ART. 22. ] WICOMICO COUNTY.

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and management of the almshouse and poor of said
county without the intervention of trustees of the poor.

Almshouse.

6. The said commissioners shall have power to ap-
point a clerk, who shall receive an annual salary of
four hundred dollars; who before he enters upon the

Ibid 8 2
, Clerk, his sal-
ary and duties.

discharge of his duties shall take the oath of office pro-
vided for by the constitution of the state, and remain in
office till his successor has been appointed and qualified.
7. The said clerk shall give bond to the state of

Oath.

Maryland in the penal sum of one thousand dollars,
with two good and sufficient sureties for the faithful
performance of his duties; which bond shall be filed
in the office of the clerk of the circuit court for said
county, a certified copy of which shall be sufficient
evidence in a suit against him.
8. The said county commissioners may purchase a

Ibid s 3
Clerk's bond

farm for an almshouse and grounds for the use of the
poor of said county; they may also purchase and use
grounds and buildings for election houses and for other

Ibid s. 4.
Farm for alms-
house.

public purposes, whenever in their judgment the pub-
lic convenience may require it for the use of said
county.
In force and approved February 18, 1868.

Election
houses, &c.