ART. 21. ] WASHINGTON COUNTY.

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inhabitants of said county, to act as trustees of the poor
in said county, from and after the reception of their
commissions, and qualify as said trustees, and to act in
such capacity until their successors shall be appointed.

2. The clerk of the county commissioners shall,
within five days after such appointment, make out
and deliver to each of said trustees, so appointed, a
certificate of his appointment.

Certificate of
appointment.

3. The trustees, so appointed, and notified of their
. appointment, under the penalty of twenty-five dollars,
shall accept said office, and shall meet within ten days
after their said appointment, at the almshouse of said

Trustees to ac-
cept.

county, and qualify by taking the following oath: I
do solemnly swear or affirm that I will well and faith-
fully execute and perform the trust and duties reposed
in me as trustee of the poor for Washington county,
without favor, partiality or affection, according to the
best of my skill and knowledge, which oath may be ad-
ministered by any justice of the peace for said county.

Oath.

9. They, or a majority of them, shall, at their first
meeting, annually, at the almshouse in said county,
appoint a fit person to be overseer of the almshouse in
said county, and such other proper officers and servants
as to them may appear necessary for conducting the
business of said almshouse. The overseer so appointed,
and all other appointees, to enter upon the discharge of
their duties on the first day of April in each and every
year hereafter.

Overseer, &c.

11. They shall, under the penalty of fifty dollars,
make out and render to the county commissioners at
their first meeting, in every year, a statement of their
accounts and expenditures, with the necessary vouchers,
for the preceding year, which accounts shall be settled
and passed by the commissioners.

Statement of
accounts.

19. They shall allow said overseer a sum not exceed-
ing the sum of three hundred dollars per annum, and
so pro rata during his continuance in office.

In force and approved February 18, 1868.

Salary of over-
seer.