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 show. ing 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. SEC. 42. 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, 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 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... ..... a .A. D. 19...., relief and sup port as a poor person in this county. The settlement of expense of your county of. 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 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 in a certain notice dated the. A. D. 19.., from. of the Poor of... the poor person mentioned 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. 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 |