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sioners, forfeit for the use and benefit of the almshouse whatever supplies
he may have furnished.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 23. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 23.

23. Each trustee shall be entitled to an allowance of two dollars for
each day he may necessarily attend at the almshouse, or other place of
meeting, in the discharge of the duties of his office.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 24. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 24.

24. The clerk of the county commissioners shall be entitled to twenty-
five cents for each certificate of appointment of trustees of the almshouse
he may make out and deliver to the sheriff.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 25. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 25.

25. The sheriff shall be entitled to fifty cents for the delivery of each
certificate of the appointment of said trustees to the persons appointed.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 26. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 26.

26. Upon complaint made that any person, from his disorderly con-
duct, gives disturbance to a neighborhood, and is likely to become charge-
able to said county, any justice of the peace of said county, if upon hear-
ing the party he shall judge the complaint to be well founded, may com-
mit such disorderly person to said almshouse for any time not exceeding
three months, unless he shall find security, at the discretion of the jus-
tice, in any sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars, for his good behavior
during the space of six months.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 27. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 27.

27. Upon complaint and due proof made by the overseer of the alms-
house to any one trustee, that any inmate thereof hath behaved in a dis-
orderly manner, or hath neglected or refused to obey any of the rules of
said corporation, said trustee may order and direct such moderate and
proper correction, not exceeding ten lashes for any one offence, as the
nature of the case may require.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 28. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 28.

28. Any justice of the peace for said county, or any person authorized
and appointed by such justice, may apprehend, or cause to be apprehended
and committed to said almshouse, any vagrants, vagabonds, beggars, and
other idle and dissolute and disorderly persons found loitering or residing
in said county, who follow no labor, trade or occupation, and have no
means of subsistence, there to be kept at hard labor for any time not
exceeding three months.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 29. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 29.

29. All sheriffs, constables and other officers shall aid the said trustees
and the officers appointed by them, in the discharge of their respective
duties.