POOR.

POOR.
AH ACT for the relief of the Poor within the several Counties therein
mentioned.— 1768, ch. 29,
See ante page 1372.

AN ACT to enlarge the Powers of the Trustees of the Poor in the several
Counties therein designated. — 1799, ch. 65.
See ante page 1382.

AN ACT to enlarge further the Powers of the Trustees of the Poor in the
several Counties therein mentioned. — 1804, ch. 69.
See ante page 1382.

AN ACT for the relief of the Poor of Prince George's County, being
Supplementary to the Act, entitled, an Act for the relief of the Poor of
the several Counties in this State. — 1822, ch. 121.

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SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the office of the present trustees of the poor for Prince
George's county, shall cease and be at an end on the first Mon-
day of June next, and that the appointment of trustees of the
poor of said county from and after the first Monday in April
next, be vested in the levy court of said county.

Trustees.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the levy court of Prince
George's county, be, and they are hereby authorized and re-
quired, at their meeting in May next, and at their first meeting
in the month of May forever thereafter to appoint seven discreet
and proper persons qualified agreeably to the provisions of the
original act, to which this is a supplementary act, and of this
act, to be trustees for the poor of said county.

Annual ap-
pointment.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
clerk of said levy court, within five days after such appoint-
ment, and within the like time of any future appointments, to
be made in virtue of this act, to make out and deliver to the
sheriff of said county, a certificate of the appointment of each
of the said trustees so appointed, endorsing one of the said cer-
tificates for each of them respectively : of which the said sheriff
shall, within six days thereafter, deliver one thereof to each
of the said trustees respectively ; and it shall thereupon be the
duty of the several trustees, so appointed and notified of such
appointment, and who shall accept thereof, under the penalty
imposed by the said original act, upon any person appointed a
trustee for the poor in virtue of said act, for wilfully refusing
or delaying to take upon him the duties of said office, to meet
on the first Monday of June next ensuing such appointment,
and on the third Monday in April forever thereafter, except
prevented by sickness or other unavoidable accident ; and in
such case, as soon thereafter as the disability shall be removed,

Notifica-
tion, &c