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who is a freeholder of said county, or who is enabled to obtain

a livelihood by application to any honest and lawful occupation ;

or who has not for one year immediately preceding his or her

application, been a resident of the county aforesaid ; or who is

in the habit of debasing himself or herself by frequent intoxica-

tion, and other demoralizing vices, or who is not a naturalized

citizen of the United States.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the

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commissioners for Anne Arundel county, carefully to examine

list.

the list of out county pensioners and to expunge therefrom,

every one whose case does not come within the provisions oif

the preceding section.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That every person shall have the

Right to

light to petition the commissioners of Anne Arundel county, to

petiton;
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be placed upon the list of out county pensioners, and it shall be

decision.

their duty to examine his or her petition fully and impartially

and decide thereon, accoiding to the provisions contained in

the second section of this act.

SEC 5. And be it enacted, That in no instance whatever,

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shall the commissioners levy for the support of any individual,

limited)
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upon the assessable property of Anne Arundel county, a sum

exceeding thirty dollars; and that they shall grade the sum to

be levied according to the necessity and wants of the per-

sons applying, as they in their judgment may think right and

proper.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That all laws which are incon-

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sistent with this act, or in any wise militate against it, be and

the same are hereby repealed, so far as they may relate to Anne

Arundel county.

AN ACT relating to the duties of the Commissioners of Anne Arundel

County.— 1832, ch. 26.

WHEREAS, in a government where the people are recognized

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as the only legitimate source of power, they have at all time a

right to know the manner in which their public agents have

discharged the duties entrusted to them; therefore,

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That

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the commissioners of Anne Arundel county be, and they are

ordered.

hereby required to cause to be published annually in the dif-

ferent papers at Annapolis, on or before the first day of June,

the amount levied on said county to defray the expenses thereof,

all disbursements made, and the purposes to which the same

have been applied.