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WORCESTER COUNTY.

	AN ACT for the relief of the Poor of Worcester County, being Supple- mentary to the Act, entitled, an Act for the relief of the Poor of the several Counties of this State. — 1821, ch. 154.
Power to cease- vested in levy court.	SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the office of the present trustees of the poor for Worcester county shall cease and be at an end on the first Monday of July next, and that the appointment of the trustees of the poor of said county, from and after the first Monday in April next, be vested in the levy court of said county.
Levy court to appoint trustees.	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the levy court of Wor- cester county shall be, and they are hereby authorized and re- quired, at their meeting in April next, and at their first meet- ing in the month of April in each succeeding year thereafter, to appoint seven discreet and proper persons qualified agreea- bly to the provisions of the original act to which this is a sup- plementary act, and of this act, to be trustees for the poor of said county.
Certificates of appoint- ment to be delivered; penalty for non-perfor- mance of duty.	SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the clerk of said levy court, within five days after such appoint- ment, and within the like time after any future appointments to be made in virtue of this act, to make out and deliver to the sheriff of said county, a certificate of the appointment of each of the said trustees so appointed or to be appointed, endorsing one of the said certificates for each of them respectively ; which said sheriff shall, within six days thereafter, deliver one thereof to each of the said trustees respectively ; and it shall thereupon be the duty of the several trustees so appointed and notified of such appointment, and who shall accept thereof, under the penalty imposed by the said original act, upon any person appointed a trustee for the poor in virtue of the said act for wilfully refusing or delaying to take upon him the duties of the said office, to meet on the first Tuesday of July next ensuing such appointment, and on the first Tuesday in May in every year thereafter, except prevented by sickness or other unavoidable accident, and in such case, as soon thereafter as the disability shall be removed, at the court-house of the said county, and qualify in the manner prescribed by the original act to which this is a supplementary act, and thenceforward to
Proviso.	proceed in the execution of the duties of said office ; Provided nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the said levy court from re-appointing any of the existing trustees, if they in their discretion shall deem it advisable and proper so to do.
Existing trustees to deliver ovc property.	SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the existing trustees shall meet at the aforesaid court-house, on the first Tuesday of July next, and deliver over to their successors, to be taken under their care and management, all books and papers, and a schedule