for that purpose shall draw on the County Treasurer therefor; and they shall account to the said Circuit Court for all, moneys so received by them, and for the application thereof, from time to time, and may be compelled by said Court to render such account at any time.

(1431.) SEC. 14. If the party so absconding return and support the wife or children so abandoned, or give security to the Superintendents of the Poor of such county, to be approved by two Justices of the Peace of such county, that the wife or children so abandoned shall not become, or thereafter be chargeable to the county, then such warrant shall be discharged by an order of such Justices, and the property taken by virtue thereof, and remaining unappropriated, or the proceeds thereof, after deducting the expenses of the proceedings aforesaid, shall be restored to such party.

CHAPTER XL.

OF THE SUPPORT OF POOR PERSONS BY THE PUBLIC.

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1435. To be a Corporation; their powers as such, etc.

1436. Specification of certain powers and duties. 1437. Board of Supervisors may determine to

erect Poor House, and direct Superintendents to purchase Land.

1438. Tax to defray expenses of Building, etc. 1439. When Poor Persons to be removed to Poor House.

1440. To be received and relieved.

1441. Expenses of removal, how paid.

1442. Directors, when to be allowed moneys paid out by them.

1443. When Justice to order amount to be expended for Temporary Relief.

1444. County Treasurer to pay amount expended, etc.

1445. Provision for support of Idiots and Lunatics out of Poor House.

1446. Punishment for removing Paupers from one County to another. 1447. Paupers removed, etc., where to be maintained; Notice may be given. 1448. Superintendents receiving notice to pay

expenses, etc., or deny the allegation of removal within twenty days.

1449. If Superintendents to whom notice is given omit to remove Pauper, etc., they and their Successors liable. 1450. On receiving notice of denial, Action to be

commenced; consequence of neglect. 1451. Who not to be Superintendent. 1452. Keepers exempt from Militia Service, etc. 1453. Places provided by Superintendents to be deemed Poor Houses.

SECTION

1454. Education of Pauper Children.

1455. Liability of person removing Pauper from another State.

1456. Magistrate may require Security. 1457. Moneys received by Directors and Superintendents to be paid to Treasurer, etc. 1458. Liability of Superintendents for neglect to account, etc.

1459. Estimate of amount necessary for support of Poor, and collection thereof.

1460. Accounts of Directors and Justices, how audited and paid.

1461. Annual Report of Superintendents. 1462. Penalty for neglect to make Report, etc. 1463. Duty of Secretary of State.

II. UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE REVISED
STATUTES OF 1838.

1464. Distinction between Town and County Poor may be restored in certain cases. 1465. Townships may be charged or credited with certain balance.

1466. Poor Persons, when to be maintained by County or Township.

1467. Distinction between County and Township Poor may be abolished.

1468. Superintendents of the Poor; three to be appointed in each County.

1469. To be a body corporate, and have Superintendence of County Poor; their general powers and duties. 1470. Board of Commissioners may determine to erect Poor Houses; may raise a sum by Tax to defray expenses.

1471. When distinction between Township and County Poor abolished, duty of Clerk of Board of Commissioners; when and to whom Directors to pay over Moneys; how to be applied.

1472. When Poor to be maintained at expense of County; Tax to be levied and collected to defray expense.

SECTION

1473. When Poor to be supported at expense of Township; Excise Money, to whom paid, and how applied.

1474. What shall be deemed a Settlement in Township.

1475. Settlement of Paupers.

1476. Poor Persons, where to be supported; when by Township; when at expense of County.

1477. Settlement of Pauper may be contested; what notice to be given.

1478. Who to determine controversy; determination to be final.

1479. How and by whom Paupers to be supported in certain cases. 1480. Support of Paupers not to be charged to County without sanction of Superintendents; when Superintendents to inquire into Settlement of Pauper.

1481. When Pauper is chargeable to County, Superintendent to give certificate to that

effect.

1482. If Superintendent neglect, how to proceed.

1483. Decisions of Superintendents in relation

to Settlement of Paupers, how entered. 1484. Poor Person, when to be removed to County Poor House;

1485. Expense of Removal, how paid. 1486. Person so Removed to be supported in Poor House.

1487 In what cases, and how Justices of the Peace may make Order for Relief. 1488. In case there is no Poor House in the County, Order to be made for weekly allowance.

1489. If Pauper have a Legal Settlement, how supported.

1490. If he have no Legal Settlement, Directors how to proceed.

1491. Superintendents may in certain cases authorize Directors of Poor to support certain Paupers.

1492. When and how County Treasurer to keep an account of Moneys received and paid out for Support of Poor. 1493. Duty of Superintendents of the Poor in certain cases.

1494. County Treasurer, when to account to County Commissioners; duty of Commissioners.

1495. Superintendents to present sum necessary to be raised for Support of Poor for the ensuing year; duty of Commissioners. 1496. Directors of Poor to keep an account; how to be kept.

1497. When Directors to account to Township Board; duty of Board.

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1498. Forfeiture for neglect.

1499. Duty of Township Clerk in certain cases to exhibit at Annual Meeting accounts of preceding year.

1500. Inhabitants to vote sum to be assessed; to whom paid.

1501. Certain accounts to be audited by Board of Commissioners, and paid by County Treasurer.

1502. Superintendents to audit and settle certain accounts.

1503. Forfeiture for enticing, etc., Pauper from one Township, etc., to another, with intent, etc.; how liable in addition to Forfeiture.

