expended by them, or under their direction, and of all their proceedings;

10. To pay over all moneys remaining in their hands to the County Treasurer, within fifteen days after the expiration of their office.

visors may deter

Poor House, and

tendents to pur

(1437.) SEC. 6. The Board of Supervisors of any county in Board of Superthis State, in which a County Poor House is not already mine to erect erected, may, at any annual or special meeting thereof, deter- direct Superinmine to erect such house, for the reception of the poor of chase Land. 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.

penses of build

(1438.) SEC. 7. To defray the expenses of such purchase and Tax to defray exbuildings, the said Board of Supervisors may raise, by tax on the ing, etc. taxable real and personal property within the same county, a sum not exceeding seven thousand dollars, in such instalments, 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.

son to be re

House.

(1439.) SEC. 8. When any person shall apply for relief to when Poor Perany Director of the Poor, or to any Superintendent, he shall moved to Poor inquire into the state and circumstances of the applicant, 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, the Director or Superintedent shall, by a written order, cause such poor person to be removed to the County Poor House, to be relieved and provided for, as his necessities may require.

and relieved.

(1440.) SEC. 9. Every such person so removed shall be To be received received by the keeper of the County Poor House, 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.

moval, how paid.

(1441.) SEC. 10. The expense of such removal shall be paid Expense of reby the County Treasurer, on the certificate of the keeper, countersigned as aforesaid, at the rate which shall have been. prescribed by the Superintendents.

Directors, when (1442.) SEC. 11. The Directors of the Poor House shall be

to be allowed

Moneys paid out allowed such sums necessarily paid out, or contracted to be

by them.

When Justice to order amount to

be

Temporary Relief

paid by them, for the relief or support of any such pauper previous to such removal, as the Superintendents shall judge were reasonably expended while it is improper to remove such pauper; which sums shall be paid by the County Treasurer, on the order of the Superintendents.

(1443.) SEC. 12. If it shall appear that any such poor person he expended for so applying for relief as aforesaid, requires only temporary relief, or is so sick, lame, or otherwise disabled that he cannot be safely or conveniently removed to the Poor House, and the application be made to a Director, he shall apply to a Justice of the Peace of the same township, who shall examine into the facts and circumstances, and shall, in writing, order such sum to be expended for the temporary relief of such poor person as he shall deem the circumstances of the case to require.

County Treasurer to pay amount

(1444.) SEC. 13. Such order shall entitle the Director to expended, etc. receive any sum which he may have paid out or contracted to pay within the amount therein specified, from the County Treasurer; but no greater sum than twenty dollars shall be so expended or paid for the relief of any one person, or one family, without the sanction, in writing, of one of the Superintendents of the Poor of the county, which shall be presented to the County Treasurer with the order of the Justice.

Provisions for support of Idiots

of Poor House.

(1445.) SEC. 14. The Superintendents may provide for the and Lunatics out support of paupers that may be idiots or lunatics, out of the county Poor House, in such place, and in such manner as shall best promote the interests of the county, and conduce to the comfort and recovery of such paupers.

Punishment for removing Paupers from one

er.

(1446.) SEC. 15. Any person who shall send, carry, transCounty to anoth port, remove or bring, or who shall cause or procure to be sent, carried, transported, removed or brought, any poor or indigent person from any county, into any other county, without legal authority, and there leave such poor person, or who shall entice such poor person so to remove, with intent to make any such county to which the removal shall be made chargeable with the support of such pauper, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding one year, or fined not exceeding two hundred dollars, or both, in the discretion. of the Court.

(1447.) SEC. 16. The pauper so brought, removed or enticed,

ed, etc., where Notice may be

shall be maintained and provided for by the Superintendents Paupers remov of the Poor of the county where he may be, and the said Super- to be maintained. intendents may give notice to either of the Superintendents of given. the Poor of the county from which such pauper removed, or was brought or enticed, informing them of such improper removal, and requiring them forthwith to take charge of such pauper.

receiving Notice etc., or deny the

moval within

(1448.) SEC. 17. The Superintendents to whom such notice Superintendent a may be directed shall, within thirty days after the service to pay Expenses, thereof, take and remove such pauper to their county, and allegation of repay the expenses incurred in giving such notice, and in main- twenty days. taining such pauper from the time of his becoming a charge to the county in which he is maintained; or they shall, within the time aforesaid, notify the Superintendents from whom such notice was received, or either of them, that they deny the allegation of such improper removal or enticing.

