The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-04-13
sTATELAWs.
AN ACT relating to the support OF State


Paupers. -.
Sec. L. Be 4 enacted, &c, lhat ron ana az
ter the FIRST day of June next all caihs aga'st the
Commonwealth, presented for allowances y any
CITY town district or Keeper OF any House OF Cor
section for the srnn,rt of State Paupers, shall be
so made as to include all claims or such charges
up to the first daY of January ahAuatly and no
CHARGE which shall not be presented within the
month of January, shall hereafter DC allowed for
The ssnnort of any such pauper and the Select
men. oyerseers of the Poor, Directors of the House
az Tndnsf,y in the City ot Boston, or Keeper of any
Horse Of Correction, shall certify that the whole
amount charged ia the annexed account has been
expended for the support of the person or persons
borne on said list, for the time therein specified
Sec .. Be Il farther enacted, That ali accounts
against the Commonwealth, for the support of pau
uers as aforesaid, snail be made out and CHARGED At
a izej price per day; and that from and after the
sad first day Of June next the allowance shall not
exceed ten cents per day for the support of pau
pers over twelve years of age, and six cents per
day for the support of paupers under twelve wears
Of age, and five dollars for the funeral expenses of
each pauper deceased over twelve years, and two
dollars and fifty cents for the fuuera expenses of
each pauper under twelve years Of age
Sec, 8. Be 1t further enacted, That all accounts
made ont against lbe Commonwealth, for the sup
port Of State paupers, after the first day of June
next, shall be SO made to shew the name Of each
pauper his or her age, the place of his or her na-
tiyity, the time when he or she first came into the
chargeable, and the time when discharged, or the
tine Of his or her death, or the time to which such
charge Is made, DC the pauper still continues
chargeable) and the number Of days which each of
said paupers has been chargeable; and in all cases
where said charge is for the support of any pauper
not already mentioned on the State pauper list,
said account shall he accompanied by certificate
ofthe Overseers Of the Poor, and the Directors of
the House OF industry in the city OF Boston, stat
that neither of said persons has ever gained
settlement in any city. town district within this
Comm 'nweath, by deriving the same from his or
herPuents grand parents. nor by any provisions
ofan act passed FEBRUARY eleventh, in the year of
cur Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety
four, specifying what shall constitute legal set
tisment aud also that he or she has no Kindred
within this Commonwealth BY law obliged to sup
port him or her and that he or she has no legal
settlement in any place i: the Commonwealth, ac-
cording to the existing laws for determining ques-
tinns Of iabtlncy; in ali which certificates the
said Oserseers, and the Directors of the House of
In lustry in the City BOSTON, shall certify that they
mldo tie same on the best evidence they could OBJ
tain, and that part Of the annexed account is for
the support Of any person over the age of twelve
years, while 0f competent health to labor.
Sec. 4. Be At further enacted, That all acts and
plrs Of acts inconsistent with the provisions othis
act be- and they are. hereby repealed
Approved BY the Governor, March %, 1881