Section 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.Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 14, art. 2 (2); 1857, ch. 23, art. 2; 1871, § 1976; 1880, § 625; 1892, § 3154; 1906, § 3577; Hemingway's 1917, § 6194; 1930, 5701; 1942, § 7352; Laws, 1986, ch. 400, § 30, eff. 10/1/1986.