ART. 14.] ALMSHOUSE. 1397

of "the trustees of the poor of Howard county;" and by that
name they may take and hold any gift, donation or present
which shall be given, devised or bequeathed to them for the
support and maintenance of the poor in said county, and may
purchase and hold any lands, tenements and hereditaments not
exceeding the yearly value of twenty-five hundred dollars.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 13, sec. 1.

7. They may use a common seal, and may change the same at
their pleasure.

Ibid.

8. They shall have power and authority to make such laws
orders and rules for relieving, regulating and setting the poor to

work, and punishing vagrants, vagabonds and other offenders,
and for the good government of the almshouse in said county, as
to them may seem proper.

Ibid.

9. They shall, under the penalty of fifty dollars each, make
out and render to the county commissioners, at their first meet-
ing in the month of March in each year, a statement of their
accounts and expenditures, with the necessary vouchers, for the
preceding year; which account shall be passed and settled by the
said commissioners previous to making the appointment of trus-
tees for the ensuing year.

Ibid.

10. They shall meet together at the almshouse in said county,
on the first Monday of May, yearly, and at such other times as
they shall, judge necessary, and appoint a fit person to be over-
seer of the almshouse, and such other proper officers and servants
as to them may seem necessary.

Ibid.

11. They shall pay said overseer a salary not exceeding the

sum of two hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum, and so
pro rata during his continuance in office.

Ibid.

12. They may remove, at their pleasure, said overseer, and
all other officers and servants appointed by them, and appoint
others in their places.