Title 36 — Title 36
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O.C.G.A. § 36-12-1 General supervision of paupers
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The general supervision of all paupers is vested in the county governing authority. History. — Laws 1792, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 346; Laws 1818, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 347; Code 1863, § 710; Code 1868, § 776; Code 1873, § 754; Code 1882, § 754; Civil Code 1895, § 426; Civil Code …
O.C.G.A. § 36-12-2 Eligibility for benefits
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No person who is able to maintain himself by labor or who has sufficient means shall be entitled to the benefits of the provision for the poor. In cases where women are unable to maintain themselves and the 434 36-12-3 helpless children they may have, they may be aided to the ext…
O.C.G.A. § 36-12-3 General supervision of paupers
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Eligibility for benefits. Duty of relatives to support paupers generally; right of county to recover from relatives for provisions furnished.
O.C.G.A. § 36-12-4 Liability of person sending pauper to county for support purposes
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Any inhabitant of any county, city, town, or village in or out of this state who sends a pauper to some county in this state by paying the expense of his transportation or otherwise has him removed for the purpose of burdening some other community shall be personally liable for t…
O.C.G.A. § 36-12-5 Interment or cremation of deceased indigents
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(a) Whenever any person dies in this state and the decedent, his or her family, and his or her immediate kindred are indigent and unable to provide for the decedent’s decent interment or cremation, the governing authority of the county wherein the death occurs shall make availabl…