§ 43-31-23. Support of pauper for his labor
The board of supervisors may, with the consent of the pauper, contract with any person for keeping and maintaining any pauper for the work or service which may be rendered by him in compensation for his support and maintenance; and if any pauper shall refuse to abide by the disposition made of him by the […]
§ 43-31-1. Jurisdiction; county homes
The board of supervisors of each county shall have the jurisdiction and power necessary and proper for the relief and support of the poor of its county, and it shall have control of the county home, and may employ a suitable person to take charge of the same. It shall see that the poor are […]
§ 43-31-3. Purchase land and erect buildings
The board of supervisors may purchase, in the name of the county, not more than one hundred and sixty (160) acres of land for a county home and farm; and it may erect thereon suitable buildings and make all necessary contracts for these purposes.
§ 43-31-5. May sell or exchange the property
The board of supervisors may, when deemed proper, sell or exchange and convey the county home property, and purchase other property for such use.
§ 43-31-7. Rules for government of county home
The board of supervisors shall prescribe such rules as it may deem expedient for the government and support of the county home, and may discharge any superintendent and employ another.
§ 43-31-9. Pauper employed in labor
The board of supervisors may cause the superintendent of the county home to employ in labor such paupers as may be able to work, in such way as it may deem proper without endangering their health or without oppressing them; and a fair amount of the profits resulting from such labor shall be kept and […]
§ 43-31-11. Relief until removal
The board of supervisors, and, in case of emergency, the supervisor of the district, may provide for the temporary relief of a pauper until he can be removed to the county home.
§ 43-31-12. Transferred
Transferred by Laws, 1993, ch. 512, § 1. [Laws, 1993, ch. 512, § 1, eff. from and after July 1, 1993]
§ 43-31-13. Claims allowed
The board of supervisors may allow, as far as be deemed right, the claims of persons, who, by authority of one of the supervisors, have temporarily taken care of, fed, clothed, administered to, or buried such paupers as were at the time proper subjects for relief, but could not at once be removed to the […]
§ 43-31-15. Tax for support of poor
The board of supervisors shall annually assess and cause to be collected by the tax collector, and paid into the general fund of the county treasury, such tax as may be necessary for the support of the poor of the county.