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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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Chapter 13.
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AN ACT to repeal sections one, three, eight, nine,
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ten, twenty-two and twenty-three of article eight
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of the Code of Public Local Laws, title " Cecil
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County," sub-title "Almshouse," and re-enact the
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same so as to read as follows :
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly
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of Maryland, That sections one, three, eight, nine,
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Repealed and
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ten, twenty-two and twenty-three of article eight of
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re-enacted.
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the Code of Public Local Laws, title " Cecil County,"
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sub-title "Almshouse," be and the same are hereby
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repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows :
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SECTION 1. The county commissioners of Cecil
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county shall, at their stated meetings in January of
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Trustees of
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each year, appoint five discreet and proper persons,
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the poor.
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inhabitants of said county, to be trustees of the poor
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for said county from the first Monday of February
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next ensuing.
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SEC. 3. The said trustees, under the penalty of
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twenty-five dollars, shall accept said office, and shall
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meet at the almshouse of the county on the first/Mon-
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day of February next ensuing their appointment, and
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Qualify as
trustees.
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qualify as trustees by taking the following oath, to
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wit : " I, A. B., do swear that I will duly and faith-
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fully discharge the duties and trusts committed to me
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as a trustee of the poor for Cecil county to the best
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Oath— how
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of skill and knowledge. So help me God." Which
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administered.
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oath is to be administered by any of the five trustees
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to the others, any one of whom, being sworn, shall
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administer the same to him.
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SEC. 8. They shall, at their meeting on the first
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Monday of February, annually appoint, from their
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Appoint a
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own number, a treasurer to receive all the funds of
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treasurer.
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said institution, who shall give bond, with sufficient
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security, to the trustees for the time being, and their
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successors, that he will fairly and honestly account
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with said trustees for all money that may come into
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his hands, at the expiration of every year, or sooner if
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required by said trustees or their successors; and the
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Compensation
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said treasurer shall receive a compensation not exceed-
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of treasurer.
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ing three per cent, of the moneys he receives and
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accounts for.
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