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JOHN EAGER HOWARD, Esq; Governor.
a sum not exceeding seventy-five pounds current money per annum,
as
a salary,
and so pro rato, during his continuance in office, and shall
then take bond, which
the said overseer, and any other overseer to be appointed, shall and
is hereby
obliged to enter into, with good and sufficient sureties, in the penalty
of two
hundred pounds current money, payable to the said trustees for the
poor, conditioned
as follows, to wit, " The condition of the above obligation is such,
that
of the above bound A. B. as overseer of the alms and work-house in
Caroline
county, shall well and truly discharge his duty in the said station,
and more particularly
according to the directions of the act of assembly, entitled, An act
for
the relief of the poor in Caroline county, then the obligation to be
void, otherwise
to remain in full force and virtue in law." |
1788.
CHAP.
XIV. |
XI. And be it
enacted, That the said trustees, or a major part of them, shall
and they are hereby directed and empowered to remove such overseer,
and all
other officers to be by them appointed in pursuance of this act, at
their discretion,
and to choose others in their place and stead. |
May remove
overseers, &c. |
XII. And be
it enacted, That the said trustees, or the major part of them,
shall, and they are hereby directed and enjoined to meet at the alms
and work-house
in the said county four times in the year, in the first week in January,
May, August and November, or oftener, if it should by them be deemed
necessary,
to make and ordain, by a majority of votes of such as may be present,
all such
good and wholesome ordinances, rules and by-laws, as they shall think
convenient
and necessary for the direction, government and support, of such alms
and work-house; and also for the maintenance and employment of all
such poor
persons as shall be taken under their care, and of all vagrants, beggars,
vagabonds, and other offenders, that shall be committed thereto by
virtue of
this act; all which ordinances, rules and by-laws, shall be, from time
to time,
inviolably observed by all persons concerned, according to the tenor
and effect
thereof. |
And meet
four times in
the year, &c. |
XIII. And be
it enacted, That the said overseer shall keep a fair and regular
list of all poor, and of all beggars, vagrants, vagabonds, and other
offenders, who
shall be committed to the said alms and work-house; and also fair and
regular
accounts in writing of all materials, and other things, coming to his
hands as
overseer aforesaid, and of all expences and charges attending their
maintenance
and support, and of all monies received by him for the sale of the
produce of
their labour, and otherwise, as overseer aforesaid, and shall lay the
said lists and
accounts before the trustees, or the major part of them, at their meetings
at the
times by this act directed, or oftener, if by them required. |
Overseer to
keep a fair list
of all poor,
&c. |
XIV. And be
it enacted, That the said overseer may compel and oblige any
of the said poor, beggars, vagrants and vagabonds, or other offenders,
in his
alms and work-house, if of sufficient ability, to work and labour,
and the produce
of their labour he is hereby directed and empowered to sell, and apply
the
money arising from such sale to their maintenance and support. |
And may
compel them
to work, &c. |
XV. And be it
enacted, That upon complaint made, that any person, from
his or her disorderly conduct, gives disturbance to his or her neighbourhood,
and
is likely to become chargeable to the said county, it shall and may
be lawful for
any one magistrate of the said county, if upon hearing the party he
shall judge
the complaint to be well founded, to commit such disorderly person,
residing
within the said county, to the said work-house, for any time not exceeding
three
months, unless he or she shall find security, at the discretion of
the magistrate
aforesaid, in any sum not exceeding ten pounds current money, for his
or her
good behaviour during the space of six months; and also upon complaint
and
due proof made by the overseer of the said alms and work-house to any
one
trustee, that any person in the said work-house hath behaved and demeaned
him
or herself in a disorderly manner, or hath refused to do and perform
his or her
daily labour and task, or hath refused or neglect to obey, keep and
observe,
any of the ordinances, rules and by-laws, of the said corporation,
to order and |
Disorderly
persons may
be committed,
&c. |
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