1304 HARFORD COUNTY. [ART. 13.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 12, sec. 9.

9. They shall cause a list of paupers in the almshouse to be
kept for each year, stating the name of each, when he or she
came, and when he or she left or died, and how many there
were in the institution at the beginning and end of each year.

Ibid. sec. 10.

10. The omission to keep and pnblish the aforesaid account
or keep the aforesaid list, shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and
the overseer or commissioners, or any of them, guilty thereof,
shall be liable to indictment in the circuit court for said county.

Ibid. sec. 11.

11. The overseer may compel any inmates of the almshouse
to work, if of sufficient ability to do so.

Ibid. sec. 13.

12. He shall account semi-annually with the county commis-
sioners, or oftener if required, and shall in such accounts state,
under oath, all the sales and purchases made by him, and such
other matters relating to the poor, the almshouse, or his duties as
overseer, as the county commissioners may from time to time
require.

Ibid. sec. 13.

13. The county commissioners may, and some of them shall,
from time to time, inspect the almshouse and farm attached, and
report their condition and the manner of conducting the same,
to the commissioners.

Ibid. sec. 14.

14. No commissioner shall furnish on his own account, sup-
plies of any description, for the use of the almshouse, upon
penalty of forfeiting whatever he may so furnish.

Ibid. sec. 15.

15. Upon complaint made that any person from his disorderly
conduct gives disturbance to his neighborhood and is likely to
become chargeable to the county, any justice of the peace of the
county, if upon hearing the party, he shall judge the com-