1694

DORCHESTER COUNTY.

ties, and of such vagrants, beggars, vagabonds and offenders, as
shall be committed by virtue of this act, and they shall appio-
priate one part thereof to be called the alms-house, to and for
the reception and lodging of the poor of the said counties re-
spectively, and another part or parts thereof to be called the
work-house, to and for the reception and lodging of all such
vagrants, beggars, vagabonds and offenders, as shall be com-
mitted by virtue of this act; and the aforesaid lands 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, as their estate and inheritance,
for the uses and purposes by this act directed and expressed.

And buy
bed., &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 buy
and purchase, for the use and employment of the poor of the
said county, and the vagrants, beggars, vagabonds and offen-
ders, 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 exceed-
ing thirty acres, as near and convenient as may be to the court-
house in their said counties; and the said trustees aie hereby
directed and required to keep a fair, distinct, and clear account,
in wiiting, of all the moneys by them received and expended
by virtue of this act, and to return a true copy thereof, and
shew and produce the vouchers to support the same, to the
justices of the said counties respectively, at their June courts
yearly, to be by the said justices inspected and examined,
which said accounts shall be lodged with the clerk of the said
courts.

Justices to
levy money,
&c.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That after the expiration of the
$aid three years, the justices of the said county courts respec-
tively for the time being shall and they are hereby empowered
to assess and levy on all the property in their said counties sub-
ject and liable to assessment, at the time of laying their county
rate, a sum of current money not exceeding seven shillings and
six-pence on every hundred pounds of property as afotesaid,
in the said county, together with the collector's commission of
four per cent, for collecting the same; which said assessment
shall be made, levied, collected and paid, in the same manner
as herein before directed ; which said money, when so col-
lected, shall be paid by the collector to the order of such trus-
tees, or the major part of them, under their common seal, who
are hereby authorized and required to receive and apply the
same to and for the use, benefit and charge, of maintaining the