The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-05-24
AN ACT
March %, lS50

AN AL
70 amend an act entitled IAN net for tue relief OF
the poor." pissed March H. 1881.
SEC |. Be u eaacted by tie General
ASsembiy 9fMe STATE Of Ohio, That upon
complaint being made or information Civ.
en- 10 the trustees OF a township in any
county in this State, having county poor
house, that any inhabitant Of such town
ship is III a suffering condition and le
quireS public assistance or support. said
trustees shall enquire into the condition
aud necessities ofsuch person, aud ifsat
ished that relief ought to be granted at
the public expense, aud shall also be ot
0pinlun that such person requires tempo
rary or partial relief only, aud that Tor
any cause To be by said trustees stated, II
would he inexpedient to remove such
person tn the county poor house, SAID
trustees thoreupOn may make certified
statement Of the facts Of such case. to be
by them signed, setting forth the name,
age, birth place, Iooglh Of residence,
previous habits and present condition
of such person, and the reasons why it
would be ineXpedlent to remove such
person To the county poor house, which
statement they shall forthwith cause to
DO delivered 10 the directors of said poor
house.
SEC. 2 Upon receiving said state
monts ii shall be the duty Of said directors
to Inquire into the truth of the sane, and
if upon full examination they shall find
said statement tn be tue, and shall be
i'unhor satisfied that it is inexpedient
10 remove such person to the poor
house, aud shall further find that The trus.
tees o! said township have not been
chargeabIe with neglect i'll not warning
said person to depart from their town
ship, it is hereby made further the duty
of said directors. without removal to the
pnor house, to furnish such person such
temporary or partial relief as in their u.
pinlpn may be necessary, aud they shall
charge tho expense of the same in their
account current. aud shall draw au order
therefor upon tho county auditor. To be
paid as in other cases.
See. 3. If upon complaint made or
Information given to the trustees Of IA
township, as in the first section oflhis act
mentioned. that any inhabltaut of such
township is in a suffering condition aud
requires public assistance, and upon ex.
animation, as aforesaid, they shall find
that such person nc0ds temporary or par
tial relief only, such trustees may in their
discretion afford such relief at the ex-
pense Of their township, without remov-
ing such person To the county poor housc
or certifying the facts Of the case to the
directors thereof. and it is hereby de.
cIared and made the duty Of such trus.
tees to provide for all paupers who may
upon application be rejected by the di.
rectors ofthe poor house, whether such
panpers may require permanent, tempo.
rary or partial relief in the same manner
and to the same extent as is now required
by law oftrustees Of townships in which
there Is no county poor house; provided,
that this act shall not extend to. nor be
in force in tho counties of Fairfield, Per.
~ and Hooking. Clark or Coshocton.
BENJAMIN +. LETTER.
Speaker ofMc House Of Reps,
CHARLES c. CONVERS.
Speaker cfMe Senate,
March 8, 1850.