1780

CAROLINE COUNTY.

vagrants, vagabonds, and other offenders) who shall be placed
in, or committed to the said alms and work-bouse, and shall
also, upon oath or affirmation! deliver a fair and regular ac-
count, in writing, of all materials and other things coming into
his hands as overseer aforesaid, and of all expenses and charges
attending their maintenance and support, and of all moneys
received by him from the sale of the produce of their labour,
and otherwise as overseer aforesaid, and shall lay the said lists,
statements and accounts, before the said trustees or a majority of
them, at their meetings at the times by this act directed, or
oftener if by them required.

May com*
pel them to
work.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the overseer may compel
and oblige any of the said poor, beggars, vagrants, vagabonds,
and other offenders, in the said alms and work-house, if of
sufficient ability, to work and labour, and the produce of their
labour he is hereby directed and empowered to sell, and apply
the money arising from such sale towards their maintenance
and support.

Disorderly
persons
may be
committed
to work-
bouse.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted. That upon complaint made that
any person, from his or her disorderly conduct, gives distur-
bance to his or her neighbours, and is likely to become chargea-
ble to said county, it shall and may be lawful for any justice of
the peace of said county, if upon hearing the party he shall
judge the complaint to be well founded, to commit such dis-
orderly person residing within said county to the said work-
house, for any time not exceeding three months, unless he or
she shall find security at the discretion of the aforesaid justice
of the peace, in any sum not exceeding thirty dollars, for his or
her good behaviour for six months; and also upon complaint
and due proof made by the overseer of said alms and work-
house, to any one of the trustees, that any one in the said work-
house have demeaned him or herself in a disoideily manner
or hath refused to do and perform his or her daily labour and
task, or hath refused or neglected to obey, keep and observe,
any of the ordinances, rules and by-laws, of the said corpora-
tion, then and in such case aay one of the said trustees may
order and direct the person, so demeaning him or herself, to
be put on short allowance for any number of days not exceeding
twenty.

Trustees to
direct what
poor shall
be received
into alms-
house;
vagrants.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful
for any two of the said trustees to direct and appoint, under
their hands in writing, what poor shall be received into such
alms and work-house, and it shall and may be lawful for any
one justice of the peace for said county to authorize any con-
stable of said county to apprehend and bring before him, or any
other justice of the peace for said county, any vagrant, vaga-
bond, beggar, or other idle, dissolute, and disorderly person,