THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR
affirm that I will well and faithfully execute and

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perform the trust and duties reposed in me as
Trustee of the Poor for Washington County, with-
out i'avor, partiality or affection, according to the
best of my skill and knowledge, which oath may
he administered by any justice of the Peace for
said county.

Oath.

Sec. 9. They, or a majority of them, shall, at
their first meeting, annually, at the Alms Plouse
in paid county, appoint a fit person to be overseer
of the Alms House in said county, and such other
proper officers and servants as to them may appear
necessary for conducting the business of said Alms
House. The overseer so appointed, and all other
appointees, to enter upon the discharge of their
duties on the first day of April in each and every
year hereafter.

Overseer.

Sec. 11. They shall, under the penalty of fifty
dollars, make out and render to the County Com-
missioners at their first meeting in May in every
year, a statement of their accounts and expendi-
tures, with the necessary vouchers, for the preced-
ing year, which accounts shall be settled and
passed by the Commissioners.

Statement.

Sec. 19. They shall allow said overseer a sum
not exceeding the sum of three hundred dollars
per annum, and so pro rato during his continu-
ance in office.

Salary or
Overseer.

See. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from and after the day of its passage.

Approved February 18, 1868.

In force.

CHAPTER 32.
AN ACT to repeal the thirty-ninth Section of Ar-
ticle fifteen of the Code of Public Local Laws,
entitled "Montgomery County," relating to the
number of Justices of the Peace and Consta-
ble, and re-enacting the same so as to read as
follows :

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That Section thirty-nine of Article

Repeal .