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SAINT MARY'S COUNTY

prescribed by the original act, and thenceforward proceed in
the execution of the duties of said office; Provided neverthe-
less, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the said court
from re-appointing any of the existing trustees, if they in their
discretion shall deem it advisable and proper so to do.

Delivery
over.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the existing trustees shall
meet at the aforesaid poor-house on the first Monday of June
next, and deliver over to their successors, all books and pa-
pers, and all and singular the property belonging to the afore-
said poor's-house, under a penalty of twenty dollars each, to
be recovered and applied as the levy court may direct, to be
taken under the care and- management of the said newly
appointed trustees.

Powers
conferred.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the trustees of the poor to
be appointed in virtue of this act, shall and may have, and are
hereby invested with the powers and authorities, and subject
to all the penalties for neglect of their duties of trustees of the
poor of said county, as are mentioned and declared in the said
original act, and the supplements thereto, except the power of
appointing new trustees, or filling up casual vacancies happen-

Cave of
vacancy.

ing by non-acceptance, death, resignation, removal out of the
county or disqualification of any of the said trustees, the va-
cancies thereby occasioned shall be filled up by the said levy
court, at their next meeting which shall happen thereafter.

Annual
accounts.

SEC. 6. 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 twenty-five dollars each, to be recovered and
applied as herein directed, to make out and render to the said
levy court, at their first meeting in May, every year, a state-
ment of their accounts and expenditures, with the necessary
vouchers, for the preceding year, which accounts shall be set-

To be ren-
dered and
passed.

Accounts to
be on oath.

tled and passed by the said court, previous to the making out
of the new appointments of trustees.
SEC. 7. And be it enacted. That all accounts settled by the
treasurer or overseer of the poor, with the trustees, shall be
on oath or affirmation that they are just and true, which oath
or affirmation shall be administered by any one of the trustees.

Place of
meeting.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That all the meetings of the trus-
tees of the poor necessary to be held for the purpose of carry-
ing into effect the provisions of this act, or of the original act,
or of the supplements thereto, shall be held at the poor's-
house in the said county, except such meetings as may be ne-
cessary for the settlement and passing their aocounts with the
levy court.

Out-pen-

sioners au-
thorized

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That after the first Monday in
June next, it shall not be lawful for the trustees of the poor of
aaid county to keep any out-pensioners ; but that the levy