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WASHINGTON COUNTY.
SEC. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Repealed by 1797, ch. 34.

Trustees to
meet year-
ly, &c.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the said trustees, or a
major part of them, shall and they are hereby authorized,
directed and enjoined, to meet together between the first and
tenth day of November yearly, and at all such other times us
they shall judge necessary, at the alms and work-house in the
said county, during the continuance of this act, to appoint a
fit person to be overseer of the alms and work-house in the
said county, and other proper officers and servants, as to them
shall appear necessary for carrying on the business of the said
corporation, and they, or the major part of them, shall and
may agree, and they are hereby empowered to pay the said
overseer, out of the money raised and collected as aforesaid,
a sum not exceeding sixty-five pounds current money per
annum, as a salary, and so pro rata during his continuance in
office, and shall then take bond, which the said overseer, and
any other overseer to be appointed, shall and is hereby obliged
to enter into, with good and sufficient sureties, in the penalty
of two hundred pounds current money, payable to the said
trustees of the poor, conditioned as follows, to wit : 'the con-
dition of the above obligation is such, that if the above bound
A. B. as overseer of the alms and work-house in Washington
county, shall well and truly discharge his duty in the said sta-
tion, and more particularly according to the directions of the
act of assembly, entitled, an act for the relief of the poor in
Washington county, then the above obligation to be void,
otherwise to remain in full force and virtue in law.'

May re-
move over-
seer, &c.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted. That the said trustees respec-
tively, or a major part of them, shall and they are hereby
directed and empowered to remove such overseer, and all
other officers by them to be appointed in pursuance of this
act, at their discretion, and to choose others in their place and
stead.

And meet
four times
a year, &c.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the said trustees, or the
major part of them, shall and they are hereby directed and
enjoined to meet at the alms and work-house in Washington
county four times in the year, in the first week in May,
August, October, December, or oftener, if it should by them
be deemed necessary, to make and ordain, by a majority of
votes of such as may be present, all such good and wholesome
ordinances, rules and by-laws, as they shall think convenient
and necessary for the direction, government and support, of
the alms and work-house in said county, and also for the clean-
liness, maintenance and employment, of all such poor persons
as shall be taken under their care, and of all vagrants, beg-
gars, vagabonds and offenders, that shall be committed thereto
by virtue of this act ; all which ordinances, rules and by-laws,