ART. 17.] ALMSHOUSE. 1555

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 18, sec. 18.

12. No trustee shall furnish on his own account any supplies
of any description to said almshouse; and any supplies furnished
by a trustee on his own account shall, on proof of the fact to the
county commissioners, be forfeited for the benefit of the alms-
house.

Ibid sec. 13.

13. The trustees shall require the overseer to enter into bond
with sufficient securities, in the penalty of five hundred dollars,
payable to them, conditioned for the faithful performance of the
duties of his office.

Ibid. sec. 14.

14. The overseer shall keep a list of all persons committed to
said almshouse, and an account of all materials which may come
to his hands; of all expenses and charges for maintenance, and all
money received by him from the sale of the produce of the labor
of the inmates of said almshouse; of the stock, farming utensils
and other things in his hands, with a statement of the crops
made on the estate, and shall render the same annually to the
trustees, under oath, to be administered by one of them; and they
shall lay the same before the county commissioners.

Ibid. sec. 15.

15. The said overseer shall receive a salary not exceeding two
hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum, and so pro rata,
during his continuance in office.

Ibid. sec. 16.

16. He may compel any of the inmates of said almshouse to
work, if of sufficient abilty, and shall account for the product of
their labor.

Ibid. sec. 17.

17. Upon complaint made that any person, from his disorderly
conduct, gives disturbance to a neighborhood and is likely to
become chargeable to the county, any justice of the peace, if,
upon hearing the party, he shall judge the complaint to be well
founded, may commit such disorderly person to the said alms-
house for any time not exceeding three months, unless he shall