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JOHN EAGER HOWARD, Esquire, Governor.
aforesaid, a sum not exceeding fifty 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 one 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 if the
" above bound A. B. as overseer of the alms and work-house in Calvert
county,
" shall well and truly discharge is 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 of Calvert county, then this obligation to
be void, else
" to be and remain in full force and virtue. |
1790.
CHAP.
XXVI. |
XI. And be it
enacted, That the said trustees, or the major part of them,
and they are hereby directed and empowered to remove the said overseer,
and all
other officers to be by them appointed in virtue 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 some convenient
place
in the said county three times in the year, in the first week in March,
June 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, the same being no way contrary to the
laws
of this state, 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; and 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
three 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
account 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 money by him received 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 give 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 neglected to obey, keep and observe, any of the ordinances,
rules
and by-laws, of the sid corporation, to order and direct such moderate
and proper |
Disorderly
persons may
be committed,
&c. |
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