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ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY.

poor; Be it enacted, That at the time of the meeting of the said

trustees for the poor in the first week of May yearly, the said

trustees, or the major part of them, in the counties aforesaid re-

spectively, shall and may elect and choose one of the best in-

habitants of the same county to be a trustee for the poor of that

county, in the stead of the first named or eldest of the said

trustees of the same county, which said first named or eldest

trustee shall be, and is by virtue hereof, thencefrom discharged

from his office.

AN ACT to enlarge the powers of the Trustees of the Poor in the several

Counties therein designated. — 1799. ch. 65.

Trustees

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

may keep
out-pen-
sioners, &c.

it shall and may lawful for the trustees of the poor in the several
counties of this state in which poor-houses have been estab-

lished, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, in their

discretion, to keep any number of out-pensioners, not exceeding

ten in any one county at one time, and to allow each of such

pensioners an annual pension, not exceeding thirty dollars, to

be paid at such time or times as they shall direct ; Provided,

that no person shall be supported as out-pensioners except those

whose peculiar circumstances may render a situation in the poor-

house particularly unsuitable for them.

Continued by the annual continuing law.

AN ACT to enlarge further the powers of the Trustees of the Poor in the

several Counties therein mentioned — 1804, ch. 69.

Applica-
tions of
persons in

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That all applications by and on behalf of persons desirous of

certain
counties to
be main-

being maintained out of the poor-houses in Anne Arundel,
Frederick, Prince George's and Harford counties, shall here-

tained out
of the poor-
house to be

after be made to the trusses of the poor, and in case the said
trustees, or a majority of them, of the said respective counties,

made to
trustees.

at their meeting next after any such application, shall be of

opinion that the circumstances of the applicant are such as to

render a situation in the poor-house particularly unsuitable, the

said trustees, or a majority of them, are hereby directed to

recommend such application to the levy court of their respec-

tive county, and the said levy courts are hereby respectively

authorized and empowered, if they shall also be of opinion that

the circumstances of the applicant are such as to render a situ-

ation in the poor-house particularly unsuitable, to levy a sum of

money for the support of said applicant out of the poor-house,

not exceeding forty dollars for any one applicant; Provided,

that the number of out-pensioners shall not exceed twenty in

anyone county in anyone year; and the money so levied shall

be collected as other moneys are collected for the support of the