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TALBOT COUNTY.

AN ACT to enlarge the Powers of the Levy Court of Talbot County for the
benefit of the Poor of said County.— 1816, ch. 108.

Levy for

the use of
the poor.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the justices of the levy court of Talbot county, for the
time being, shall, and they are hereby empowered, to assess
and levy on all the property of the said county, subject and
liable to assessment, at the time of laying their county rate, a
sum of current money not exceeding five shillings and three-
pence on every hundred pounds of property as aforesaid, to be
applied to the use of the poor of said county, together with the
collector's commission of four per cent for collecting the same.

Act
repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That an act, entitled, a supple-
ment to an act, entitled, an act for the relief of the poor of
Talbot county, passed at November session, seventeen hun-

* Ch. 9.

dred and ninety-seven, be and the same is hereby repealed.

AN ACT to make sale of the Poor's-house, and public Lands thereto
belonging, in Talbot County.— 1824, cb. 112.

Sale autho-
rized.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the justices of the levy court of Talbot county, or a ma-
jority of them, are hereby authorized and empowered to sell

Money ap-
plied.

and dispose of at public or private sale, at such time and in
such manner as they may deem most expedient, the poor's-
house in said county, and the public lands appertaining
thereto ; and apply the money arising therefrom to the pur-
chase of such lands, and erecting such buildings and improve-
ments thereon, or purchasing such as may be considered neces-
sary and proper.

Authorized
to deed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said levy court or a
majority of them are hereby empowered and directed after
such sale made as aforesaid, to execute a deed of conveyance
to the purchaser or purchasers of said poor's-house, and the
public lands sold as aforesaid ; and when the same shall be
recorded as other deeds are, the same shall be valid and effec-
tually to pass to the purchaser or purchasers all the right, title
and interest of the said county in and to the same.

Purchase
authorized.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the levy court of said
county, or a majority of them, be, and they are hereby autho-
rized and empowered to purchase any quantity of land, not
exceeding six hundred acres, lying and being in Talbot coun-
ty, and to erect such buildings and improvements thereon as
they in their judgment may think necessary for the use of the
poor of said county ; and the same when so obtained, to be
applied to the use, benefit and purposes of the poor of said
county, subject to the same laws and regulations that govern
the poor's-house in said county, and the public lands apper-
taining thereto.