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17. All meetings of the said trustees shall be held at the alms-
house, except such as may be necessary for the settlement of
their accounts with the county commissioners.

18. No trustee shall furnish, on his own account, supplies of
any description for the use of the alms-house, upon pain of for-
feiting the same to the use of the alms-house.

19. The overseer may compel any of the inmates of the alms-
house, if of sufficient ability, to work, and shall sell and account
for the produce of their labor.

20. Upon complaint to any justice of the peace that any
person, from his disorderly conduct, gives disturbance to a neigh-
borhood and is likely to become chargeable to the county, the
said justice, if, upon hearing the party, he shall judge the com-
plaint to be well founded, may commit such disorderly person to
the alms-house for any time not longer than three months, unless
he shall find security, at the discretion of the justice, in any sum
not exceeding fifty dollars, for his good behavior for the space
of six months.

21. Upon complaint and due proof made by any one trustee, or
the overseer, to a justice of the peace of the county, that any
person in the said alms-house has behaved in a disorderly manner,
or hath refused or neglected to obey any of the rules and by-
laws of said corporation, such justice may direct such moderate
and proper correction, not exceeding thirty-nine lashes, for any
one offence, to be given to such offender as the nature of the
case may require.

22. Any trustee may, under his hand, in writing, appoint what
poor shall be received into said alms-house.

23. Any justice of the peace of the county, or any person
authorized and appointed by said justice, may apprehend and
commit to said alms-house any rogues, vagrants, vagabonds,
beggars, and other idle, dissolute and disorderly persons found
loitering or residing in said county, and having no visible means
of subsistence, and following no trade or occupation, there to
be kept at hard labor for any period not exceeding three
months, and the overseer shall receive and employ them accord-
ingly-