Whenever a county hospital is established and built by the county commission, as provided in section 205.350, it shall be the duty of such county commission to place therein all of the poor persons that the county commission shall deem proper to place in said county hospital, who shall be kept there and treated.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 205.360
County poor to be kept in county hospital
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 15158); Prior revisions: 1929 § 13942; 1919 § 12218; 1909 § 1352
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