JOSEPH KENT ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

1826

twenty dollar, for Eleanor Thompson, and her nine children
sixty dollars, for William Denson twenty dollars, for Margery
Random forty dollars. In Queen- A one's county, for Sarah
Bramble fifteen dollars, for Hannah Gregory thirty dollars. It
Worcester county, for Mary White twenty-four dollars, fol
Mary Scarborough twenty-four dollars. In Harford county, fol
John Griffin thirty dollars, for William How thirty dollars, for
Amos Evans thirty dollars. In Caroline county , for Dorcus
Chaffinch fifteen dollars, for Jesse Cox twenty dollars. In Mont-
gomery county, for Abraham Bocroft, ami Ann his wife, thirty
dollars each, for Jane Butt thirty dollars, for Christopher
Miller thirty dollars, for Betsy Burrass thirty dollars, for Jesse
Severns, senr. and Teresa Sever n s, thirty dollars each, for
Jackson Council thirty dollars, for Ruth Case thirty dollars, for
Nancy Grant thirty dollars; payable to themselves, or their
orders respectively, or such person or persons as the said levy
courts shall direct.

CHAP 243

CHAP. CCXLIV.
An Act to build a new Poor's House in Calvert County,

1, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the levy court of Calvert county be and they are hereby
authorised and empowered, to levy upon the assessable property
of said county, such sum or sums of money as may enable them
to purchase so much ground as they may think necessary, and
to procure, or cause to be erected thereon, suitable buildings to
answer for the reception of the poor of the county aforesaid;

Passed Mar 12 1827
Levy authorised

Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not lake effect
until they have sold the. present poor's house of that county,

Proviso

and the appurtenances thereunto belonging.
2. And be it enacted, That when the said buildings shall
have been procured or erected, they shall be delivered over to
the trustees of the poor of the said county, and that the institu-
tion shall be liable to the laws, rules and regulations, prescribed
for the government of the present poor's bouse.

Buildings when
erected, to be de-

liverd over to
trustees

CHAP. CCXLV.
An Act concerning: the Washington Monument.

Passed Mar 12 1827

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the treasurer of the western shore be and be is hereby au-
thorised and required, to pay to the president, or to the mana-
gers of the Washington Monument, any sum not exceeding
twenty thousand dollars, during the present year, for the fur-
ther completion of the Washington Monument, provided that
sum shall be received from the avails of the lottery system,

20,000 dollars au-
thorised to be paid,
to managers

2. And be it enacted,, That the inscriptions on the said Mo-
nument shall be expressive of the gratitude of the state of Ma-
ryland, and the Monument shall be held and considered as the
property of the state.

Inscription on mo-
nument