JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 355

SEO. 5. Any justice of the peace for said county
may cause to be apprehended, and commit to the
said almshouse, any vagrants, vagabonds, beggars,
and other idle, dissolute and disorderly persons found	Justice may
loitering, or residing in said county, who follow no	commit
trade or occupation, and have no visible means of
subsistence, there to be kept at hard labor for any
term not exceeding three months, and the said keeper shall receive and employ them according to the tenor
of their commitment.
SEC. 6. If any person shall sell or dispose of any
strong drink to the inmates of said almshouse, he	Not dispose
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon	of strong liink to in-
indictment and conviction thereof shall forfeit and	mates
pay the sum of twenty-five dollars, one half to the
informer and the other half to the County Commis-
sioners, for the use of said almshouse.
SEC. 7. Upon complaint made by the keeper of
said almshouse before any justice of the peace of
said county, that any vagrant, vagabond, or other
idle, dissolute and disorderly person thereto com-	Disorderly
mitted and therein remaining, hath behaved himself	behaviour
in a disorderly manner, or hath neglected and re-
fused to perform his daily labor and task, or neg-
lected and refused to obey and keep any of the rules
and by-laws of said almshouse, the said justice may
cause such person to be brought before him, and if
satisfied of the truth of the charge, may commit him
or her to the county jail for a period not exceeding
three months.
SEC. 8. The said commissioners are hereby author-
ized and directed to appoint annually a physician
for said almshouse, and to allow him such compen- sation as they may deem proper ; and it shall be the	Appoint phy- sician.
duty of said physician to give information to said
commissioners whenever they may require it, or he
may deem it necessary, of the condition of said aims-
house and the mode of treatment of the inmates
therein.
SEC. 9. The said commissioners are authorized to
make any rules and by-laws that may be necessary	Rules and by- laws.
and proper for the preservation of order and good
government in said almshouse.