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WORCESTER COUNTY.

their own body clerk to the trustees for the poor of said county,
whose duty it shall be to keep the accounts of the said trustees
for the poor, and to prepare all necessary statements for settle-
ment with the levy court ; and for whose compensation the said
court may allow such sum as they shall think just.

Accounts to
be settled
on oath;
crop, &c.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That all accounts settled by the
overseer of the poor with the trustees, shall be on oath (or af-
firmation,) that they are just and true ; which oath, (or affirma-
tion,) shall be administered by any one of the trustees ; and
the said overseer shall, on the first Monday in April, one thou-
sand eight hundred and twenty-three, and at the expiration of
each and every year thereafter, return to the said trustees, on
oath, (or affirmation,) a fair and regular account in writing, of
all the stock, farming utensils and other things now remaining
in his hands, or which may come to his hands as aforesaid,
together with a statement of the crop and other articles made
on the estate of the said poor-house, and an account of all the
expenses and charges attending the maintenance and support
of the poor in said poor-house, and of all moneys received by
him for the sales of the produce of their labour and otherwise;
which said statements and accounts the trustees are hereby
directed to lay before the levy court at their said annual
meeting.

Meetings to
be held;
where.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That all the meetings of the
said trustees for the poor necessary to be held for carrying into
effect the provisions of this act, or of the original act to which
this act is supplementary, shall be held at the court-house in
the said county.

Clerk's fee.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted. That the clerk of the said levy
court shall be allowed twenty-five cents for each certificate of
appointment which he shall make out and deliver to the sheriff;
and the sheriff shall be allowed fifty cents for the delivery of
each of the said certificates to the persons appointed ; all of
which charges and allowances are to be levied, collected and
paid over as other county charges are.

Trustfees
may sell
and pur-
chase other.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the trustees so to be ap-
pointed by the levy court as aforesaid, or a majority of them,
be, and they are hereby fully authorized and empowered, if
and whenever it shall seem to them advantageous, forthwith to
sell at public or private sale, the lands and premises commonly
called the poor-house lands, or by whatsoever other name or
names the same may be known, belonging to the said county,
and now used as a poor-house ; and convey the same to the
purchaser or purchasers in fee simple, by a good and sufficient
deed of bargain and sale to be acknowledged and recorded ac-
cording to law ; and to apply the proceeds thereof to the pur-
chase of such other land, not less than two hundred, nor more