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WASHINGTON COUNTY.

GAOL.
AN ACT respecting the new Jail of Washington County. — 1825, ch. 90.

Work-
house
apartment

SEC. I. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the levy court of Washington county, be, and they are
hereby authorized and directed to designate and set apart suit-
able apartments in the new jail of said county, to be known
and denominated as the work-house of Washington county,
and to be kept for the purposes herein after mentioned, by the
sheriff for the time being, of the said county, under the super-
intendence and control of the levy court.

Vagrants
committed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That whenever by the existing
laws, any vagrant or vagrants, or other lewd or dissolute per-
son or persons are or may become liable to be committed to the
work-house or poor-house of said county, they shall be in lieu
thereof committed to the custody of the sheriff of said county,
to be confined in the apartments so to be designated, for the
term authorized by such laws, and specified in the commit-
ments, on low and coarse diet, and at hard labour.

INDEXES OR FINGER BOARDS.
1825, ch. 172, see 'Allegany County,' title 'Finger Boards or Indexes,'
ante page 1327.

JURORS.
AN ACT to allow Mileage in certain cases to Jurors in Washington
County.— 1817, ch. 192.

Itinerant
charges
allowed.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
each and every juror summoned on the regular panel of jurors
to Washington county courts, who shall reside more than ten
miles from the place of holding the said courts, shall in addi-
tion to the per diem allowed by law, be entitled to an allow-
ance of twelve and a half -cents for every mile, excluding the
first ten miles, that his place of residence shall be distant from
the place of holding the county court of said county, to be
allowed him in going to, and returning from the court, and to
be levied, collected and paid, in the same manner, and at the

Proviso.

same time, with his per diem allowance ; Provided, that the
said itinerant charges shall be allowed to each of the said
jurors only for once coming to, and once returning from the
said court, at any one time.

AN ACT authorizing and requiring the Commissioners of Washington
County to levy at their next annual levy, a sufficient sum in advance
to pay Jurors and State Witnesses in said County. — 1836, ch. 10.

Levy in
advance
directed.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the commissioners of Washington county, be, and they
are hereby authorized and required to levy on the assessable
property of said county at their next annual levy, in addition