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CHAP.
XVI. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
of such trustee, and so to fill up the number of trustees for such alms
and work-house;
the which persons so elected and chosen, from time to time, are always
to be qualified in the same manner as before by this act is directed. |
Penalty on
refusal to
serve, &c. |
V. And be it
enacted, That every person by this act appointed as a trustee for
the poor, or that shall hereafter be nominated and appointed as such, pursuant
to the directions thereof, and who shall wilfully refuse or delay to take
upon him
the said office, shall forfeit and pay, for every such refusal or delay,
the sum of
ten pounds current money; provided, that no member of the general assembly,
clergyman, attorney, or practising physician, be obliged to accept of the
office
of trustee aforesaid, or forfeit as aforesaid for refusing to accept and
take upon
him the same, and that no judge of the general court, county magistrate,
or
sheriff, or any one who hath not the qualification to be a member of the
general
assembly, if elected, shall be capable to be chosen, or act as a trustee
aforesaid. |
Trustees to
draw on collector,
&c. |
VI. And,
for enabling the said trustees respectively to purchase land, and
erect alms and work-houses in their said counties, Be
it enacted, That the
said trustees, or the major part of them, be and they are hereby authorised
and
empowered, from time to time, as occasion shall require, to draw upon the
collector of said counties respectively for all or any part of the money
by this
act assessed, levied and collected, as shall remain in his hands, which
the said
trustees, or the major part of them, shall think necessary for the uses
and purposes
mentioned in this act. |
To purchase
land, &c. |
VII. And be
it enacted, That the said trustees respectively, or the major part
of them, appointed as aforesaid, shall and they are hereby authorised,
directed and
required, to buy and purchase, in fee-simple, a quantity of land in their
respective
counties, not exceeding fifty acres; and the said trustees, or the
major part of
them, appointed as aforesaid, are hereby authorised, directed and required,
to
agree and contract with a workman or workmen to undertake, erect, build,
and
in a workman-like manner to complete and finish, on the said land when
so purchased,
good, strong, sufficient and convenient house, habitations and dwellings,
for the reception of the poor of their counties respectively, and of such
vagrants,
beggars, vagabonds and offenders, as shall be committed by virtue of this
act,
and they shall appropriate one part thereof to be called the alms-house,
to and
for the reception and lodging of the poor of their said counties respectively,
and
another part or parts thereto to be called the work-house, to and for the
reception
and lodging of all such vagrants, beggars, vagabonds and offenders, as
shall
be committed by virtue of this act; and the aforesaid lands when bought,
and
the aforesaid houses, habitations and dwellings, when built, shall
be, and they
are hereby enacted and declared to be, vested in the said trustees, and
their successors,
for ever, respectively, as their estate and inheritance for the uses and
purposes by this act directed and expressed. |
And buy
beds, beddings,
&c. |
VIII. And be
it enacted, That the said trustees, or the major part of them,
shall, and they are hereby authorised, directed and required, after the
houses,
habitations and dwellings aforesaid, shall be completely erected and finished,
to
buy and purchase, for the use and employment of the poor of their said
counties,
respectively, and the vagrants, beggars, vagabonds and offenders, who shall
be
committed by virtue of this act, sufficient beds, bedding, working tools,
kitchen
utensils, cows, horses, and other necessaries; and the said trustees are
hereby
directed and required to purchase the said quantity of land, not exceeding
fifty
acres, as near and convenient as may be to the court-house in their said
counties;
and the said trustees are hereby directed and required to keep a fair,
distinct, and
clear account in writing, of all the monies by them received and expended
by
virtue of this act, and to return a true copy thereof, and shew and
produce the
vouchers to support the same, to the justices of their counties, at their
August
courts yearly, to be by the said justices inspected and examined, which
said
accounts shall be lodged with the clerk of the said courts. |
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