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1862, c. 30, c 1
Trustees, how
and when ap-
pointed.
Proviso.
Ibid. s. 2.
Overseer of
poor, his duties
&c
Clerk to trus-
tees, his duties.
Delivery of
books, papers,
&c.
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SEC. 2. The commissioners of Montgomery county
shall, in the second week of November, in every year,
appoint five persons, inhabitants of said county, trus-
tees of the poor of said county, who shall hold their
office of trustees for the term of one year from the
date of their appointment and until their successors
shall have been appointed and qualified; provided,
that the said commissioners shall have the power to
remove all or any of such trustees at 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.
3. Whenever a vacancy shall exist in the office of
i 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.
4. 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 up
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 sum
of ten dollars for each and every day of said neglect
or refusal, to be recovered by indictment in the cir-
cuit court of said county, and the amount of said
forfeiture when recovered shall be for the use of said
trustees.
In force from February 4, 1862.
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