WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 409
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said county shall be received, and to fix the du-
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ties and compensation of all employees necessary
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to carry on said asylum.
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SEC. — . After the erection of said asylum, all
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persons who have been heretofore determined in
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the Circuit Court for Allegany county to be in-
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sane paupers, and who shall be at the time said
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asylum is ready for use inmates of other institu-
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tions at the expense of said county, shall be re-
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Court shall
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moved to said asylum, and thereafter, whenever
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commit.
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any person shall be found to be an insane pauper
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and dependent on said county, by inquisition in
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the Circuit Court thereof, said court shall commit
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said person to said asylum, and none other, unless
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the County Commissioners shall consent to his be-
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ing sent to some other institution.
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SEC. — . Said County Commissioners are hereby
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authorized to levy such sum annually upon the
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taxable property in said county as may be neces-
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Authorized
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sary to meet the running expenses of said asylum
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to levy.
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over and above its revenues, if any such deficiency
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be found to exist.
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SEC. — . For the purpose of raising the neces-
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sary funds to purchase the land and erect the
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building, or buildings, provided for in the forego-
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ing sections, the commissioners of said county are
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Issue coupon
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hereby authorized to issue coupon bonds of said
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bonds.
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county in denominations of not less than one
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hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, and
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to an amount not exceeding thirty thousand dol-
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lars, said bonds to bear interest at the rate of six
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per cent, per annum, and to mature and fall due
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as follows, viz : five thousand dollars thereof at
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the end of five years from the date of issuing the
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same, and five thousand dollars at the end of each
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year thereafter until all are due ; and said com-
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missioners are authorized to dispose of said bonds
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Dispose of
bonds.
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at not less than par, and to devote the proceeds
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thereof to the purposes above mentioned ; and the
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commissioners shall levy annually on the taxable
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property in said county a sum of money sufficient
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to pay the interest on said bonds, and shall levy
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