Davis County Clipper | 1979-11-07 | Page 19 | County Wants Indigents to Pay

County Wants Indigents To Pay FARM1NGT0N - It's going go-ing to be more difficult for indigents to receive loans from the county without having hav-ing to repay them in a specified time. DAVIS COUNTY Commission Commis-sion voted last week to have a contract drawn up by the county attorney that will "spell out" the method of repayment for all loans by the county. Commissioners said there would be no interest attached to the emergency loans, unless they are not paid in full by the specified time. In this case, the county would probably assess a ten percent interest rate on the loan it was explained. COMMISSIONER Ernest Eberhard, who represents indigent in-digent programs in the county, said copies of the contract will be sent to Davis County's two hospitals in hopes that they would be approved for hospital use. The maximum amount of money to be borrowed and arrangements for repayment will be decided by the county commission on an individual basis, grb