306 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.

F. L. L., (1860,) art 4, sec. 43.

39. They may admit into the almshouse and receive under
iheir care, in addition to those paupers which the laws of this
.State authorize and require, such indigent or distressed persons as
in their opinion the dictates of humanity or particular circum-
stances render proper or necessary.

Ibid. sec. 43.

40. They shall prescribe, provide for, and direct all matters
relating to the support, treatment and employment of all paupers,
vagrants and other persons in the almshouse, or any other place
under their care and charge.

Ibid. sec. 44.

41. They shall procure, or erect and use all such machinery,
materials and implements as they shall think proper or necessary
for any purpose connected with tlieir duties or the exercise of the
powers vested in them.

Ibid. sec. 45.

42. They may make, amend, alter and repeal all such by-laws
as shall be necessary to carry into full effect all the powers, author-
ities and duties vested in or required of them; provided, such
by-laws be not contrary to law.

Ibid, sec 46.

43. They may appoint a purveyor of provisions to said alms-
house, whose duty it shall be to provide and furnish provisions to
said almshouse under the direction of said trustees, to whom he
shall annually return a statement or account of his receipts and
expenditures, to be examined and passed at their discretion.

Ibid. sec. 47.

44. They shall require the said purveyor to give bond and
security to be approved by them, and in such penalty as they
shall direct, conditioned for the faithful performance of the trusts
reposed in him, and upon failure to comply with the conditions
thereof, they may direct said bond to be put in suit, and any sum
of money recovered in such suits shall be applied to the use of
said almshouse.