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Chapter 166.
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AN ACT to repeal sections one, three, seven, eight
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and eleven of the Public Local Laws, entitled
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" Prince George's county," sub-title "Almshouse,"
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and re-enact the 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, seven, eight
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Repealed and
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and eleven of the Public Ldcal Laws, entitled " Prince
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re-enacted.
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George's county," sub-title "Almshouse," be and the
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same are hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read
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as follows :
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SEC. 1, The county commissioners of Prince George's
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county shall, at their first meeting in the month
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Appoint trus-
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of May, in each year, appoint five discreet persons,
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tees for poor.
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inhabitants of said county, to be trustees of the poor
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in said county.
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SEC. 3. The said trustees shall, under the penalty
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of twenty-five dollars each, accept said office, and shall
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meet at the almshouse in said county on the iirst
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Monday of June thereafter, except prevented by sick-
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ness or other inavoidable accident, and in such case,
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as soon thereafter as the disability is removed, and
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Qualification
call.
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qualify by taking the following oath : " I, A. B., do
swear that I will duly and faithfully discharge the
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duties and trusts committed to me as a trustee of the
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poor for Prince George's county, according to the best
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of my skill and knowledge, so help me God," which
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oath is to be administered by any one of the five trus-
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tees to the others, any one of whom being sworn shall
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administer the same to him.
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SEC. 7. The county commissioners shall fill all vacan-
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Vacancies-
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cies that may occur in the office of trustees, and it
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how filled.
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shall be the duty of the said trustees to supertend all
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