100 BALTIMORE COUNTY. [ART. 3.

35. Each of the said managers of the said districts and wards,
after having taken an oath before some justice of the peace of
Baltimore county or city, that he will well and faithfully perform
the duties of a manager of his district or ward, respectively,
according to the best of his knowledge and judgment, shall have
full power and authority to order and direct any indigent, sick,
or disabled person, infant or idiot, of the district or ward for
which he shall be appointed, and who may be entitled to public
relief by law, to go or be taken to the alms-house of said county,
by his order in writing; and every such manager shall hold the
said office for and during the term of one year, and until his suc-
cessor is duly appointed and qualified, and shall perform the said
duties of manager gratuitously.

36. It shall be the duty of the trustees of the alms-house of
Baltimore county and city to cause the persons so sent or taken
there, by order of the aaid managers, to be received, maintained,
and employed therein, so long as in the opinion of such trustees
such persons may be entitled to relief, and require it, keeping
separate lists of the persons sent by the managers of the wards;

and the trustees aforesaid shall, in every estimate of the amount
necessary for the support of the paupers and pensioners of the
said alms-house, make one estimate of the expenses of the persons
sent there by the managers of the districts, including the paupers
and pensioners of the county, distinctly from the city, who then
shall be in the said alms-house, or supported as out-pensioners
thereof, which estimate they shall deliver to the county commis-
eionera of said county, annually; and another such estimate of
the expenses of the persons sent to said alms-house by the mana-
gers of the wards, including the paupers and pensioners of the
city. distinctly from the county, who shall then be in the said
poor-house, or supported as out-pensioners thereof, which last esti-
mate they shall deliver to the mayor and city council of Baltimore,
annually, and in which estimates the said trustees shall carry
forward all excess or deficiencies of the preceding years, if any
there be, so that the future expenses shall be apportioned between
the county and city, according to their number of paupers and
pensioners, respectively, as near as may be.

37. The county commissioners of Baltimore county, and the
mayor and the city council of Baltimore, shall levy the amounts
of the above estimates respectively; that is to say, of the first
mentioned estimate on the property in Baltimore county, and
of the last mentioned estimate on the property in The eily of