Ward County v. Ankenbaurer

This is a proceeding, under § 14, chapter 97, Laws 1933, for the removal of a person “who is likely to become a public charge, or who has become a public charge . . . found in any county other than that of his legal residence.” This statute, so far as material here, reads as follows:

“Whenever any poor person, who is likely to become a public charge, or has become a public charge, is found in any county other than that of his legal residence, the overseer of the poor may, in case such poor person refuses to voluntarily go to the county of his legal residence, make application to the district…