Private Acts of 1931 Chapter 442

SECTION 1. That any county in this State having a population of not less than 17,545 nor more than 17,555, by the Federal Census of the year 1930, or any subsequent Census, is hereby authorized to appropriate and donate, to any hospital for the sick, located within or without said county, which engages wholly, or in part, in the work of caring for the indigent sick inhabitants of such county, free of cost, an amount not be exceed Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars per annum.

SECTION 2. Any appropriation made under this Act may be done by the Quarterly Court of such county, at a regular session, and limited to the remainder of the calendar year in which the appropriation is made.

SECTION 3. It shall be the duty of the County Judge or Chairman of the County Court of any county making such appropriations, to issue to the treasurer of such hospital a warrant on the County Trustee, for any amount appropriated by the Quarterly Court under this Act, and said warrant shall be paid by the Trustee, out of any funds of said county in his hands, not otherwise appropriated.

SECTION 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

SECTION 5. That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed: June 18, 1931.