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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.

at the alms-house of said county, and qualify in the manner
prescribed by the original act, to which this is a supplementary
act, and thenceforward to proceed in the execution of the duties

Proviso.

of the said office ; Provided, that nothing herein contained shall
prevent the levy court from re-appointing any of the existing
trustees, if they in their discretion shall deem it advisable and
proper so to do.

Meeting
in June.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the existing trustees shall
meet at the aforesaid alms-house, on the first Monday in June
next, and deliver over to their successors, to be taken under
their management and care, all books and papers, and a schedule
of all and singular the property belonging to the aforesaid alms-
house, under the penalty of fifty dollars each, to be recovered
and applied as other fines and forfeitures are directed to be
recovered and applied in the aforesaid original act, to which
this a supplementary act.

Powers

veiled.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the trustees for the poor to
be appointed in virtue of this act, and their successors in that
capacity hereby constitute the trustees for the poor of Prince
George's county, shall respectively forever have, hold, use, ex-
ercise, and enjoy all the powers, authorities, rights, properties,
liberties, privileges and immunities, which have hitherto been
possessed, enjoyed and used, and shall be subject to all the pe-
nalties for neglect of the duties of trustees for the poor of said
county, us are mentioned and declared in the said original act
to which this is a supplementary act, except the power of ap-
pointing new trustees, or filling up casual vacancies in their
own board, and except so far as the same may be varied or
limited by the provisions of this act, and the alms-house situated
in said county, and the lands, tenements, goods and chattels
thereunto appertaining and belonging, shall be, and the same
are hereby vested in the trustees for the poor of said county,
and their successors in that capacity to be appointed in virtue
of this act, to and for the use and purposes mentioned and de-
clared in this act, and the original act to which this is a supple-
mentary act.

Vacancy.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That in all cases of a vacancy or
vacancies happening by non-acceptance, death, resignation,
removal out of the county, or disqualification, in any other
manner, of any of the said trustees, the vacancy or vacancies
thereby occasioned, shall be filled up by the levy court of said
county at their next meeting which shall happen thereafter.

Account

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
trustees of the poor to be appointed in virtue of this act, under
the penalty of fifty dollars each, to be recovered and applied as
other fines are directed to be recovered and applied in the
aforesaid original act, to which this is a supplementary act, to