Overseers Of The Poor

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Persons appointed or elected to take care of the poor with moneys furnished to them by the public authority. The duties of these officers are regulated by local statutes. In general, the overseers are bound to perform those duties, and the neglect of them will subject them to an indictment. See 1 Bl. Comm. 360; 16 Viner, Abr. 150; 1 Mass. 459; 3 Mass. 436; 1 Pennington (N. J.) 6, 136; Comyn, Dig. “Justices of the Peace” (B 63-65).

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Persons appointed or elected to take care of the poor with moneys furnished to them by the public authority. The duties of these officers are regulated by local statutes. In general, the overseers are bound to perform those duties, and the neglect of them will subject them to an indictment. See 1 Bl. Comm. 360; 16 Viner, Abr. 150; 1 Mass. 459; 3 Mass. 436; 1 Pennington (N. J.) 6, 136; Comyn, Dig. “Justices of the Peace” (B 63-65).

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