ART. —. ] WICOMICO COUNTY.
ALMSHOUSE.

1870, c. 87 adds the following:

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26. The county commissioners of Wicomico county,
at their first meeting in the month of April in each
year, shall appoint three discreet persons, inhabitants,
of said county, to be trustees of the poor of said county.

1870, c. 87, s. 1.
Appointment of
trustees of the
poor.

27. The clerk to the county commissioners shall,
within five days after such appointment, deliver to the
sheriff of the county a certificate of the appointment of
each of the said trustees, endorsing one of them for
each, and the sheriff shall, within six days thereafter,
deliver one of the certificates to each of the trustees
agreeably to the endorsement thereof.

Ibid. s. 2.
Certificates of
appointment.

28. The said trustees, under the penalty of twenty-
five dollars each, shall accept such office, and shall meet
at the almshouse in said county, on the first Tuesday
of May then next ensuing, (except prevented by sick-
ness or other unavoidable accident, and in such case as
soon thereafter as the disability shall be removed, ) and

Ibid, s 3.
Penalty for non-
acceptance.

qualify by taking the following oath: " I, A. B., do
swear that I will duly and faithfully discharge the
duties and trusts committed to me, as a trustee for the
poor of Wicomico county, to the best of my skill and
knowledge, so help me God, " which oath may be ad-
ministered by any one of the trustees to the others,
any one of whom, being sworn, shall administer the
same to him.

Oath.

29. No member of the general assembly, clergyman,
attorney or practising physician shall be obliged to
accept, or shall be liable to the penalty aforesaid for
refusing to accept, the office of trustee of the poor;
and no justice of the peace or sheriff, or any one who
hath not the qualifications to be a member of the house
of delegates, shall be eligible thereto, and no person
shall be compellable to serve in less than three years
after he has served or paid the penalty for not serving.

Ibid. s. 4.
Who exempt
from trustee-
ship.

30. All vacancies happening by non-acceptance, death,
resignation, removal out of the county or disqualifica-

Ibid. s. 6.
Vacancies.