• § 36-12-1 - General Supervision of Paupers
  The general supervision of all paupers is vested in the county governing authority.
• § 36-12-2 - Eligibility for Benefits
  No person who is able to maintain himself by labor or who has sufficient means shall be entitled to the benefits of the provision...
• § 36-12-3 - Duty of Relatives to Support Paupers Generally; Right of County to Recover From Relatives for Provisions Furnished
  The father, mother, or child of any pauper contemplated by Code Section 36-12-2, if sufficiently able, shall support the pauper. Any county having provided...
• § 36-12-4 - Liability of Person Sending Pauper to County for Support Purposes
  Any inhabitant of any county, city, town, or village in or out of this state who sends a pauper to some county in this...
• § 36-12-5 - Interment or Cremation of Deceased Indigents
  (a) Whenever any person dies in this state and the decedent, his or her family, and his or her immediate kindred are indigent and...

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