POOR.

of all and singular the property belonging to the aforesaid poor-
house, under the penalty of forty dollars each, to be recovered
and applied as other fines and forfeitures are directed to be re-
covered and applied in the aforesaid .original act to which this
is a supplementary act.

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SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the trustees for the poor to
be appointed in virtue of this act, and their successors in that
capacity hereby constituted the trustees for the poor of Wor.
cester county, shall respectively, forever have, hold, use, ex-
ercise and enjoy all the powers, authorities, rights, property,
liberties, privileges and immunities which have hitherto been
possessed, enjoyed and used, and shall be subject to all the
penalties for neglect of the duties of trustees for the poor of
said county, as are mentioned and declared in the said original
act to which this is a supplementary act, except the power of
appointing new trustees, or filling up casual vacancies in their
own board, and except so far as the same may be varied or
limited by the provisions of this act. And the poor-house
situated in the same county, and the lands, tenements, goods
and chattels thereto appertaining and belonging, shall be, and
the same are hereby vested in the trustees for the poor of the
said county, and their successors in that capacity to be ap-
pointed in virtue of this act, to and for the uses and purposes
mentioned and declared in this act, and in the original act to
which this is a supplementary act.

Powers,
privileges,

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That in all cases of vacancies
happening by non-acceptance, death, resignation, removal out
of the county, or disqualification of any of the said trustees, the
vacancies thereby occasioned shall be filled up by the levy
court of the said county, at their next meeting which shall
happen thereafter.

Vacancies.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
trustees for the poor to be appointed in virtue of this act, under
the penalty of fifty dollars each, to be recovered and applied as
herein before directed, to make out and render to the said levy
court, at their first meeting in the month of April in each and
every year, a statement of their accounts and expenditures,
with the necessary vouchers, for the preceding year ; which
accounts shall be passed and settled by the said levy court,
previous to the making the new appointments of trustees for
the ensuing year.

Accounts to
be rendered
annually.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the trustees for the poor to
be appointed under this act, shall, at their first meeting in July
next, and at their annual meeting in May thereafter, proceed
to appoint an overseer of the poor of said county according to
the provisions of the eleventh section of the original act to
which this act is a supplement. And also, to appoint one of

Overseer;
duties.