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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

no trade or occupation, and have no visible means of

support, and commit them to said almshouse, there to

be kept at hard labor for any term not exceeding three

months, and the overseer shall receive and employ

them according to the tenor of the commitment.

SEC. 24. If any person shall sell or dispose of any

Shall forfeit.

strong liquor to any inmate of said almshouse, he shall

forfeit the sum of twenty-five dollars.

SEC. 25. All the pains, penalties and forfeitures im-

posed by this law shall be recovered in the circuit

Penalties— how
recovered.

court for Frederick county by action of debt or in-

dictment, one-half to the informer and the other half

to the use of the almshouse for said county.

SEC. 26. All sheriffs, bailiffs, constables and other

Shall assist

officers shall assist the commissioners of charities and

corrections, and the officers by them appointed, in the

discharge of their respective duties.

SEC. 27. If any person shall at any time be sued or

prosecuted for any matter or thing by him done in

pursuance of this law, or any thing therein contained,

he may plead the general issue, and give the special

matter in evidence in his defence; and if the plaintiff

in case of suit.

shall be non suit, or discontinue, or if the defendant

upon trial shall have verdict, he shall recover treble

costs, and if the plaintiff be unable to pay them,

they shall be paid by the attorney who brought the

suit, unless the plaintiff shall give security for the

costs, to be approved by the court.

SEC. 28. The treasurer of said commissioners of

Treasurer's

charities and corrections shall receive a salary for his

salary.

services not exceeding three hundred dollars per

annum, to be fixed by said commissioners.

SEC. 29. The bonds executed by the treasurer and

Bond filed.

overseer or keeper of the almshouse, shall be filed and

recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court

for Frederick county.

SEC. 30. It shall be the duty of said commissioners

of charities and corrections, every three months, to

advertise for sealed proposals for furnishing all sup-

plies and provisions necessary for the support and

Advertise for

maintenance of the inmates of the almshouse, and all

proposals.

persons committed to the jail of Frederick county,

and for all fuel needed for said almshouse and jail ;

and to award the contract or contracts therefor to the

lowest reponsible bidder, who shall give bond to said

commissioners, in such penalty as they may prescribe,