1736

CALVERT COUNTY.

of said county in the place and room of such trustee, and so fill
up the full number of trustees for such alms and work-house,
which person so elected and chosen, from time to time, are
always to be qualified in the same manner as before by this act
is directed.
By 1796, ch. 62, the levy court is to appoint the trustees, and this section
is re-printed, as it fixes their number.

Penalty cm
refusal to
serve, &c.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That every person by this act
appointed as a trustee for the poor, or that shall hereafter be
nominated and appointed as such pursuant to the directions
thereof, and who shall wilfully refuse or delay to take upon
him the said office, shall forfeit and pay, for every such refusal
and delay, the sum of ten pounds current money ; Provided,
that no member of the general assembly, clergyman, attorney,
or practising physician, be obliged to accept and take upon
him the same, and that no judge of the general court, county
magistrate or sheriff, or any one who hath not the qualification
to be a member of the general assembly, if elected, shall be
capable to be chosen or act as a trustee aforesaid, nor shall any
person be compellable to serve in less than three years after he
has served, or paid the said forfeiture for not serving, as a trus-
tee aforesaid.
SEC. 6. Directory as to the application of the money assessed to the
completion of buildings, and paying for the site.
SEC. 7. By 1825, ch. 213, the old Poor-house is directed to be sold.

To buy
beds, &c.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted. That the said trustees, or the
major part of them, shall and they are hereby authorized,
directed and required, after the houses, habitations and dwell-
ings aforesaid, shall be completely erected and finished, to pur-
chase for the use 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, bed-
ding, working tools, kitchen utensils, cows, horses, and other
necessaries ; and the said trustees are hereby directed and re-
quired to purchase the said quantity of land, not exceeding one
hundred acres or less than six, in such part of said county as
they, or a majority of them, may think most convenient ; and
the said trustees are hereby directed and required to keep a
fair, distinct, and clear account in writing, of all the moneys
by them received and expended in virtue of this act, and to
return a true copy thereof, and shew and produce the vouchers
to support the same, to the said county, at the court for laying
the county charges, to be by the said justices inspected and
examined ; which said accounts shall be lodged with the clerk
of the said court.

Justices to
levy money,
&c.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That after the expiration of the said
three years, the justices of Galvert county court aforesaid for the