222 Assembly Proceedings, November 16-December 23, 1773.

Liber R. G.
1773

be obliged to accept of the Office of Trustee aforesaid or forfeit as
aforesaid, for refusing to accept and take upon him the same And
that no Provincial or County Magistrate or Sheriff or any one who
hath not the Qualification to be a Member of the Lower House of
Assembly if elected shall be capable to be chosen or act as a Trustee
aforesaid nor shall any Person be compellable to serve in less than
three Years after he hath served or paid the said forfeiture for not
serving as a Trustee aforesaid:

[Trustees
to draw on
the Sheriff
for as much
Tobacco as
they shall
think neces-
sary, for
the Uses
directed by
this Act.]

And for enabling the said Trustees to purchase Land and erect
an Alms and work House in the said County Be it enacted that the said
Trustees or the Major Part of them be and they are hereby author-
ised and impowered from Time to Time as Occasion shall require to
draw upon the sheriff of Saint Marys County in whose hands the
Tobacco aforesaid so as aforesaid to be assessed and Levied or such
Part thereof as shall by Virtue of this Act be so assessed and Levied
shall remain for so much of the said Tobacco as the said Trustees
or the Major Part of them shall from Time to Time think it neces-
sary to draw for the Uses and Purposes directed by this Act

[Trustees to
purchase
Land to
build an
Alms and
Work-
house ;]

And be it further enacted That the said Trustees or the Major
Part of them appointed as aforesaid shall and they are hereby author-
ised directed and required to buy and purchase in Fee a Quantity of
Land in the said County not exceeding one hundred Acres And the
said Trustees or the Major Part of them appointed as aforesaid
are hereby authorised directed and required to agree and contract
with a Workman or Workmen to undertake erect build and in a
Wor[k] man-like Manner, to complete and finish on the said Land
when so purchased good strong sufficient and convenient Houses
Habitations and Dwellings for the Reception of the Poor of said
County and of such Vagrants Beggars Vagabonds and other Offend-
ers as shall be committed by Virtue of this Act and they shall appro-
priate one Part thereof to be called the Alms House to and for the
Reception and Lodging of the Poor of the said County and another
Part or Parts thereof to be called the Work House to and for the
Reception and Lodging of all such Vagrants Beggars Vagabonds
and other Offenders as shall be committed by Virtue of this Act
and the aforesaid Land when bought and the aforesaid Houses
Habitations and Dwellings when built shall be and they are hereby

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enacted and Declared to be vested in the said Trustees as their Estate
and Inheritance for the Uses and Purposes by this Act directed and
expressed

[And Beds,
working
Tools, &c.
for the Use
and Employ-
ment of the
Poor, &c.]

And be it further enacted That the said Trustees or the Major
Part of them appointed as aforesaid shall and they are hereby
authorised directed and required after the Houses Habitations and
Dwellings aforesaid shall be completely erected and finished to buy
and purchase for the Use and Employment of the Poor, Vagrants
and Beggars Vagabonds and other Offenders who shall be com-