The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-23

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!toll tno yearly sst'leineu' VI t"e "u"
llorS OF Tue district,
| The exceptions are oVerrnleu aul the
report OF the AUDITOR Is ooAnru'ou IL
ng T'1o tSo Siatsict % nova thn roysr ~ crant
"r,don,, IS r'r,ii r,iias nsror tTo onniicsnt has
waSa or;jayit E,iora two mngistr,tes
nrnyjaoJ Cha casa ia Pon,J 70 ha one.
wor,Sv - r,,isf I'm his onin;nn tha
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V rfr'PsiVS M bSS"iS ~ o' w ,uv ~ cha s
iengs frst tbe inrisjicfion Of tns cDIrt
| over an appeal from the yeulv settlement
Of the auditors Of the Scranton poor dis
trlet, and second, tho power OF tue dlrec-
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QUESTION OF JUElSplVliON'
| The iudpe first fakes nm tina uuasiinn
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tT"o'"' Wv NoH "st"H ''"'
/ the cOlAulOu peas CourV OF LsckA"aunA
county mas jurisdiction over the ap-
/ psals from the settlements OF tha audi
( tors Of this poor district He then
takes mn the Dnestiou Of outdoor relief
and aftar coraiIeriu,r ths ncs of Anril
| a TseS 80 i,.' 80, ,,,,o,,t - A III
| ,oS - a0o-' a"N ''9 ouPPAe ulV" VI AP''t =
800, IS well US Iue aeI. oL JuHe IL,
1886, says:
These provisions are ample authority
for granting outdoor relief, and II as Is
oUn eI't,c bS tIsV t W. 80 80 tbn ;nt6
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go ,,-,., o,sss,rai, sSna,4Tons Ma notysr
a+,T "a a,,tbcIit,, ,,;as airardy ar,n,ad by tbe
,iytt ssetinn Of t5e act = ihsrs
100 La Iis,ricts In tha c,,,n,oro o,oaItb
r5Isra ~. Jirorrors ~, oversss-s Of the
80. 49, ,,N,,,s,. t, cram ,,.ldo0. va
E;sP hI't ,ys i.,,Iy, ~ noSs Ths ,arsr,l law
y ,,rniaas Tor IT. W. ehowid it
~ La goiir tLs scranton pgor districtg
| ~, SborIj ths ,y;f.arJ rhiiIrs, ~ the
,,i.ri,, act,,,s .a,.,,,,,, h., ,,ranral IL ,9hsn
II haG Giss In the sery,ce 1is widow md
"r,Sars 7,,1st o., ,.,var the mn m ths noor.
haI,ssgS Or Il be he ga fortnnpte ~, 10
snIviva and comes home maimed and dis.
ohied WITH an honorable discharge In his
! rccItat ava a nension that barely enable.
I Kim N stsrye yyith anv degree OF resprcta.
hiiitv whv shouji he b, denied a pjttapce
s,,,1 tba Cornrnitv ba defended nnlsss
/ j,s - WILING IN bgvs'it dolad o,1t tn him ms
! ~, i,r,r+a nv moor bnI,se
~ 40 NOT haii.v. tbat tbis community
,.i, i For Iegi.Iation nuthori2irT snrh >,
~ off,ira in lsa3 nor do T believe
- tho Ierislature oP thss vear would
/ ,'a,.., ed il If II had baan asked FOR
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IdA4 CONslhCI ~" AL
/ The supplement Of 1865 purports to put
4 . construction upon only the ninth section
/ o{ the act Of 1863. 1t says so IN express
language. II it had been the intention Of
| the legislature to put that construction
, upon the whole act it would have been
very easy to say SO. II then the view
LereluOetora eXpressei IN REGARD 10 the
nature ard purpose OF the hlnth section oI
the Gcr Of loo! De correct theh Tue general
power OF the directors TO ahoru outdoor
relief npOn proper orders was not an ecteu
by the supplement- Oh 4ood az HI, ana Tue
effect Of the construction put Dy tue Legls'
laJur5 upon the uIntn .sectloH uy Salu sup
plement becomes plain ana clear.
l5 simply toOh away from the directors
the discretionary power gwen them OF al
tordlug out door feleI 10 such persons a.
were charges upon or VINO were Receiving
relief from the o'd dlstrlcts, wltnouI hrst
obtaining orders OF reiiel, except IN cases
of wives and chldren OF soldlers ana IN
cases OF contagious diseases or Where from
lactual sickness or otherWiee ~ was 40
solutely lmposSiOle 20 remove them 70 tht
poor house In other words, 1t compelled
the directors to procure an order OF relieI
before they could furnlsh any ousdoor re-
lief to anybody, except IN the excepted
cases, whether the poor persons were
charge upon or receiving rellei from any o.
the old districts or not. There was NJ
no doubt reason for TINS. 10 IS Weu re
memoere9 that the aIa.is ol "D Ioas. so Ile
OF the old districts had been grossly mis-
managed.
REASON FOR PROBATION
No doubt the names of unworthy per,
sons hsd found their way into the pool
books. and in one way or another tines.
uarsons had become charges upon or were
receiying relief from the district. They
we're willing to subsst on tho public ii
they could, but they might. prefer support
porting themselves 10 gong 70 tne poor
mouse Spe .s Us HraSe, Snue1 anu tbat o m%S
SoanP9 ar,. - S't ieag % was a. nassed n mt tbep
mon mon the same footing as other applicant
for outdoor relief ami compelled them &c
procure m order Of maintenance from two
magistrates before the directors, OF th
new district were authorized 20 max new s,
ana hrst INQUIRY iuIo u5had tnS n,ei o, rue, ta
eases Uru 5o 9U oITo' tSo n,gori6v oneS a5t ~
"F'rH 'TSase views of the act Of 1859 an,
1863 Give them both q legitimate ant
reasoftoble construction, borne out ant
sustained by the letter as well as tht
spirit OF the law ana consistent wlth thI
tonstructlon Wh'cn h's oee,l p.Gceu ut4I
10 by the olncials suu tle PeUplJ ~ St
ulstfict TOT more IuSH qu"''ei Vi ''"'
ury, ..- 4. ,. -,
40 exGeptlon appsh,ris " nsvo OIe'