St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-07


oflcer OF said town, city or village to convey
any poor person to the said county poor
house, the expense of such conveyance to De
paid from the town, city or village poor fund.
ceive and care for such poor persons, pro-
vided, that the said overseer shall not be re-
CURED to receive any person who may pc
suffering from any contagious or infectious
ity to discharge any inmate of the said poor
house whenever, in his Judgment, the said
inmate Is capable of self support, or when-
ever he shall ascertain that any inmate has
not legal residence in the county, or when
ever the officer by whom such person was
committed shall Issue an or1er for his dis
charge. The overseer may, if he shall deem
1t necessary, furnish transportation TO any
discharged inmate to the place from wnlcn
he came, at the expense of the county. =,
SEC. 3. Care of non resident paupers-!n
all cases where any town, city or village IN
any such county shall expend any money In
the removal, support maintenance or burial
OF any person who has any relative. charge
legal settlement in any other county. town,
| city or village within this state which IS
charged by law with the support OF such
poor person, the said town, city or village
such relative or from such county, town, city
or village the same amount and In the same
manner as is provided by law for counties TO
recover gov under IKE ei1cu% naM
PEG. b. Ia4es now !ev!oo.. Nv.
annual town meeting and the com
mon council Of each incorporated city or
| village in every county having the town sys-
| tenn Of caring for the poor, shall levy or
cause to be levied each year a tax upon the
| real and personal property in said town, city
| or village respectively of buch sum as shal!
| seem necessary for the support and relief OF
the poor; provided, that the said levy shall
not be less than one ~ mill upon each dol
10 nf fhn
shall be in the poor fund Of said town, city
| or village not less than fifty (5O) dollars
above the amount Of orders outstanding at
! the time when such levy is made. The sew
| eral town clerks and the several city. or vii
lage clerks or recorders shall certify the facts
SEC. 10. Duties of the County Auditor
The county auditor Of every county having
| the town system of caring for the poor snail.
at the time of making the grand tax dupli-
| Gates of the county, assess and levy upon the
| taxable property of each town and each IN
| corporated city or village in such county the
| sums levied for the support and relief OF the
poor: provided, that in case the proper OH
| lect to make levy for the support and RELIEF
| OF the poor, ana to notify the county auditor
| as herein prescribed, then it shall be the duty
| Of the said county auditor to make an assess.
ment upon the said town, city or village OF
one a. mill on each dollar OF the valuation
| for that purpose.
SEC. IL. Duties Of the County treasurer
The county treasurer shall refund to the
ated city and village in such county the
amount of poor funds collected from such
| towns. cities and villages.
SEC. II. County Poor Fund-How Dis
| posed of-Auy balance of the county poor
fund remaining in the county treasury when
the town system of caring for the poor goes
| into effect. may be used for maintaining a
county poorhouse, or transferred into lne
county revenue fund.- as the board OF county
commissioners shall direct.
Sec. 13. Steps to be taken before changing
the system of caring for the poor-Whenever
the county commissioners OF any county IN
this state shall vote to consider the question
of changing the system of caring for the poor
in said county from the county system to the
town system, or from the town system to the
county system, or whenever one fourth Q4)
/ of the legal voters Of any county, as shown
by the registration at the last preceding gen.
of system, it shall be the duty Of the county
commissioners of the said county, or the
county auditor. by their direction, to lay the
question before the state board Of correc-
tons and charities at a regular meeting OF
that board, stating the principal reasons for
or against the proposed change. 1t shall be
the duty of the stale board Of corrections and
charities, thereupon, to present to the SAID
board of county commissioners, In writing,
without delay, such advice as they may deem
necessary and proper and no final action shall
be taken by any board of county commission
ers respecting such change OF the system OF
caring for the poor until the advice OF the
state board Of corrections and charities has
been received. II majority Of the members
OF the said board of county commissioners
shall concur in favor of the proposed change,
by yea and nay vote, the question shall be
submitted to the legal voters OF said county
state. II the question be whether the town
system shall be adopted the ballots usedsat
said election shall have written or printed, or
partly written and partly printed thereon the
the poor. Yes-no." If the question: be
whether the county system shall be adopted,
the ballots used at said election shall have
written or printed. or partly written and,
caring for the poor, Yes-No,' and each
elector voting on said question shall erase.
mark across or scratch out, one of said words,
Yes or No. on said ballot and leave the other
on the same when deposited in the
be be0 counted except a those having 'o one
only of said words yes OF no, thereon. The
votes cast upon the question thus submitted,
shall be canvassed and returned in the same
manner as votes for county officers, and If
majority shall be found to have voted in
favor of the said change, the same shall take
effect as soon as funds shall become availa-
BILE in the treasures of the several towns,
cities and villages in said county for the sup
with this act.
SEC. IA. Notice Of Election to Be Given
1t is hereby made the duty OF the county
auditor of such county, at least thirty (3U)
days prior to the SAID general election, to no
tify the several town clerks and the recorders
or clerks OF the several incorporated cities
and villages in such county, to insert para
graph in the notice of the said general cleo
ton, setting forth that the question of chang
ing the system Of caring for the poor from the
county system to the town system, or from
the town system to the county system, as the
case may be, will be voted upon at the said
general election; Provided, however, that
any failure Of any town clerk, or any city or
village recorder, to give such notice shall
not invalidate such election, or prohibit the
canvass of the votes cas- upon such PROPOSE
ton.
SEC Is. Repeating Clause--Tnls act shall
not be construed to repeal or modify any
special laws heretofore passed regulating
the care Of the poor in Hennepin, Ramsey
or Dakota counties, unless such counties
shall hereafter change their system of caring
All counties in this state which are now
under the town system of caring for the poor
shall SO continue. unless the said system
shall hereafter be changed, in accordance
with the provisions Of this act, but in all
such counties the care Of the poor shall be
regulated by this act in all cases where the
special laws relating to the care of the poor
in such counties are inconsistent with this
act; and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 16. When to Take Efect-This act
shall take effect and be in force from and
after its passage.
Approved April %, 1889.
2S.
II. F. No. 770.-AN ACT to amend sections
sixteen (16) and ffty-four (54), Of chap
Of the General Laws of the year one thou.
sand eight hundred and eighty-five entitled
IAN act to provide for the Incorporation of