Montana Attorney General Opinion 15-423

Opinion No. 423 POOl'-County Commissionel's---Sup- plies, Purchase of, as an Incident to Employment-Pool' Fuml. HELD: The county commi1ssioners have power to purchase paint and oth- el' supplies from the Poor Fund for the purpose of keeping the poor employed. January 23, 1934. You have submitted the question whether the county commissioners have the power to purchase paint and other supplies from the poor fund for the purpose of keeping the poor employed, there being a deficiency in such mate- rial supplied under the C. W. A. For the reasons set out in Opinion No. 378, this volume. concerning the hiring of an employment manager, I am of the opinion that the county com- missionel's ha ye such power under the provisions of Section 4465, R. C. ~L ID21, as amended by Chapter 100, Laws of 1931. The purchasing of such mate- rials seems to be a method reasonably well adapted to the end of providing for the care and maintenance of the dependent poor, a duty with which the county commissioners are charged.