EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage, but nothing herein contained shall

apply to or affect any criminal or civil proceedings at the

date aforesaid.

Approved April 12, 1904.

CHAPTER 586.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 9

of Article 6 of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Caroline

County," sub-title "Almshouse," and to add three new sec-

tions to the said Article 6 to be known as Sections 9A and

96 to come in immediately after Section 9, and Section loA

to come in immediately after Section 10.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That Section 9 of Article 6 of the Code of Public Local

Laws, title "Caroline County," sub-title "Almshouse," be and

Caroline

the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted to read as follows,

County Aims-
house.

and that three new sections to be know as Sections 9A, 96

and 10A be added to said Article 6: Section 9A and 96 to

come in immediately after Section 9, and Section 10A to come

in immediately after Section 10 of said Article :

9. The houses known by the name of the "'Poor Houses" of

Poor Houses.

Caroline County and the land thereto belonging, are vested in

the County Commissioners of Caroline County and their suc-

cessors forever, as their estate and inheritance, one part to be

called the "Almshouse," and to be for the reception of the

poor of said county, and the other part to be called the "Work-

house," and to be for the reception and lodging of vagrants,

beggars, vagabonds and other offenders.

9A. The County Commissioners are hereby authorized to

To sell farm.

sell the present Almshouse farm, if in their judgment a change

of location of said Almshouse is desirable and necessary, the

same to be sold at public sale after three weeks' notice given

in the newspapers published in Caroline County, and on such

terms as they shall deem most advantageous to the interests

of the said county ; and on receipt of full payment for the said

farm the said County Commissioners shall give a good and

sufficient deed for the same.

96. Should the County Commissioners decide to sell the

Right to dis-

present Almshouse farm, they shall purchase a tract of land,

pose of pres-
ent property.