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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 218.

AN ACT to repeal sections one, two, three, four,

five, "six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve,

thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen,

eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-

two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, and

twenty-six, of article eighteen of the Code of Pub-

lic Local Laws, title " St. Mary's county," sub-title

" Almshouse," and enact a substitute therefor.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That sections one, two, three,

four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve,

bhirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen,

Repeal.

nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-

three, twenty-four, twenty-five, and twenty-six, of

article eighteen Code Public Local Laws, title " St.

Mary's county," sub-title "Almshouse," be and the

same are hereby repealed and the following sections

enacted in lieu thereof :

SEC. 2. The almshouse in St. Mary's county and

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almshouse.

the property thereto attached shall be under the ex-
clusive management and control of the County Com-

missioners of said county.

SEC. 3. The said County Commissioners shall an-

nually, at their first regular meeting in June, or as

soon thereafter as practicable, let said almshouse and

other property to such person as they may deem fit,

Contiact

and at the same time shall contract with said tenant,

with tenant.

who shall be styled the keeper of the almshouse,

upon such terms and conditions as they may deem

reasonable and proper for the maintenance and sup-

port of the inmates of said almshouse for the period

of one year, commencing from the first day of Jan-

uary thereafter.

How admit-

SEC. 4. Any one of said commissioners may, in

ted.

writing, direct the admission of any poor person to

said almshouse.