In any county in this state where the indigent are cared for pursuant to the provisions of Section 33 of this title, it shall be the duty of the overseers of the indigent, on any complaint made to them in behalf of the indigent, to examine the grounds of such complaint, and if, in their judgment, the indigent have not been sufficiently provided with the common necessities of life, or have in any respect been ill-treated by the person or persons under whose charge they shall have been placed, the overseers have the authority to withhold any part of the compensation allowed to such person or persons for keeping them, as such overseers may deem reasonable and proper, and remove said indigent and place them in the care of some other person.
R.L. 1910, § 4540. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 87, § 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.