1920 WASHINGTON COUNTY. [ART. 22.

ALMSHOUSE.

1868, ch. 31.

1. On or before the first Monday of March, in each and every
year, the county commissioners of Washington county shall
appoint three discreet persons, inhabitants of said county, to act
as trustees of the poor in said county, for one year and until their
successors shall be appointed.

Ibid.

2. The clerk of the county commissioners shall, within five
days after such appointment, make out and deliver to each of
said trustees, a certificate of his appointment.

Ibid.

3. The trustees, so appointed, and notified of their appoint-
ment, shall accept said office, under the penalty of twenty-five
dollars, and shall meet within ten days after their said appoint-
ment, at the almshouse of said county, and severally qualify by
taking the following oath: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that I will well and faithfully execute and perform the trust and
duties reposed in me as trustee of the poor of Washington
county, without favor, partiality or affection, according to the
best of my skill and knowledge;" which oath may be adminis-
tered by any justice of the peace for said county.

P. L. L, (1860,) art. 81, sec. 4.

4. All vacancies happening by non-acceptance, death, removal
ont of the county, or disqualification of any of said trustees shall
be filled by the county commissioners at their next meeting-
thereafter.

Ibid. sec. 5.

5. No member of the general assembly, clergyman, attorney
or practising physician, shall be obliged to accept said office, or
be liable to the penalty for refusing; and no judge, justice of the
peace or sheriff, or any one who has not the qualifications to be
a member of the general assembly, shall be eligible thereto.

Ibid. sec. 6.

6. The said trustees are a corporation by the name of "The
trustees of the poor of Washington county," and by that name