dents to whom

omit to remove

they and their

1449.) SEC. 18. If the Superintendents to whom a notice if Superinten shall have been given, as provided in the sixteenth section of notice is given this chapter, shall omit to take and remove such pauper, and Pauper, etc., also neglect to notify such denial within the time aforesaid, successors liable. they shall be liable for said expenses so long as such pauper shall remain a charge; and an action for such expenses may be maintained from time to time by, and in the name of the Superintendents incurring the same, or their successors in office, against the Superintendents so made liable, and their successors in office.

tice of denial, ac

menced; conse

lect.

(1450.) SEC. 19. Upon receiving any such notice of denial on receiving noas aforesaid, the Superintendents upon whom the same may tion to be comhave been served, shall, within three months thereafter, com- quence of negmence an action against the Superintendents of the Poor of the county to whom the first notice was directed, for the expenses of supporting such pauper, as for moneys paid, laid out and expended, and shall prosecute the same to effect; and if such action be not commenced within the time aforesaid, the same shall be for ever barred, and no action shall thereafter be brought for any expenses incurred in supporting or maintaining such pauper.

Superintendent.

(1451.) SEC. 20. No Supervisor of any township, Prosecuting Who not to be Attorney of any county, County Clerk, or County Treasurer, shall be appointed to, or hold the office of Superintendent of the Poor.

(1452.) SEC. 21. The keeper of every Poor House shall be

Keepers exempt exempt from all service in the militia, and from serving on juries, during the time he shall be such keeper.

from Militia ser vice, etc.

by Superinten

ed Poor Houses.

Places provided (1453.) SEC. 22. The places which shall be provided for the dents to be deem reception of the poor, by the County Superintendents, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall in all cases be deemed to be the County Poor House; and all the provisions of this chapter, applicable to County Poor Houses, shall extend and apply to such places.

Education of
Pauper Children.

Liability of person removing

other State.

(1454.) SEC. 23. The Superintendents of the Poor of each county shall cause the paupers of such county, who may be over five and under sixteen years of age, to be taught and educated, in the same manner that other children are taugh in the primary schools of this State, at least one half of the time such paupers shall remain 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 paupers.

(1455.) SEC. 24. Any person who shall bring or remove, or Pauper from an 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 paupers, shall forfeit and pay fifty dollars, to be recovered before any Justice of the Peace of the county into which such pauper shall be brought, or in which the offender may be; and shall also be obliged to convey such pauper out of the State, or support him at his own expense.

Magistrate may require security.

Moneys received

by Directors and

(1456.) SEC. 25. It shall be lawful 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 pauper; 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. 26. (b).

(1457.) SEC. 27. All moneys which shall be collected by any Superintendents Superintendents, or by the Directors of the Poor of any town

(b) Relative to the disposition of Moneys received for Licenses to Tavern Keepers, Common Victuallers, or Retailers of Spirituous Liquors. No Law for such Licenses is now in force.

Treasurer, etc.

ship, or received by any of them on any bond or other security to be paid to given for the benefit or indemnity of any county, or of any township; and all other moneys which shall be received by such Superintendents or Directors for the benefit of the poor, shall be by them paid over, within thirty 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.

Lia

perintendents for

(1458.) SEC. 28. Every Superintendent who shall neglect or refuse so to render an account or statement, or to pay over neglect to acany moneys as required in this chapter, shall forfeit the sum count, etc. 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 money's 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.

amount necessa

Poor, and collec

(1459.) SEC. 29. The Superintendents of the Poor in each Estimate of county shall present to the Board of Supervisors at their ry for support of annual meeting in each year, an estimate of the sum which, in tion thereof. 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.

rectors and Justices, how audited and paid.

(1460.) SEC. 30. The accounts of the Directors of the Poor, Accounts of Diand of Justices of the Peace, for any personal or official services rendered by them in relation to the poor, shall be audited and settled by the Superintendents, 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.

(1461.) SEC. 31. It shall be the duty of the Superintendents Annual Report of of the Poor of each county, on or before the twentieth day of Superintendents. December in each year, to report to the Secretary of State, in such form as he shall direct, the number of paupers that have been relieved or supported in such county the preceding year, the whole expense of such support, specifying the amount paid for the transportation of paupers, and any other items.