The Placer herald., 1857-06-20
AN ACT
Concerning the INDECENT Sick in the County of

Concerning the INDECENT Sick in the County of
Placer
The People Of the state Of CaHfornia. repre-
sented in Senate and assembly, do enact as
Sec. l. 1t shall be the duty Of the board Of
Supervisors of Placer county to make provisions
for the indi gent sick Of the county follow =
First for all INDECENT sick whose diseases are ma
tural or the result Of unavoidable accidents, and
who, when in health had some lawful and visible
means of support Second, for all INDECENT sick
whose disease are not veneral or the result Of in
temperance pT0gided, the Board of Supervisors
shall not provide for the INDECENT sick of the
second class unless there is sanuneXpended balance
in the Hospital Fund after proyiding for all the
indi gent sick Of the first class.
SEC. 2. The Board of Supervisors shall not for
any purpose audit any account or permit the is
suance Of any order payable out Of the Hospital
Fund. unless at the time of auditing such account
and the issuance of such order there is an unex-
pended balance in the Hospital Fund to meet the
payment Of said order on presentation.
SEC. 3. The County Treasurer shall report to
the Board Of Supervisors on the first day of each
meeting of said Board, the amount Of money re-
naming in the Hospital Fund at the date of said
report, subject to their order, and in case shall
the Board Of Supervisors at any such meeting
allow or direct the issuance of orders which will,
singly or in the aggregate, exceed the sum report
ed by the Treasurer to be subject to their o1del
at said meeting. and in no case shall any order br
issued payable out Of any other than the IIospitae
Fund for any service rendered for or in behalf of
the INDECENT sick Of the county; and any member
of the Board of Supervisors, or County Auditor
consentlng to the issuance Of any order in viola
ton of the provisions of this section, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on convic
tion thereof shall be fined in a sum double the
amount of such order, and in default OF payment
shall be imprisoned in the county Jail for any time
not exceeding sixty days; prorided. that nothing
in this Act contained shall be construed to pre-
vent the Board of Supervisors from auditing and
directing the issuance Of orders on the General
Fund Of the county Gn there is a deficiency
in the Hospital Fund.- for the discharge of any
and all Indebtedness which may have been incur
red for the care and maintenance of the INDECENT
sick prior to the passage of this Act.
SEC. A. The Board Of Supervisors shall have
the power to contract for the care, maintenance
and medical treatment of the indi igent sick of the
county, but all contracts shall particularly specify
that the party or parties agreeing to keep said
INDECENT SICK shall accept in full satisfac ton for
said contract, the money to be received into the
Hospital Fund, during the continuance of said
contract; and said contract shall further specify
the price per week at which each INDECENT sick
patient shall be kept, which price shall not eX-
ceed twelve dollars per week.
SEC. 5. All applicants for the benefits of this
Act shall be made to the Board of Supervisors
or some member thereof, and no person shall be
admitted as a charge upon the County Hospital
Fund until he or she shall first subscribe to an
oath, before some person qualified to administer
the same, specifying that he or she is indig gent
slck and has no means of support sustenance
here elsewhere
Sec 6. An Act entitled "An Act to provide for
the INDECENT Sick in the counties of this State'
and all other acts and parts of acts conflicting
with the provisions of this act, in their applica-
tion to the county of Placer, are hereby repealed
Approved April oath, 1857.