Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-10-09

having no poor house. to pay for medical services
furnished 20 poor person who is a resident Of
the county and township and who is temporarily
pauper 27-Kausas, 22s,
But this lie not applicable to this case as Philips
county have county poor house.
Section So poor law, provides that all the poor
who have become permanent charges as paupers
shall be removed 20 the poor house. Section q
provides that the county shall have physician TO
attend the county asylum and 70 allow him reas-
enable compensation.
Section H. poor law, provides for temporary re-
lief Of the poor who have no legal settlement, but
such relief can only consist in placing the poor in
county asylum.
Section % provides that the commissioners
shall settle with the township Overseers OF the
poor at least once in every year and Oftener If they
deem it necessary,
section "a, poor law: It shall be the duty of
the overseers Of the poor on complaint made TO
them that any person not an inhabitaut OF their
township is lying sick therein or in distress with
ont friends money and is likely TO suffer, TO
anime into the case of such person and grant such
/ temporary relief as the nature Of the same may
require and the county and the board of
/ commissioners ut any meeting shall examine all
claims under this provision and il found reason
able shall cause them TO be paId ont Of the county
( The Supreme Court ia constituting this section,
] say pll =lGl4lls WHO furnishes medical
/ to person in distress and not an inhabitant Of
/ the township in which he is found lying sick
without friends OF money, under the direction and
. employment of an Overseer, Of the poor Of such
: township is entitled TO reasonable compensation
. for his services, 10 Kansas. al.
/ The supreme court further say: a smallpox
| epidemic having broken out in a township the
. trustee employed physician 20 attend the sick
and supply them with necessaries, the physician
Tara7 services and furnished euuv1fae ~Y4a
/ sons so relieved were residents of the township
and the county was al that time keeping and main
tanning poor house held that the county was not
liable for such services and supplies and that the
. trustee had no power to bind the county by such
contract. Such power resides alone in the com
missiouers -21 Kansas, 669.
/ In this case the parties were both residents Of
Beaver township in Phillips county, and Phillips
. county had at tnat time common county poor
farm Then the case so far as the liability of the
. county is concerned is already settled, and the
. county is not liable for the bills presented.
This is as Tar as your Hon. Board has requested
an opinion, but allow TO say that IN this case
I the parties seem 10 have acted in good faith and
. ii is humane 10 allow, under the circumstances
{ something in consideration. I never took kindly
I TO the doctrine Of the Levite who, when he was
at the place Of the unfortunate man half dead came
f and looked on and then passed by on the other
side
4 OF course in allowing any part of this claim or
. claims you are meeting out equity between Cit
zeus Of our county and though you cannot be com
PEELED TO pay any part of themryet think justice
/ demands you should pay reasonable considera-
/ ton and in doing so You should be met with the
same lberality on the par. of the claimants.
/ GEO. ". STINSON,
County Attorney.
/ These bills claimed amounted to $500 and on mo-