486 Assembly Proceedings, May 24-June 22, 1768.

N:^o 29:
Liber H. S.
No. 1
[Preamble]

An Act for the Relief of the Poor within the several Counties therein
mentioned
Whereas the Necessity Number and continual Increase of the
Poor within this Province is very great and exceedingly burthen-
some which might be greatly lessened by a due Regulation and
Employment of them

[Alms, and
Work-
Houses to be
erected
in particular
Counties, for
which the
Justices are
to assess a
Quantity, not
exceeding
15 lb. of
Tobacco per
poll, in the
Years 1768,
1769 & 1770,
together with
the Sheriff's
salary of 5
per cent, for
Collection]

Be it therefore Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships
Governor and the upper and lower Houses of Assembly and the
Authority of the same That there shall be an Alms and Work-House
erected built and set up in the several Counties herein after named
at convenient places therein at the general Charge and Expence of
the respective Counties where the said Alms and Work-Houses shall
be erected and built And that the Justices of the said County Courts
respectively for the Time being shall and they are hereby authorized
and impowered to assess and levy on the taxable Inhabitants of each
County at the Time of laying their respective County Levy a Quan-
tity not exceeding fifteen Pounds of Tobacco by the Poll on each
and every the taxable Inhabitants of their said Counties in each of the
Years of our Lord seventeen hundred and sixty eight seventeen hun-
dred and sixty nine and seventeen hundred and seventy together with
the Sheriffs Salary of five per Cent for collecting the same which said
Assessments so as aforesaid to be made and levied shall be collected
by the several and respective Sheriffs of the said Counties from the
several taxable Persons who shall reside within the same in the same
Manner as the publick and County levies are collected And the said

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Tobacco when so as aforesaid collected shal be paid by such Sheriffs
respectively to such Trustees for the Poor or the major Part of

[To be paid
to Trustees]

them as are by this Act appointed who are hereby authorized and
required to receive and apply the same to the Uses and Purposes
herein after directed

[Which may
be dis-
charged by
the In-
habitants, in
Money, &c]

Provided always and be it Enacted That it shall and may be lawful
for the several and respective taxable Inhabitants within every of
the said Counties to pay and discharge the said several Assessments
in Money in the same Manner as they are enabled to pay and dis-
charge the publick or County Levy

[Five Per-
sons in each
County,
appointed
Trustees for
the Poor]

And be it further Enacted That for the Time being the five several
Persons hereafter named for each County be and are hereby nomi-
nated appointed and named Trustees for the Poor within their
several and respective Counties and are impowered with full and
sufficient Authority for discharging the several Offices Duties and
Trusts reposed in and required of them by this Act within the several
and respective Counties wherein they reside that is to say for Ann
Arundel County Mess.^rs Brice Thomas Beale Worthington Thomas
Dorsey Nicholas Worthington Lancelot Jacques and Upton Scott
for Prince Georges County Mess.^rs John Baynes William Bowie