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ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

the trustees for the poor of the said county to which the said

person shall be so removed, if any alms or work-house shall be

in such county, are hereby required to receive the said person

removed into such alms or work-house, if it shall appear to such

trustees that such person's last legal settlement was in that

county.

What shall

SEC. 19. And, to prevent any disputes which may arise about

be deemed
a legal set-

what shall be deemed a settlement within the intention of this

tlement.

act, Be it further enacted, That all poor who shall receive allow-

ances, or be entered as pensioners, by any county court of this

province, or who shall be householders or natives within any

county, shall be deemed and taken to have a legal settlement in

such county ; and if any person shall execute any public annual

office or charge in any county during one whole year, or shall

be charged with and pay his public or county levy, such person

shall be adjudged and deemed to have a legal settlement in the

same county ; and if any unmarried person shall be hired in any

county for one year, such service, during the space of one year,

shall be adjudged and deemed a good settlement; and if any

person shall be bound an apprentice by indenture, or by any

county court of this province, and inhabit any county, such

binding and inhabitation shall be adjudged a good settlement.

Persons re-

SEC. 20. And be it further enacted. That every person who

ceived to
wear a

shall be received into any alms or work-house and there receive

badge, &c

relief, shall, upon the shoulder of the right sleeve of the uppermost

garment of every such person, in an open and visible manner,

wear such badge or mark as is herein after mentioned and ex-

pressed; that is to say, a large Roman P, together with the

first letter of the name of the county whereof such poor is an in-

habitant, cut either in red or blue cloth, as by the overseer of

the poor it shall be directed and appointed ; and if any such

poor person shall neglect or refuse to wear such badge or mark

as aforesaid, and in manner as aforesaid, it shall and may be

lawful for any one of the trustees aforesaid, where any such

offence shall be committed, to punish every such offender for

every such offence, either by ordering of his or her relief or

usual allowance to be abridged, suspended or withdrawn, or

otherwise by ordering such offender to be whipt, not exceeding

twenty lashes, and kept to hard labour for any number of days

not exceeding twenty-one, as to the said trustee, in his discretion,

shall most seem meet; and if any overseer of the poor shall re-

ceive into any alms and work-house, or shall relieve any such

person, not having and wearing such badge or mark as afore-

said, and be thereof convicted upon the oath of one or more

credible witness or witnesses, shall forfeit and pay the sum of

five pounds current money.

Penalty on
booth, &c.

SEC. 21. And be it further enacted, That whosoever shall pre-
sume either to set up a booth, stall or other conveniency, for the