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QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY.

Trustees to
drew, &c.

SEC. 7. And, for enabling the said trustees to repair and to
convert the said building into alms and work-houses, and to
erect and build such others on the said land as they may think
proper for the purposes herein mentioned, Be it enacted, That
the said trustees, or the major part of them, be and they are
hereby authorized and empowered, from time to time, as occa-
sion shall require, to draw upon the collector of Queen Anne's
county for all or any part of the money by this act assessed,
levied and collected, as shall remain in his hands, which the
said trustees, or the major part of them, shall think necessary
for the uses and purposes mentioned in this act.

To contract
with work-
men, &e.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the said trustees, or the
major part of them, appointed as aforesaid, shall, and they are
hereby authorized, directed and required, to agree and con-
tract with a workman or workmen to undertake to repair the
said buildings, and convert them into suitable and convenient
houses, habitations and dwellings, and erect and build such
others as they may judge proper and necessary on the said
land, (the whole to be completed and finished in a workman-
like manner,) for the reception of the poor of the said county,
and of such vagrants, beggars, vagabonds and other offenders, as
shall be committed by virtue of this act, and they shall appro-
priate such part or parts thereof as they, or a majority of them,
in their discretion, shall determine, to and for the reception
and lodging of the poor of the said county, to be called the
alms-house, and other part or parts thereof to and for the re-
ception and lodging of all such vagrants, beggars, vagabonds
and other offenders, as shall be committed by virtue of this
act, to be called the work house ; and the aforesaid land, and
the aforesaid houses, habitations and buildings, when finished,
shall be, and they are hereby enacted and declared to be,
vested in the said trustees, and their successors, for ever, as
their estate and inheritance, for the uses and purposes by this
act directed and expressed.

And buy
beds, &c.

SEC. 9. 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 sufficiently repaired, altered and built,
for the reception of the poor of the said county, and the va-
grants, beggars, vagabonds and other offenders, who shall be
committed by virtue of this act, to buy and purchase, for their
use and employment, sufficient beds, bedding, working tools,
kitchen utensils, cows, horses, and other necessaries ; and the
said trustees are hereby directed and required to keep a fair,
distinct, and clear account in writing, of all the moneys by
them received and expended by virtue of this act, and to re-
turn a true copy thereof, and shew and produce the vouchers