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the offense or charge to the said trustees, and so ordered by them to
punish the offender; and any overseer or officer of said almshouse1 violat-
ing the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined
not less than five dollars and not more than twenty-five dollars for each
offense, and shall be dismissed from said almshouse.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 2, sec. 22. 1894, ch. 446. 1914 Code, sec. 21. 1916, ch. 661, sec. 21

111. Any two Trustees may, under their hands, in writing, appoint
what poor shall be received into said County Home.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 2, sec. 24. 1894, ch. 445. 1914 Code, sec. 22.

112. The penalties and forfeitures prescribed in Sections 93 and 99,
may be recovered by action of debt, or by indictment in the Circuit Court
for said county, for the use of the almshouse.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 2, sec. 25. 1894, ch. 445. 1914, Code, sec. 23.

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

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 2, sec. 2'6. 1894, ch. 445. 1914 Code, sec. 24.

114. If any person shall be sued or prosecuted for anything done in
pursuance of this subtitle of this Article, or anything therein contained,
he may plead the general issue and give the special matter in evidence, and
if upon trial, verdict shall be found for the defendant, or the plaintiff
be non-suited or discontinued, the defendant shall recover treble costs;
and if the plaintiff shall be unable to pay them, they shall be paid by
the attorney who brought or prosecuted the suit, unless the plaintiff shall
give security for them, to be approved by the Court.

P. L. L., 1888, Art 2, sec. 27. 1894, ch. 445. 1914 Code, sec. 25.

115. If any person, without the consent in writing of the Trustees
or overseer of the almshouse, shall sell, give, dispose of or barter, any
spirituous or fermented liquors to any pauper connected with or living
at said almshouse, he shall on conviction before any court or justice of the
peace of said county be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five
dollars for each offense, in the discretion of the justice, for the use of the
almshouse.

1894, ch. 445. 1914 Code, sec. 26.

116. All persons or corporations having claims against "The Trustees
of the Poor of Anne Arundel County" shall submit the same in writing
to the Board of Trustees at some one of the stated meetings, for their
examination; and the signatures of at least three members of the board
shall be required as the evidence of examination and approval before the
same is paid by the treasurer of said county.