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Liber R. G.
1774
[And Beds,
working
Tools, &c.
for the Use
& Employ-
ment of the
Poor, &c.]
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And be it further enacted that the said Trustees or the Major
Part of them shall and they are hereby Authorised directed and
required after the Houses Habitations and Dwellings aforesaid shall
be compleatly erected and finished to buy and purchase for the use
of and employment of the Poor of the said County and the Vagrants
Beggars Vagabonds and other offenders who shall be committed by
Virtue of this act Sufficient Beds Beding Working Tooles Kitchen
Utensels Cows Horses and other Necessaries and The said Trustees
are hereby directed and required to Purchase the said Quantity of
Land not exceeding One Hundred Acres or less than ffifty as near
and Convenient as may be to the Court House in said County and
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[And to keep
an Account
of the
Monies by
them ex-
pended, to be
examined by
the Justices
at their
November
Court.]
[Justices to
levy 15 lb.
Tobacco per
Poll for
maintaining
the Poor,
&c.]
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the said Trustees are hereby oblidged directed and required to keep
a fair distinct and Clear account in Writing of all the Monies by
them received and expended 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
Yearly to be by the said Justices inspected and examined which said
Accounts shall be Lodged with the Clerk of the said Court
And be it further enacted that after the Expiration of the said
Three Years The Justices of Talbot County Court aforesaid for
the time being shall and they are hereby empowered 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 afore-
said Collected shall be paid by the Sheriff to the Order of such Trus-
tees 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 Pro-
visions and other Necessaries for use and Labour for Paying a
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 workhouse hereafter directed to be appointed
and in Purchasing Materials 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.
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[Trustees
to appoint
an Overseer
& other
Officers, &c.]
p. 336
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And be it further Enacted the said Trustees or the Major Part of
them shall and they are hereby Authorised Oblidged Directed and
enjoined to meet together between the first and Tenth of November
Yearly and at all such other Times as they shall Judge necessary
at the Alms and Work house in said County during the Continu-
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