CHAPTER 24.
Public Welfare.
| § 1. |
Director of public welfare; powers and duties generally. |
| § 2. |
Superintendent of public welfare—Appointment; compensation. |
| § 3. |
Same—Powers and duties generally. |
| § 4. |
Same—Remanding cases to district home. |
| § 5. |
Same—Accounting for city funds; incurring indebtedness beyond
appropriation. |
| § 6. |
Same—Reports and information. |
| § 7. |
Public welfare employees. |
| § 8. |
Representative to district home board. |
| § 9. |
Providing assistance to families unable to support themselves. |
| § 10. |
Non-resident paupers coming into the city. |
| § 11. |
Aid to destitute non-residents. |
| § 12. |
Burial of paupers. |
| § 13. |
Audit and inventory in public welfare department. |
Sec. 1. Director of public welfare; powers and duties
generally.
The department of public welfare shall be under the control
and supervision of the city manager who is hereby designated as
director of public welfare. Said director shall exercise all powers
and perform all duties conferred upon and required of local
welfare boards, by state law, ordinance or otherwise. (Code
1932, § 462; Ords. Sept. 4, 1934, June 6, 1938.)
As to local boards of public welfare, see § 1902l, et seq., of Michie's
Virginia Code of 1942.
Sec. 2. Superintendent of public welfare—Appointment;
compensation.
The director of public welfare, subject to the approval of the
council, shall appoint a superintendent of public welfare who shall
hold office at the pleasure of the director of public welfare, and
shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the council.
(Code 1932, § 465; Ords. Sept. 4, 1934, June 6, 1938.)
Sec. 3. Same—Powers and duties generally.
The superintendent of public welfare, subject to the approval
of the director of public welfare, shall have control and direction
of the public charities of the city, and shall see that those persons
now receiving or making application to receive assistance from
the poor fund of the city are worthy cases. He shall perform
such other duties as are or may hereafter be prescribed by the
state law, the council, or the city manager. (Code 1932, § 463;
Ords. Sept. 4, 1934, June 6, 1938.)
For state statute as to powers and duties of superintendents, see §
1902o of Michie's Virginia Code of 1942.
As to bond required of superintendent of public welfare, see ch. 2,
§ 173 of this volume.
Sec. 4. Same—Remanding cases to district home.
The superintendent shall remand such cases to the district
home, as he may deem proper; provided, however, that each such
case must first be approved by the city member of the district
home board. (Id.)
Sec. 5. Same—Accounting for city funds; incurring indebtedness
beyond appropriation.
The superintendent of public welfare shall be responsible and
accountable to the city for the proper expenditure and account of
all funds appropriated by the city and no indebtedness shall be
incurred by him beyond the amount appropriated by the council.
(Id.)
Sec. 6. Same—Reports and information.
The superintendent shall cause to be made on or before the
tenth day of each month to the director of public welfare a written
report of the activities of his department for the preceding
month on forms prescribed by the director of public welfare. The
superintendent shall also furnish from time to time such additional
reports and information as may be required by the council
or the director of public welfare. (Code 1932, § 469; Ords.
Sept. 4, 1934, June 6, 1938.)
Sec. 7. Public welfare employees.
The director of public welfare, subject to the approval of the
council, shall appoint such welfare employees as may be necessary
who shall hold office at the pleasure of the director of public
welfare, and shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by
the council. (Code 1932, § 465; Ords. Sept. 4, 1934, June 6,
1938.)
Sec. 8. Representative to district home board.
The council shall elect, for a term of two years, a representative
who shall be a member of the district home board. The
compensation of the representative shall be as fixed by state law.
(Code 1932, § 464; Ords. Sept. 4, 1934, June 6, 1938.)
Sec. 9. Providing assistance to families unable to support
themselves.
It shall be the duty of the superintendent, on the 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; but 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 1932, § 463; Ords. Sept. 4, 1934,
June 6, 1938.)
For similar state law, see § 2800 of Michie's Virginia Code of 1942.
Sec. 10. Non-resident paupers coming into the city.
When it shall come to the knowledge of the superintendent of
public welfare that any person has come into the city who is
likely to become chargeable thereto, it shall be his duty to report
such cases to the chief of police for removal to the district or
county where they were last settled. (Code 1932, § 467; Ords.
Sept. 4, 1934, June 6, 1938.)
For state statute as to removal to last place of settlement, see §
2802 of Michie's Virginia Code of 1942.
For charter provision authorizing city to prevent, prohibit or regulate
the coming into the city of paupers, see char., § 13, fifteenth.
Sec. 11. Aid to destitute non-residents.
In cases in which a person who has not lived in the city for a
year is in the city, sick and destitute, or not in a condition to
provide for himself, he may be aided from the poor fund until
recovery, or in a condition to provide for himself. But the superintendent
may discontinue the aid at any time. If a person is in
the city, sick and destitute, or if any female or children, unable to
provide for themselves, are in the city and likely to become
chargeable to the city, the superintendent with the consent of the
director of public welfare may send such persons to their homes,
and the expense of so doing shall be paid out of the poor fund.
(Code 1932, § 468; Ords. Sept. 4, 1934, June 6, 1938.)
Sec. 12. Burial of paupers.
Any person dying in the city may be buried at the expense of
the city, upon an order from the superintendent of public welfare,
when, in the opinion of the superintendent, the estate of the deceased
is not sufficient to pay the expenses of said burial. Said
burial shall in all cases be in the pauper section of the cemetery.
The expense incurred in the burial shall be charged against the
appropriation for public welfare. (Code 1932, § 470; Ords.
Sept. 4, 1934, June 6, 1938.)
As to council designating portion of cemetery for interment of paupers,
see ch. 20, § 7.
Sec. 13. Audit and inventory in public welfare department.
The director of finance shall annually, or as often as he may
deem necessary, audit the accounts and inventory the property in
the custody of the superintendent of public welfare and shall require
the person receiving and expending the funds for public
welfare to keep account of all receipts and purchases in such
manner as the director of finance may prescribe and a report of
said annual audit and inventory shall be made to the council not
later than the thirtieth day of September in each year. (Code
1932, § 471; Ords. Sept. 4, 1934, June 6, 1938.)
