The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-03-28
4a6s of Obio.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
I AN ACT

| H.. AN All
Amendatory of an act entitled, an act for the
reIisfo of THE poor, passed March 18th, 1853.
SEC. 1. Be IL enacted by the Gener-
al assembly Of TIE State ofOhtO, That
any person or persons, other than those
hereinafter provided for, who shall re-
side one year in any township in this
| State, shall be considered as having
gained a legal settlement in such town
ship. Every indented servant or ap-
prentice, legally brought into this State,
shall obtain a legal settlement in the
township where such servant or appren.
tice shall serve his or her master or mis-
tress M year and every married wo-
man, during overture, or after her hus-
bands death, shall be considered legally
settled in the place where he was last
legally settled but if he shall have
had no legalsettlement, than she shall be
considered as settled. in the place where
she was last legally settled before mar
riage; Provided, that nothing in this
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lease any township from its legal obliga-
tions to support any person or persons
removing from such township, until such
person or persons shall have gained a
legal settlement in the township to which
such person or persons shall have re-
moved; Pravided, further, that if any
person or persons shall become q town.
ship charge, before such person or per-
sons shall have gained a legal settlement
in any township to which any such per-
son or persons shall have removed, they
shall not be considered as having gained
a legal settlement in such township, du-
ring the time that such person or per-
SONS shall remain a township charge.
SEC. 2. That the trustees of each
township shall afford relief or support
to any person or persons within their
township, not havinar legal settlement
in the same, when J Tief or support
is needed; Provide0pthat whereas the
trustees of any township shall be called
upon to afford relief from the township
treasury, in any county, having q county
Inirmary, to any person or persons, who
have no legal settlement IN this State,
or whose place of residence is unknown,
it shall be the duty of the trustees to
make out an order to the directors of
such county inirmary, to receive and
provide for such person or persons so
long as the said trustees may direct ;
Provided, further, that whenever the
trustees of any township shall be called
upon to afford relief from the township
treasury, in a county having any county
infrmary, to any person or persons, who
have no legal settlement in this State, or
whose place of residence is unknown, it
shall be the duty of such trustees to keep
an accurate account Of all moneys SO ex-
pended, and certify such account, to get
her with the vouchers for the same, to the
county commissioners of the county, who
shall cause the mount so paid, to be paid
to the township, out Ofthe county treasu-
ry; Prorided, further, that in case any
person or persons, becoming chargable to
any township, as aforesaid, shall have no
legal settlement within this State, the
trustees may remove such person or
persons to the State where he, she .
they have a legal settlement unless
such person or persons shall give sufi-
cient security to indemnify the said town.
ship.
SEC. 8. That sections one, three, and
even of the act t. which this is amen
datory, be, and the same arc hereby re-
poaled. G. F. LEBLOND,
Speaker of the House of Reps.
ROBERT LEE,
President of the Senate, pro, ten.
May /, 1854.