JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 737
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means of employment from property or labor, or
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whose permanent support is not provided by his re-
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lations or friends, or any person who can not give
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an account of the means by which he obtains his
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livelihood, found within said town ; and the keeper
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of the almshouse shall receive and safe keep all per-
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sons so committed according to the tenor of the com-
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mitment, and put any such person to work according
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to his ability.
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SEC. 29. And te it enacted, That the said corpo-
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ration shall not issue any note, token, certificate or
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Not to issue.
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evidence of debt, to circulate as currency.
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SEC. 30. And be it enacted, That the officers of
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the said corporation shall appropriate no money to
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Appropria-
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any uses whatever until such money shall be col-
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tion.
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lected.
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SEC. 31. And be it enacted, That this charter shall
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be submitted to the qualified voters of Taneytown,
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at an election to be held on the third Monday in
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April, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, for its
ratification or rejection, and if accepted by a majority
of the ballots cast at such election, its provisions
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How ratified.
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shall go into effect ; but if rejected by a majority of
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ballots cast at such election, it shall be null and void.
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SEC. 32. And be it enacted, That if this act is rat-
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ified and accepted by the qualified voters of Taney-
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town, at the election to be held under the provisions
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Election for
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of the preceding section, the first election for com-
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ratification.
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missioners provided for in section three of this act
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shall take place on the first Monday in May next
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succeeding, and the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court
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for Carroll county shall appoint two judges of elec-
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tion to hold the election provided for in the preceding
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section, and the first corporate election provided for
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in this section ; and thereafter the judges of the cor-
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porate elections shall be appointed annually by the
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Board of Town Commissioners.
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SEC. 33. And be it enacted, That this act shall
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In force.
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take effect from the date of its passage.
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Approved April 5, 1878.
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