1831;

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 257.

work house, contrary to the provisions of this act, such per.

son, upon conviction thereof in the county court of said

Penalty.

county, shall foifeit and pay for every such offence the sum

of twenty dollars, current money, to be applied towards the

support and maintenance of the poor of Dorchester county,

under the direction of said trustees.

Annual levy au-

Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That the justices of the levy

thorised

court of the county aforesaid, at some one of their sessions,

after the first Monday of April next, and yearly and every

year thereafter, shall and they are hereby empowered and

directed to assess and levy on the assessable property of said

county, at the time of making their county levy, such sum

of money as the said trustees, or a majority of them, shall

or may deem absolutely necessary and requisite to carry

into effect the intentions and provisions of this act; to be

collected and paid as other county levies are, which said

money, when collected, shall be paid by the collector to the

trustees of the poor, or to the order oi them, or a majority

of them, under their common seal, who are hereby author-

ised and required to receive and apply the same to and for

the use, benefit and charge of maintaining the poor, in pur-

chasing provisions and other necessaries for their use and

labor, for providing men and women servants, to be under

the direction of the overseer, for purchasing materials for

the use and employment of all the poor who shall be able to

work, and to carry into effect the other provisions of this

act.

Repealing clause.

Sec. 11 . And be it enacted, That all laws contrary to the

provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby re-

pealed.

CHAPTER 257,

Passed Mar.10, 1832

An act to provide f or the opening and extending Fayette street,
in the City of Baltimore.

Commissioners
named and author-
ised.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That James W. McCulloh, William H. Freeman,

Asahel Hussey, William J, Ward, and James Kelley, be,

and they are hereby appointed commissioners, with power

to them, or a majority of them, to open and extend Fayette

street, in the city of Baltimore, from Cove street westwardly

to Gilmor street; as hid down upon the plat heretofore

nade under the direction of the commissioners appointed by

an act of the General Assembly of Maryland, entitled, An

act relating to the City of Baltimore, passed at December