Sec. 1. Every county that maintains, in addition to any other charitable institution permitted by law, a county home that provides for the care of indigent individuals as provided by law: (1) shall receive and support in the county home indigent individuals who: (A) are lawfully settled in the county; and (B) placed in the county home by the township trustee as the administrator of township assistance, with the consent of the board of commissioners of the county; or (2) may contract with other counties or with other charitable institutions located in Indiana for the relief and support of indigent individuals maintained as a public charge of the county, and may levy taxes for that purpose. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-4(1).]
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