Acts. 223

mitted by Virtue of this Act sufficient Beds Bedding Working Tools
Kitchen Utensils Cows Horses and other Necessaries — And the said
Trustees are hereby directed and required to purchase the said Quan-

Liber R. G.
1773

tity of Land not exceeding one hundred Acres as near and con-
venient as may be to Leonard Town in said County. And the said
Trustees are hereby obliged directed and required to keep a fair

distinct and clear Account in Writing of all the Monies by them

expended and paid by Virtue of this Act and to return a true Copy
thereof and shew and produce the Vouchers to support the same
to the Justices of the said County at their November Court to be
by the said Justices inspected and Examined.

[And to
keep an Ac-
count of the
Monies by
them ex-
pended, to be
examined by
the Justices
at their
November
Court]

And be it further enacted That after the Expiration of the said
three Years the Justices of Saint Marys County Court aforesaid
of the Time being shall and they are hereby impowered to assess and
Levy on the Taxable Inhabitants of the said County at the Time
of Laying their County Levy a Quantity of Tobacco not exceeding
fifteen pounds by the Poll on each and every of the Taxable In-
habitants in the said County together with the Sheriffs salary of
five per Cent for collecting the same which said Assessment shall
be made levied collected and paid in the same Manner as herein
before by this Act is directed which said Tobacco when so as
aforesaid collected shall be paid by the Sheriff to the Order of such
Trustees or the Major Part of them under their common seal who
are hereby Authorised and required to receive and apply the same
to and for the Use Benefit and Charge of maintaining the Poor
Vagrants Beggars Vagabonds and other Offenders in the Purchasing
Provisions and other Necessaries for Use and Labour in paying a

[Justices to
levy 15 lb
of Tobacco
per Poll for
maintaining
the Poor,
&c.]

Doctor for his Salary and Medicines in providing Men and Women
Servants to be under the Management and Direction of an Overseer
of such Alms and Work House hereafter to be appointed: and in
purchasing Material for the Use and Employment of all the Poor
and all Beggars Vagrants Vagabonds and other Offenders who shall
be able to work and who shall be committed by Virtue of this Act.

p. 265

And be it further enacted That the said Trustees or the Major
Part of them shall and they are hereby authorised obliged directed
and enjoined to meet together on the first Monday in May Yearly
and at all such other Times as they shall judge Necessary at the
Alms and Work House in said County during the Continuance of
this Act to appoint a fit Person to be Overseer of the Alms and Work
House in the said County and other proper Officers and Servants
as to them shall appear necessary for carrying on the Business of
the said Corporation and they or the Major Part of them shall and
may agree and they are hereby impowered to pay the said Overseer
as a Salary out of the Tobacco and Money raised and collected as
aforesaid a Sum not exceeding Eighty Pounds Current Money per
Annum and so pro rato during his Continuance in Office and shall

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[Trustees to
appoint an
Overseer
and other
Officers,
&c.]