98 ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY. [ART. 2.

P. L. L., (1860) art 2, sec. 16.

16. He shall keep and return to the said trustees, upon oath,
to be administered by one of them, at the meeting of the
trustees next preceding the month of March, annually, a regular
account in writing, of all the stock, farming utensils and other
things remaining in his hands, together with a statement of the
crop and other articles made on the estate of said almshouse, and
of the expenses and charges attending the maintenance and
support of the inmates thereof, and of all money received by him
from the sales of the produce of their labor; which statements
and accounts, with the vouchers that support them, the trustees
shall lay before the county commissioners at their annual meet-
ing in March.

Ibid. sec. 17.

17. All meetings of the said trustees shall be held at the
almshouse, except such as may be necessary for the settlement of
their accounts with the county commissioners.

Ibid. sec. 18.

18. No trustee shall furnish, on his own account, supplies of
any description for the use of the almshouse, upon pain of
forfeiting the same to the use of the almshouse.

Ibid. sec. 19.

19. The overseer may compel any of the inmates of the alms-
house, if of sufficient ability, to work, and shall sell and account
for the produce of their labor.

Ibid. sec. 20.

20. Upon complaint to any justice of the peace that any
person, from his disorderly conduct, gives disturbance to a neigh-
borhood, and is likely to become chargeable to the county, the
said justice, if, upon hearing the party, he shall judge the com-
plaint to be well founded, may commit each disorderly person to
the almshouse for any time not longer than three months, unless
he shall find security, at the discretion of the justice, in any sum
not exceeding fifty dollars, for his good behavior for the space of
six months.