1904

DORCHESTER COUNTY,

stock, and implements of husbandly, out of the funds so autho-
lized to be levied, and cause all paupers who may be main-
tained in the alms and vvoik-bouse of said county, to perform

Require
labour.

such labour on said land as may be consistent with their health
and the public interest.

Dispose of
products.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That the trustees of the poor of
said county, or a majority of them, shall dispose of all products
arising from the cultivation of said farm, over and above what

Returns
therefor.

may be necessary for the maintenance of the paupers of said
county ; the amount of money arising from which sale or sales
shall be returned on oath to the levy court of said county to be
applied to the payment of the county charges.

Authority
to make
by laws

SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That the trustees afoiesaid, and
their successors shall have power and authority to make, alter,
amend or lepeal such by-laws as may be necessary for the
relief, legulation and labour of the poor, and for the good
government of said alms and work-house, as to them shall from
time to time appear necessary and requisite, all which shall be
conformed to by the overseer and all undei his conttol, or the
control of said trustees, under the penalties therein contained ;

Proviso

Provided, said rules and legulations be not contrary to the
laws of this state.

Sell present
poor's-
house, &c

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That so soon as the said fai in shall
have been purchased, and the buildings necessary for the ac-
commodation of the poor built thereon, the trustees of the pooi,
or a majority of them, shall proceed to sell at public auction,
the piesent poor-house of said county, and the ground attached
theieto, on such conditions as they may think advisable, the
proceeds of which sale shall be applied towards the payment of
the purchase of the farm, directed to be purchased by the first
section of this act.

Execute
deeds, &c.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That so soon as a sale of the pre-
sent alms-house, shall have been effected, and the purchase
money paid or secured to be paid, that then the trustees, or a
majority of them as aforesaid, shall make and execute a deed
or deeds of bargain and sale to the purchaser or purchasers,
conveying the same to him, her or them, in fee simple.

Provide im-
plements

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the trustees, or a majority of
them as aforesaid, be, and they are hereby authorized and em-
powered to provide suitable and necessary implements of
labour, and materials necessary therefor, .so as to provide for
the employment of those who may be in said alms and work-
house, and not engaged in the cultivation of said farm, but may
be judged capable of doing effective in-door labour.

Out-pen-
sioners.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the trustees aforesaid, or a
majority of them, be and they are hereby authorized and em-
powered to have and keep any number of out-pensioners that