ARTICLE XVII.
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CONTENTS.

ALMS-HOUSE-

Trustees incorporated.......

Power to hold lands.........

When and how appointed.
Who may be trustee.........

SEC.

. 1,3
. 2
. 4
. 5
Oath of office, and before whom

. taken.................................. 6

Penalty for refusing to act.......... 7

Who may not be trnstee............. 7

Appointment and pay of overseer 8
Bond of overaeer...................... 9

Trustees may remove................ 10

Trustees to supply furniture and
necessaries for...................... 11

to make by-laws.............. 12

meetings of.................... 12

to keep and render ac-
counts to county com-
missioners.................. 13

to take possession of pro-
perty of Inmates.......... 14

one trustee may direct ad-
mission to................... 20

Overseer shall keep list of inmates 15
shall keep accounts of re-
ceipts and expenses ...... 16

may compel inmates to
work.......................... 17

Justice may commit disorderly
persons to............................. 18

May commit vagrants thereto..... 21

Trustees may punish inmates...... 19

Penalty for dealing with inmates 22
Officers to assist trustees............ 23

Person sued may plead generally 24

BAILCTPS-
Pay of......

25

BRIDGE AT CHESTEBTOWN-
County commissioners may con-
tract to make free.................. 26

Contract, how to be made and
performed......................... 27, 28

BKID8E AT CHESTERTOWl^- SEC.
Footway may be dispensed with.. 29

CENTBEVILLE-

Incorporated........................... 30

Bounds of................................ 81

Commissioners, when and how
elected................................. 32

Vacancies, how filled................ 33

Oath of office, and before whom
taken................................... 34

Meetings of, and what a quorum.. 35
Appointment and pay of clerk
and bailiff............................ 36

Power to remove nuisances......... 37

to prohibit fast driving..,.. 38
to prohibit firing of guns

and storage of powder... 38
to provide for sweeping
chimneys and erecting
pumps........................ 38

to impose tax on dogs....... 39

to impose fines................ 39

Public grounds vested in............ 40

Commissioners may purchase and
hold land.......................... 41, 52

Geese and hoga running at large
to be impounded and sold....... 42

Hog sty prohibited................... 43

Penaltyforkeepingdeadanimalin 44
for parading stallion....... 45

Tax on dogs ........................... 4fi

Dogs to have collars on.............. 47

Power to make assessment and
levy taxes and collect.... 48,49, 52

appeal from assessment..... 50

abatements and transfers.. 51
Oath of bailiff-and clerk............ 53

Duties of bailiff........................ 54

Market days and hours.............. 55

Penalty for selling on market
days out of market................ 56

For putting horses in market
house................................... 57

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