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SAINT MARY'S COUNTY.

Sheriffs,
&c. to aid
trustees.

SEC. 21. And be it further enacted, That all sheriffs, bailiffs,
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 perform-
ance of the said service.

General
issue plead-
able.

SEC. 22. And be it further enacted. That if any person or
persons shall, at any time or times, be sued or prosecuted for
any matter or thing by him or them done and executed in pur-
suance 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
evidence, for his or their defence; and if, upon trial, a verdict
shall pass for the defendant or defendants, or if the plaintiff or
plaintiffs shall become nonsuited, or discontinue his or their
suit, then such defendant or defendants shall have and recover
treble costs to him or them awarded against such plaintiff or
plaintiffs, 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 plain-
tifls shall give security for the costs, to be approved of by the
court in which such suit is brought.
SEC. 23. Merged in 1837, ch. 32.

Truitee
may order
correction.

SEC. 24. And be it further enacted, That in all cases, upon
complaint of the overseer of said work-house, or of any other
work-house in this province, to any trustee for the poor of such
work-house, that any rogue, vagrant, vagabond, or other idle,
dissolute and disorderly person thereto committed, and therein
remaining, hath behaved and demeaned himself in a disorderly
manner, or hath neglected and refused to do and perform his
or her daily labour and task, or hath neglected or refused to
obey, keep and observe, any of the ordinances, rules and by-
laws of the said corporation, it shall and may be lawful for such
trustee to order and direct such moderate and proper correc-
tion, not exceeding thirty-nine lashes for any one offence, to be
given to such offender, as the nature of the case shall require.

AN ACT to enlarge the Powers of the Trustees of the Poor of Saint Mary's
County .—1821. ch. 96.

Out-pen-
sioners.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
it shall and may be lawful for the trustees of the poor in Saint
Mary's county, and they are hereby authorized and empow-
ered, in their discretion, to keep any number of out-pensioners
not exceeding ten, in addition to the number already provided
for by law, upon the same circumstances as are already pre-
scribed by law.