The council of a statutory city with a population over 8,000 may establish and maintain a public charity bureau to give public charitable relief to the city's poor, to help ex-service persons get hospitalization, sick relief, federal aid or benefits, and to pay for the relief.
History:(1192-1) 1933 c 60 s 1; 1935 c 187; 1973 c 123 art 4 s 7; 1974 c 161 s 16; 1987 c 229 art 10 s 1