Laws Repealed; When to Take Effect. S$ 170-171 ment in the manner directed by the by-laws, and such other accounts as the board of managers shall prescribe, render a statement to the board of managers whenever required by them. ARTICLE XI. LAWS REPEALED; WHEN TO TAKE EFFECT. SECTION 170. Laws repealed. 171. When to take effect. § 170. Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the sched ule hereto annexed, that portion specified in the last column is repealed. 8171. When to take effect.-This chapter shall take effect on October first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. SCHEDULE OF LAWS REPEAled. CHAPTER XXVII OF THE GENERAL LAWS. [CHAP. 225 OF 1896.] THE POOR LAW. ARTICLE I. County superintendents of the poor (§§ 1–14). III. Settlement and place of relief of poor persons (§§ 40-57). V. Soldiers, sailors and marines (§§ 80-84). VI. State poor (§§ 90-104). VII. Duties of state board of charities; powers of state charities' aid association (§§ 115–121). VII. Miscellaneous provisions (§§ 130-142). IX. Laws repealed; when to take effect (§§ 150-151). ARTICLE I. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE POOR. SECTION 1. Short title. 2. Definitions. 3. County superintendents of the poor. 4. Appointment of superintendent as keeper of almshouse. 5. When they may direct overseers of the poor to take charge of county poor. 6. Idiots and lunatics. 7. Pestilence in almshouse. 8. Accounts of county treasurer with towns. 9. Annual apportionment of town expenses. 10. Tax levy on towns. 11. Expense of county poor. 12. Superintendents' report to the state board of charities. 13. Supervisors may direct as to temporary or outdoor relief to poor. 14. Penalty for neglect or false report. SECTION 1. Short title.-This chapter shall be known as the poor law. 2. Definitions.—A poor person is one unable to maintain him self, and such person shall be maintained by the town, city, county or state, according to the provisions of this chapter. In counties having but one superintendent of the poor, the term "superintendent" or "superintendents of the poor," when used in this County Superintendents of the Poor. § 3 chapter, means such superintendent; and in towns or cities having but one overseer of the poor, the term "overseers" or "overseers of the poor," when used in this chapter, means a town or city overseer of the poor. An "alms-house" is a place where the poor are maintained at the public expense. The town poor are such persons as are required by law to be relieved or supported at the expense of the town or city; the county poor are such persons as are required by law to be relieved or supported at the expense of the county; and the state poor are such persons as are required by law to be relieved or supported at the expense of the state. § 3. County superintendents of the poor.-The county superintendents of the poor shall : 1. Have the general superintendence and care of poor persons who may be in their respective counties. 2. Provide and keep in repair suitable alms-houses when directed by the board of supervisors of their county. 3. Establish rules and by-laws for the government and good order of such alms-houses, and for the employment, relief, management and government of the poor therein; but such rules and regulations shall not be valid until approved by the county judge of the county, in writing. 4. Unless a keeper be appointed by the board of supervisors, employ suitable persons to be keepers of such houses, and physicians, matrons and all other necessary officers and servants, and vest such powers in them for the government of such houses, and the poor therein, as shall be necessary, reserving to such poor persons who may be placed under the care of such keepers, matrons, officers or servants, the right of appeal to the superIntendents. 5. Purchase all necessary furniture, implements, food and materials for the maintenance of the poor in such houses, and for their employment in labor, and use, sell and dispose of the proceeds of such labor as they shall deem expedient. 6. Prescribe the rate of allowance to be made for bringing poor persons to the county alms-house, subject to such alterations as the board of supervisors may by general resolution nake. 7. Authorize the keepers of such houses to certify the amount due for bringing such poor persons; which amount shall be paid by the county treasurer on the production of such certificate, |