402.41 Reports of local poor officer; contents, form; failure to make, penalty.

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Sec. 41.

It shall be the duty of any director or overseer of the poor authorized by law to furnish relief to poor persons and of the supervisor of each township, district, or ward in this state on the last day of September and on the last day before his term of office shall expire, to make and transmit to the county superintendents of the poor of the county in which such township, district, or ward is situated, a full statement or report of the number of poor persons relieved or maintained by him since the date of his last report, with the names of the heads of families and the number of persons in each family, also the names of persons not members of any family who have received assistance and the causes of their indigence, if he can ascertain the same, the amount paid for transportation, for medical attendance and for funeral expenses, also his charges for services, and any and all other facts and expenditures necessary to a complete showing of his transactions and of the condition of such persons.

Said report shall be made in such form as the secretary of state shall prescribe, and the secretary of state shall prepare and annually transmit blanks for that purpose to the county superintendents of the poor, who shall distribute them to the several directors and overseers of the poor and supervisors in their respective counties; and such reports shall be made by the directors, overseers, and supervisors in the counties where the poor are made a township or city charge, as well as in counties where they are all made a county charge, and any supervisor, director, or overseer who shall neglect or refuse to make such report shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof may be punished as prescribed by law for the commission of such offenses.

History: 1925, Act 146, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 8269 ;-- CL 1948, 402.41

Former Law: See section 1 of Act 107 of 1875; Act 229 of 1879, being How., § 1810; Act 76 of 1885; CL 1897, § 4573; CL 1915, § 5298; sections 1 and 2 of Act 121 of 1885, being How., §§ 1809a and 1809b; CL 1897, §§ 4576 and 4577; and CL 1915, §§ 5301 and 5302.