1652 QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY. [ART. 18.

county," and by that name they may take and hold any gift,
donation or present which may be given, devised or bequeathed
by any person to them, for the support and maintenance of the
poor in said county.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 17, sec, 8.

2. They shall have power to acquire, to them and their
successors forever, any lands not exceeding the yearly value of
fifteen hundred dollars.

Ibid. sec. 3.

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

Ibid. sec. 4.

4. As often as any one of the said trustees shall die, resign,
remove out of the county or become incapable of acting, the
county commissioners shall elect one of the citizens of said
county in his place.

Ibid sec. 5.

5. Any male citizen of the county over twenty-one years of
age shall be qualified to act as trustee for the almshouse.

Ibid. sec. 6.

6. The person so elected shall, before acting as such trustee,
take before some other of the trustees 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 Queen
Anne's county, according to the best of my skill and knowledge,
so help me God."

Ibid. sec. 7.

7. Any person elected as trustee who shall wilfully refuse or
delay to take upon himself said office, and qualify as aforesaid,
shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty-five dollars; but no member
of the general assembly, clergyman, attorney or practising physician,
shall be obliged to accept said office, or forfeit as aforesaid for
refusing to accept; and no judge, justice of the peace or sheriff,
or any one who has not the qualification to be a member of the
general assembly, shall be eligible thereto; and no person shall be
compellable to serve in less than three years after he has served
or paid the forfeiture for refusing to serve.