ART. 15. ] MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 89

county, who shall hold their office of trustees for the term of one
year from the date of their appointment, and until their succes-
sors shall have been appointed and qualified; provided, that the
said commissioners shall have the power to remove all or any
of such trustees art their pleasure; and whenever a vacancy shall
exist in said board of trustees from any cause, it shall be the
duty of the said commissioners to fill such vacancy at their next
meeting.

2. Whenever a vacancy shall exist in the office of overseer of
the poor, either by the expiration of the time for which he was
appointed, or by removal, the overseer whose appointment shall

so become vacant, shall, upon the order, and at the appointment
of said trustees, deliver up to the said trustees the possession
and custody of the almshouse, and all the property and effects of

every description thereto belonging; and upon his neglect or
refusal to do so, it shall be the duty of the sheriff of the county,

upon the request of said trustees to remove him therefrom.

3. Whenever the office of clerk of said trustees shall become

vacant either by lapse of time or removal, it shall be the duty of

the clerk whose appointment has so become vacant, to deliver to

the said trustees all books, papers, moneys, or other property in
his custody as said clerk, and if he shall -neglect or refuse so to
do upon the demand of the said trustees, said clerk shall forfeit
the sura of ten dollars for each and every day of said neglect or
refusal, to be recovered by indictment in the Circuit Court of
said county, and the amount of said forfeiture when recovered
shall be for the use of said trustees.

JAIL.

The Act of 1862, ch. 6, adds the following:

4. The commissioners of Montgomery county are hereby
authorized to cause the sheriff of Montgomery county to re-
move the prisoners now in his custody, or who may be here-
after in his custody, to the custody of the sheriff of Frederick
county, and it is hereby made the duty of the sheriff of Fred-
erick county to receive said prisoners, and the said sheriff