Section 22-21-2
Appropriations for indigent persons in hospitals.
The governing body of any county or municipality in this state may make an appropriation or appropriations out of their respective treasuries to aid in maintaining and taking care of sick and wounded persons who are unable to provide for themselves in any hospital maintained for the care of the sick and wounded. Any county or municipally owned or controlled hospital may accept patients from any county or municipality.
(Code 1907, §735; Acts 1911, No. 190, p. 192; Code 1923, §1201; Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 340, p. 335; Code 1940, T. 22, §190.)