1376

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY.

To pur-
chase land,
&c.

SEC. 8. And be it farther enacted, That the said trustees, or
the major part of them, appointed as aforesaid, shall, and they
are hereby authorized, directed and required, to buy and pur-
chase, in fee, a quantity of land in each county, not exceeding
one hundred acres ; and the said trustees, or the major part of
them, appointed as aforesaid, are hereby authorized, directed
and required, to agree and contract with a workman or work-
men to undertake, erect, build, and in a workmanlike 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 each county, and of
such vagrants, beggars, vagabonds and other offenders, as shall
be committed by virtue of this act; and they shall appropriate
one part thereof, to be called the alms-house, to and for the
reception and lodging of the poor of the said county, and ano-
ther part or parts thereof, to be called the work-house, to and for
the reception and lodging of all such vagrants, beggars, vaga-
bonds 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 enacted and declared to be, vested in the said
trustees of that county where the same shall be bought, erected
and built upon, by virtue of this act, as their estate and inheri-
tance, for the uses and purposes by this act directed and ex-
pressed.

And buy
beds, &c.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees, or
the major part of them, appointed as aforesaid, shall and they
are hereby authorized, 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, beggars, vagabonds and other offenders,
who shall be committed 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 quantity of land, not exceeding
one hundred acres, as near and convenient as may be to the
principal towns in each county, or in those counties where no
such towns are, as near and convenient as may be to the seve-
ral and respective court-houses of each county; and the said
trustees are hereby obliged, directed and lequired, to keep a fair,
distinct and clear account, in writing, of all the moneys by
them expended and paid by virtue of this act, and to return a
tfue copy thereof, and shew and produce the vouchers to sup-
port the same, to the justices of the several counties aforesaid,
at their respective November courts, to be by the said justices
inspected and examined.

Justices to
levy money,
&c.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That after the expiration
of the said three years, the justices of the several county courts