Sec. 25-9. Providing assistance to families unable to support
themselves.[390]
It shall be the duty of the superintendent of public welfare,
on application by or on behalf of any person or family unable
to support himself or themselves, or if he or they have a legal
settlement in the city, to provide for or assist such person
or family. No person shall be deemed to have a legal settlement
in the city until he has resided therein for one year nor
if he has migrated into the state within three years unless, at
the time of migrating, he was able to maintain himself. (Code
1959, § 25-9.)
