POOR.

2001

for any time not exceeding three months ; and the overseer of
such alms and work-house is hereby required to receive into
the said alms and work-house, any poor appointed as aforesaid
to be received, and any vagrant, vagabond, beggar, and other
idle, dissolute, and disorderly person, so as aforesaid com-
mitted.

SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That whosoever shall presume,
either to set up a booth, stall, or other convenience for the
selling of strong liquors, on the land purchased for the use of
the said alms and work-house, or shall commit any kind of
trespass thereon, or shall sell or dispose of any strong liquor,
or other matter or thing whatsoever to, or purchase any matter
or thing whatsoever from, any poor, or other person enter-
tained in the said alms and work-house, shall, for every such
offence, forfeit and pay the sum of ten pounds current money.

Penalty on
keeping
booth, &c.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That all sheriffs, constables, and
all other officers and ministers of justice, shall be aiding and
assisting to the said trustees for the poor in the said county,
and to all such officers as shall be employed by them, as by
this act is directed, in the execution and performance of the
said service.
SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons
shall, at any time or times, be sued or prosecuted for any mat-
ter or thing by him or them done and executed in pursuance
and execution of this act, or of any matter or thing in this act
contained, such person or persons shall and may plead the
general issue, and give this act and the special matter in evi-
dence for his or their defence ; and if upon trial a verdict shall
pass for the defendant or defendants, or if the plaintiff or plain-
tiffs shall become non-suit, or discontinue his or their suit,
then such defendant or defendants shall have and recover tre-
ble costs to him or them awarded against such plaintiff or plain-
tiffs, and if the plaintiff or plaintiffs is or are unable to satisfy
the same, then it shall be paid and satisfied by the attorney
who brought such suit, unless the plaintiff or plaintiffs shall
give security for the costs, to be approved by the court in
which such suit is brought.
SEC. 20. Merged in 1830, ch. 151.
SEC. 21. Authorized the renting of a temporary alms-house.

AN ACT to enlarge the Powers of the Trustees of the Poor in the several
Counties therein designated. — 1799, ch. 65.
Merged in 1835, ch. 307, ante page 1859.

Sheriffs,
&c. to aid
trustees,
&c.

General
issue plead-
able, &c.