LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 4, 1896.

CHAPTER 474.

AN ACT to regulate the payment of pensions in Frederick
county, and providing penalties for the violation of its pro-
visions.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Effective.

land, That all moneys levied by the County Commissioners of
Frederick county, for the indigent poor of Frederick county,
and commonly known as "Outdoor Pensions," shall be made
payable to the individual pensioner alone, excepting when the
pensioner is a lunatic or imbecile, in which case it may be
made payable to the person having the charge and care of such
lunatic or imbecile; and it shall be unlawful for said commis-
sioners to direct or order that said moneys be paid to any other
person or persons.

Out-door
pensions, to
whom to be
paid.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be unlawful
for any tax collector or other person, whose duty it shall be to
pay out the money levied by the County Commissioners of
Frederick county for the indigent poor of Fredprick county to
pay said money to any person other than the one for whose
benefit it is levied, or the one having the charge and care of a
lunatic or imbecile pensioner, when it is payable to such per-
son, unless a written order duly signed by the person to whom
it should be paid shall be produced and tiled with said tax col-
lector or other persons, in which event it may be paid to said
person having such order, but no order shall be given to any
County Commissioner or be received by him for the payment
of said money.

Paying to
other per-
sons unlaw-
ful.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That any one violating
either of the provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
on conviction thereof in the Circuit Court for Frederick
county, shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than
one hundred dollars.

Penalty.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 4, 1896.
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Effective.