SO CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4

ALMSHOUSE.

The Act of June 8, 1861, eh. 27, repeals section 50 of this Article.
The Act of 1862, ch. 279, repeals sections 34, 35, 37, 39, 58, 61, and enacts the follow-
ing as substitutes:

SEC. 1. There shall annually be appointed five trustees of the
poor of Baltimore city, by the mayor and city council of Balti-
more, as other city officers are appointed, who shall be residents
of the city of Baltimore; and all vacancies that may occur shall
be filled by appointment to be made in the same manner.

2. The trustees, so appointed, and their successors, are hereby
declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name, style
and title of the Trustees of the Poor of Baltimore city, and by
that name shall have perpetual succession, and be capable, in.
law, to sue and be sued, and to purchase, hold or sell, convey
and deliver all kinds of lands, tenements, estates, property and
effects, real, personal and mixed.

3. Each trustee shall, before entering upon the duties of his
office, before some judge or justice of the peace, take and sub-
scribe an oath, that he will diligently and faithfully execute the
duties and trusts, and exercise the powers, committed to and
vested in him, as trustee of the poor of Baltimore city, according
to the best of his skill and judgment.

4. Upon complaint made to said trustee, by the overseer of
said almshouse, and due proof made thereof, that any pauper in
said almshouse has behaved in a disorderly manner, or has ne-
glected to obey and keep any of the ordinances, rules and by-
laws of the said corporation, the said trustees may order and
direct such moderate and proper correction for any such offence,
as the nature of the case may require.

5. When the said trustees, or a majority of them, shall have
taken and subscribed the said oath, they shall be qualified and
competent to perform all the duties of trustees.