The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-04-16

under this Act, and the Supervisor or
other officer may incorporate in the same
report such information and particulars Of
one or more families, and shall from
time to time re-inquire and report in ref
erence to any family or persons, and
change the measure of relief, as his, her,
or their circumstances and necessities may
seem TO require.
SECTION 5. All reports shall be signed
by the Supervisor, or other person max
ing the same, and be verified by his oath,
to contain, so far as he has been able to
ascertain, the material facts and circum-
stances tending to show the measure of
relief required by such family or persons.
All such reports shall be endorsed by the
County Treasurer with the date Of receiv-
ing the same, and be filed and preserved
in his office, and such County Treasurer
shall procure, at the expense of his Coun-
ty, book in which he shall register the
names of every person so reported to him,
and the amount of relief stated by such
report as required for each family, aud
noting, from time to time, any changes
shown by further report in reference to
that particular family. And the County
Treasurer shall pay no order drawn, or Civ
en- under this act, unless the family or
person in whose behalf the same is given
shall have been first reported to him as
aforesaid.
SECTION G. Such Supervisor or other
officer, for the purpose Of carrying out the
objects contemplated in this Act, may
give orders upon the County Treasurer Of
his County, payable only to the person,
or order, who is for the time being the
head of the family to whom relief is af-
forded, but in no case to greater amount
than fifteen dollars per month, nor in any
case for a greater sum per month than
shall be actually necessary, taking into
consideration the number and pecuniary
and other circumstances of the person OF
persons relieved; which orders shall be
paid out of any moneys appropriated fol
that purpose.
SECTION Z. Section four of said act
shall stand rs section seven, and is hereby
amended to read as follows:
SECTION 7. The Board of Supervisors
are hereby authorized to adopt and en-
force such rules and regulations not incon.
sistent with the provisions Of this act
as shall secure prompt relief to families
and persons, and TO protect the same
against impositions, and may modify the
amount Of relief from time TO time afford
ed by any Supervisor or other officer &c
any family or persons, as in their judg-
ment the particular case may require, and
rs shall be just, and every Supervisor and
other officer shall be governed thereafter
by such modification in the amount of re-
lief or otherwise, and shall give no orders
contrary to the terms of any such modi-
fcation, nor shall the County Treasurer
pay q greater amount of orders drawn by
any such Supervisor or officer than that
fixed at any time by the Board Of Super
yisors.
SECTION s. Section five of said act
shall stand as section eight, aud read as
follows:
SECTION 8. The relief hereby author
lied to be afforded, shall be and remain
separate from, and independent Of, the re-
lief, temporary or otherwise, afforded to
poor persons under existing laws.
SECTION o. This act shall be con-
strued to authorize the relief Of families
of all volunteer non-commissioned officers,
musicians and privates enlisted from this
State and actually mustered into the mil.
itary or naval service ofthe United States.