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The Maryland Code : Public General Laws and Public Local Laws, 1860
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ARTICLE III.

CONTENTS.

ALMS-HOUSE— SEC.
Trustees, how appointed............ 1

Incorpora-ted........................... 3, 3

Oath of office, and when qualified
to act.................................. 4, 6

To keep record of proceedinga..... 5

Property vested in trustees......... 7

Power to appoint officers, pre-
scribe duties, and fix pay......... 8, 9

Who to be admitted to............ 10, 24.

Support and employment of in-
mates.......... ........................ 11

Trustees to procure niacuinery.&c. 12
To make by-laws...................... 13

Appointment and duty of pur-
veyor.................................. 11

Purveyor to give bond............... 15

Salary of purveyor.................... 16

Appointment and pay of over-
seer..................................17,18

Overseer to keep list of inmates... 20
To keep accounts of receipts and
expenses.............................. 20

To give bond........................r. 19

Overseer may compel inmates to
work................................... 21

Account of labor and expenses of
each pauper to be kept........... 22

May retain pauper until accounts
balance............................... 22

Leaving before discharged a mis-
demeanor............................. 22

May be arrested on certificate of
trustees............................... 22

Trustees may dismiss at discre-
tion.................................... 23

Meetings of trustees.................. 25

Punishment of inmates.............. 26

Pay of trustees......................... 27

Penalty for selling to inmates..... 28

Inmates to wear badge............... 29

Penalties, how recovered............ 30

Officers to assist trustees............ 31

Person sued may plead generally 32

ALMS-HOUSE— SEC.

Joint property of city and county,
how held.............................. 33

District managers, their appoint-
ment and duty.................. 34, 35

Estimate of expenses, how made
and levied........................ 36,37

County commissioners may sell
or lease alms-house property.... 38

Not to take less than cost........... 38

May sell for cash or on credit..... 39

If Baltimore city purchase, to
take city stock...................... 39

Pay of commissioners............... 40

BAKERS—

Penalty for selling light bread.... 41

CIRCUIT COURT—

Terms of................................. 42

Sheriff to summon jury to each
term.................................... 43

Cases on trial docket to be conti-
nued by consent.................... 44

Cases referred to be reinstated..... 45

Court to sign bill of exceptions
before verdict........................ 46

All exceptions to be certified to
Court of Appeals................ 47, 48

Party may waive exception. 47, 48, 49

CLERK—

To keep regular index of convey-
ances and bonds of convey-
ance........................... 50, 51, 52

Such index under supervision of
judge.................................. 53

Pay for indexing..................... 54

COLLECTORS—

County divided into collection
districts............................... 55

Appointment of collectors.......... 56

Term of office and bond............. 56

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