ART. 21.] WASHINGTON COUNTY. ^85

by the trustees of the poor, and may establish such rules and
regulations for the government of the poor and for the manage-
ment of the lands and other property .purchased by them as the
comfort of the poor and the interests of the county may require.

15. They may levy, on the assessable property of the county,
such sum, not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars in any one year,
as may be necessary to carry into effect the powers hereby
vested in them. '

16. After the purchase of a farm and erection and preparation
of buildings as prescribed in section 12 of this article, they
shall, when they deem it just, require those indigent persons
who receive pensions by county assessment to relinquish the
same and repair to said alms-house, and if they refuse or neglect
to comply, they shall be debarred such pensions.

17. The overseer of the alms-house shall give bond, with
sufficient securities, payable to the trustees, in the penalty of
five hundred dollars, for the faithful performance of the duties
of his office.

18. The trustees may remove said overseer and other officers
and servants by them apppointed, and appoint others in their
place.

19. They shall allow said overseer a sum not exceeding the
sum of one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum, and so
pro rata during his continuance in office.

20. The overseer shall keep a list of all poor persons admitted
to said alms-house, and lay the same before the trustees at their
regular meetings, or oftener if required.

21. He shall keep a regular account, in writing, of all ma-
terials and other things that may come to his hands, and all
expenses and charges attending the maintenance of the poor,
and of all money received by him for the sale of the produce of
their labor, and exhibit the same, under an affidavit, administered
by one of said trustees, that they are just and true, to the trus-
tees, when required.

22. He may compel any of the inmates of said alms-house to
work, if of sufficient ability to do so.