JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR, 425

SECTION 1. The County Commissioners of Alle-	Appoint true-
gany county shall annually at their first meeting in	tees
each year appoint three trustees to have charge and
general supervision of the alms-house of said county;
they shall also at the same time appoint a steward
and all other necessary officers for said alms-house ;
and may purchase all articles necessary for farm-
ing the land thereto attached, and may levy from time	Make levy
to time on the assessable property of the county,
such sums of money as shall be necessary for the
support of the same.
2. The trustees of said alms-house shall have gen-
eral supervision over the said alms-house and grounds	General super-
thereto attached, and over the inmates thereof, and	vision
may prescribe and designate who shall become in-
mates thereof, and the mariner of conducting the
affairs of such alms-house, and the officers thereot
shall be subject to their control ; and said trustees
shall, at the meeting at which their successors are to
be appointed, make a full report of the general con-
dition of said alms-house to County Commissioners,
and shall also at such time report the amount of
money expended thereon during their term, which
report shall be published for three consecutive weeks
in one or more newspapers printed in the City of
Cumberland.
2. A. Said trustees may bind out, under indent-
ures of apprenticeship, any minor child under their	Bind out.
charge dependent on said county for support, to
some manufacturer, mechanic, handicraftsman or
other person ; provided, however, that if any relative
claiming such child shall give bond, with approved
security in the penalty of at least tive hundred dollars,
for the proper maintenance and support of said child	Give bond.
until it reaches the age of eighteen years, and the
furnishing of reasonable schooling and education to
such child, then it shall not be so bound out, but
shall be delivered to such relative ; said bond shall
be given to the State of Maryland and recorded in
the Clerk's office of the Circuit Court for Allegany
county, and suit may be brought thereon by the
County Commissioners of said county if they shall	Penalty for failure
afterward become liable to support such child, or suit
may be brought thereon by such child (by guardian
or next friend) if it shall be damaged by the failure of
the obligors to fulfil the condition thereof.