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Interest
provided for
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the remaining ten dollars
to be levied by the first section of this act, shall be applied to
the payment of the interest which may accrue on the sum
herein before authorized to be borrowed, and to the purchase
of books, or papers, as may be deemed necessary to give the
making of silk to those employed in superintending the same.
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Premiums
proposed.
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted. That the keeper of said institu-
tion is hereby authorized, with the permission of the commis-
sioners aforesaid, to offer from time to time such premiums or
rewards to the poor, as may in their judgment be deemed pro-
per and expedient, to induce them by their industry, obe-
dience and good conduct, to aid efficiently in carrying into
successful operation the intentions and provisions of this act,
and so soon as the profits arising under this act from the grow-
ing of the mulberry and making of silk, shall be deemed suf-
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Employ-
ment of
teacher au-
thorized.
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ficient by said commissioners, they are hereby authorized and
required to procure the services of a competent and suitable
teacher to instruct and educate the poor children of said insti-
tution in such manner as said commissioners shall direct.
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Levy for
cocoonery
authorized.
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SEC. 6. And be it enacted. That if at any time hereafter the
commissioners for Somerset county shall deem it expedient to
do so, they are hereby authorized and empowered to levy upon
the assessable property of said county a sum of money sufficient
to build and fit up a suitable house for a cocoonery for the feed-
ing of worms and the making and reeling of silk, and for the
purchase of reels and such other implements as may be deemed
necessary to carry into successful operation the provisions of
this act, and said commissioners are hereby authorized to allow
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Compensa-
tion to
keeper.
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to the keeper of said institution such per centage on the profits
arising under this act as they in their judgment may believe
his extra services shall be worth, and the said keeper is hereby
strictly enjoined, under the direction of said commissioners, to
render all the aid and attention in his power to carry into com-
plete and successful operations the true intent and meaning of
this act.
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Case of
surplus.
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SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That whenever the profits aris-
ing under this act shall be more than sufficient to effect the ob-
ject herein before mentioned, then such surplus shall be applied
towards the defraying the general expenses of said institution.
RETAILERS.
See title 'Negroes,' ante page 2190.
ROADS,
AM ACT relating to the Public Roads in Somerset County. — 1798, ch. 38.
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Preamble.
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WHEREAS, the present laws relative to the public roads of
Somerset county are at present complex, and in part inadequate
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