1654 QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY. [ART. 18.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 17, sec. 14.

14. They shall take into their care and possession all the
property, real and personal, of any person who shall be admitted
into the said almshouse, and shall occupy and use the same and
apply the profits thereof to the maintenance and support of the
poor of the said county so long as the owner thereof shall remain,
in said almshouse.

Ibid. sec. 15.

15. The overseer shall keep a fair and regular list of all poor,,
beggars, vagrants, vagabonds and other offenders committed to
said almshouse.

Ibid. sec. 16.

16. He shall keep a regular account of all things which may
come to his hands as overseer, and of all expenses and charges-
attending the maintenance and support of the inmates of said
almshouse, and of all moneys received by him for the sale of the
produce of their labor or otherwise, and lay the said lists and
accounts before the trustees when required.

Ibid. sec. 17.

17. He may compel any of the inmates of the said almshouse
to work, if of sufficient ability, and shall appropriate the pro-
duce of their labor to their support.

Ibid. sec. 18.

18. Upon complaint being made that any person, from his
disorderly conduct, gives disturbance to a neighborhood, and is
likely to become chargeable to said county, any justice of the
peace, if, upon hearing the party, he shall adjudge the complaint
to be well founded, may commit such disorderly person to said
almshouse for any time not exceeding three months, unless he
shall find security, in the discretion of said justice, not exceeding
twenty-five dollars, for his good behavior during the space of six.
months.

Ibid. sec. 19.

19. Upon complaint and due proof made by the overseer of
the almshouse to any one trustee that any person in the said
almshouse has behaved in a disorderly manner, or has neglected