The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-12-27
THE PAUPERS.

The following notes Of recent opinion
OF the Supreme Court, in a case entitled
Bruuer v Madison County, will be inter
esting hereabouts
| l. OFFICERs-CompeHsdtion fer cfictd'
serricts-Iepends entirely upon he statute
Compensation for official services rend
cred IN behalf OF the State, or for any pub
| lie corporation, must rest alone upon
statutory enactment or contract Unless
the statute has made provision for the pay
ment for services required OF IN officer and
performed by him, he can recover no re-
enumeration for the same.
2. PAUPERs-Tno systems, county and
toonshtp support Under the laws now in
provided for the support Of the poOr-one
by the county AZ large, and the other by the
several towns composing the county,
B. SAME-Dtsrenc in the systems -
The first imposes all the cost and expense
attending the care and support OF paupers
upon the county, while the other places the
entire charge and burden upon the several
towns. In the first the overseer of the poor
is required 10 report his acts to the county
board, and act subject 70 such restrictions
and regulations as that board may pre-
scrb. In the second he reports To the
town auditors, and he is subject TO the re.
strictions and regulations Of his town, Tn
der the first named system he IL not en-
titled, as a matter of right, to any compeD-
sation for his services, while under the
other he is entitled TO pay.
4. OvERsEER or THE Poor -C0mpeH-
sdtiOn BY section 36, chapter So, entitled
Fees and Salaries" the over,eer of the
poor (who is also supervisor Of the town is
entitled to receive two dollars per day when
attending TO town business out of town, and
one dollar for town business in his town,
70 be paid from the town treasury when the
service is for his town, When the town is
wholly responsible for the care and sup
port OF its paupeIs, his services In looking
after and providing their support are per
formed for the town, and are town busi-
ness, and he is entitled to the pay named;
but when the county Is chargeable with
pauper support, he is not rendering service
for his town, but for the county, for which
the law has provided no compensation.
5. SUPERvIsoR-S a county as nell a. a
to,on oficer-A supervisor, though elected
AZ town officer, is also made by law a
county officer, as a member OF the county
board, which is invested with power TO
manage the county funds and county bus
mess, except as is otherwise specifically
provided"
Q. npensdtt0n as r0inty off,
cey-By section 80, of the act relating to
fees and salaries, the supervisor, as mem
Der of the board of supervisors, is entitled
to receive $3.50 per day "for the time actu-
ally and necessarily engaged in the dis
charge OF his duties as a member OF such
board" to be paid out of the county treas
ury, and mileage--tive cents each way
for necessary travel, land no other allow
ance or emolument whatever" This per
diem allowance is not restricted to the time
actually engaged in attendance upon the
sessions of the board, but may embrace
time engaged as member OF a committee
or in the discharge of any other duty he
owes his county as member Of the board
intrusted with The Management, of its fin
ancial affairs But in looking after the
poor he acts as a supervisor, and not as a
member CT the county board.
T. JUDICIAL NOTIcE-G to0nship sys
tenn in cou,.ty.--This court will take jul
dicial notice OF the fact that county Is
acting under the Township Organization
Law