1504. Superintendents to maintain such Pauper and give notice to Directors of Poor of Township from which he was enticed, etc. 1505. Duty of Directors on receiving such Notice.

1506. Consequence of neglect to remove such Pauper.

1507. Within what time Superintendents to commence Suit; consequence of neglect. 1508. Forfeiture of Superintendents for neglect to render account; also, liable to an Action by County Treasurer. 1509. Persons bringing Paupers into this State with intent, etc., to forfeit fifty dollars; how liable in addition to For.eiture. 1510. Penalties, when recovered, to be paid to County Treasurer.

1511. Directors of the Poor in certain cases to collect penalties.

cases, and

1512 To be allowed costs in certain pay for attending to Suits. 1513. Such allowances may be credited to them in their accounts.

1514. When to be Township charge. 1515. Poor House, etc., exempt from Taxation; keeper from service in Militia, etc. 1516. Superintendents may provide for support of Idiot, etc., out of Poor House. 1517. Certain Paupers to be Educated; expenses of, how paid. 1518. Superintendents to make Annual Report to Secretary of State; Report, what to contain.

1519. Township Clerk to Report to Board of Commissioners; Report, what to contain; abstract of, to be delivered to Superintendents.

1520. Forfeiture for neglect; Secretary of State to give notice of such neglect. 1521. Secretary of State to lay before Legislature an abstract of Reports.

Chapter Thirty-Eight of Revised Statutes of 1846.

OF THE SUPPORT OF POOR PERSONS BY COUNTIES. (a)

Persons

(1432.) SECTION 1. Every poor person who is blind, old, Poor lame, sick, or decrepit, or in any other way disabled or enfee-tained by County. bled, so as to be unable to maintain himself, and who shall not be relieved or maintained by his relatives as provided in the preceding chapter, shall be maintained by the county in which he may be, according to the following provisions :

Superintendents,

fice.

(1433.) SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the Board of Super- Appointment of virsors of each county, at their annual meeting in each year, their Oath of ofto appoint three discreet freeholders of such county to be Superintendents of the Poor within the same, who shall hold their offices for one year, and until others shall be appointed in their places and duly qualified, and who shall take the oath of

office prescribed in the twelfth article of the Constitution, Const. Art. 18. and file the same with the County Clerk.

(1434.) SEC. 3. A majority of the persons so appointed shall Compensation. be at all times competent to transact business, and to execute any powers vested in the Board of Superintendents; and they shall be allowed such sum for their actual attendance and services, as the Board of Supervisors of the county shall deem reasonable.

tion, their powers as such, etc.

(1435.) SEC. 4. They shall be a corporation, by the name of To be a Corporathe Superintendents of the Poor of the county for which they shall be appointed, and shall possess the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes, and they shall meet as often as the Board of Supervisors of the county shall direct, at the County Poor House, if there be one, and if not, then at the place of holding the Circuit Courts in their county, and at such other times and places as they shall deem necessary. (1436.) SEC. 5. They shall have the general superintendence Specification of of all the poor who may be in their respective counties, and and duties. shall have power, and it shall be their duty:

1. To have charge of the County Poor Houses that have been or shall be erected, and to provide suitable places for the keeping of such poor, when so directed by the Board of

certain powers

(a) In 1849 an Act was passed authorizing the County Superintendents of the Poor of Berrien County to contract with one or more persons for the support of all, or any, of the County Poor of that County. Laws of 1849, p. 188.

Specification of certain powers

Supervisors, when houses for that purpose shall not have been erected by the county; and for that purpose to rent a tenement or tenements, and land not exceeding eighty acres, and to cause the poor of the county to be maintained at such places;

2. To ordain and establish prudential rules, regulations and and duties. by-laws, for the government and good order of such places so provided, and of the County Poor Houses, and for the employment, relief, management, and government of the persons therein placed; but such rules, regulations and by-laws shall not be valid until sanctioned by the Judges of the County Court;

3. To employ one or more suitable persons to be keepers of such houses or places, and all necessary officers and servants; and to vest in them such powers for the government of such houses as shall be necessary, reserving to the paupers who may be placed under the care of such, keepers, the right to appeal to the Superintendents;

4. To purchase the furniture, implements, and materials that shall be necessary for the maintenance of the poor, and their employment and labor, and to sell and dispose of the proceeds of such labor, as they shall deem expedient;

5. To prescribe the rate of allowance to be made by any persons for bringing paupers to the County Poor House or place provided for the poor, subject to such alterations as the Board of Supervisors may, by general resolution, make;

6. To authorize the keepers of such houses or places to certify the amount due to any person for bringing such paupers; which amount shall be paid by the County Treasurer, on the production of such certificate, countersigned and allowed by any two of the Superintendents;

7. To direct the commencement of suits by any Directors of the Poor, who may be entitled to prosecute upon any recognizances, bonds or securities, taken for the indemnity of any township, or of the county, and in case of the neglect of any such Directors to commence and conduct such suits, without the authority of such Directors, in their names;

8. To draw, from time to time, on the County Treasurer for all necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties; which drafts shall be paid by him out of the moneys placed in his hands for the support of the poor;

9. To render to the Board of Supervisors of their county, at their annual meeting, an account of all moneys received and

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