ART. 4.] . CITY OF BALTIMORE. 277

ALMSHOUSE.

1868, c. 1 entitled an act to repeal sections thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty.six, thirty,
seven and thirty-eight of the fourth article of the Code of Public Local Laws,
relating to the city of Baltimore, and to substitute in lieu of sections thirty-four
thirty-five and thirty-seven the following, repeals sections 34, 35, 36 and 37 of this
article and enacts that the following be substituted for sections 34, 35 and 37.
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34. The mayor and city council have power to pro- vide by ordinance for the appointment, as other city officers are appointed, of the trustees of the poor, of Baltimore city, and to prescribe the powers and duties	1868, c. 1. Trustees of the poor, how ap- pointed.
of such trustees. Provided, that until the mayor and city council shall have acted in the premises, the powers and duties of the trustees of the poor of Balti- more city shall be such as are prescribed in and by those sections of this article under the title almshouse	Provwo.
not hereby repealed; and provided further, that when	Proviso.
the said mayor and city council shall have, by ordi- nance, prescribed the powers and duties of the trustees of the poor of Baltimore city, then, and in that event, the operation of the sections of this article, from thirty-	Ordinance to be passed.
nine to sixty-nine inclusive, shall cease, and the said sections, from thirty-nine to sixty-nine, inclusive, shall be ipso facto repealed.	Effect of same.
35. All titles to property of any and every kind now held by the trustees of the poor of Baltimore city shall be, and they are hereby transferred to and invested in the mayor and city council of Baltimore to	Title to pro- perty
all intents and purposes, and all powers and privileges heretofore conferred upon the said trustees of the poor of Baltimore city shall be, and they are hereby trans- ferred to and conferred upon the mayor and city council of Baltimore.	Powers and pri- vileges.
37. Each trustee so appointed shall, before he pro- ceeds to act, take and subscribe before the mayor the oath of office prescribed in the sixth section of the first article of the constitution.	Oath of trus- tees.