(1) county council shall appropriate; and

(2) the board of commissioners in each county shall advance;

to the township trustees as the administrators of township assistance the money necessary for the relief and burial of the indigent in each township, which shall be accounted for and repaid to the county treasurer as provided in section 11 of this chapter.

[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-4(2) part.]

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.73-2005, SEC.162.