ELJHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That no clergyman,
attorney at law, or practicing physician shall be
obliged to accept the office of trustee of the poor
and insane; and that no justice of the peace or
sheriff, or any one who hath not the qualifica-
tion to be a member of the general assembly,
shall be eligible as a trustee.
SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That the said trus-

Acceptance
and eligibility.

tees shall annually, on or before the first day of
February in each year, appoint an overseer of
the almshouse and insane asylum, such appoint-
ment to take effect on the twenty-fifth day of
March next ensuing, and shall, within ten days
after such appointment, inform the overseer
thereof ; the said trustees may appoint such
nurses, attendants and assistants to the over-
seer, and employ such laborers and upon such
terms as they may deem proper.

Appoint over-
seer, etc.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That said trustees
may remove such overseer at their discretion,
and shall give him ten days' notice of his dis-
charge.
SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That the said
trustees shall pay the said overseer a sum not
exceeding three hundred dollars per annum as
a salary, and so pro rata during his continuance
in office.
SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That the said trus-

May remove.
Salary.

tees shall require the overseer to give bond, with
food and sufficient securities, in the penalty of
ve hundred dollars, payable to them, condi-
tioned for the faithful discharge of his duties as
such overseer.
SEC. 22. And be it enacted, That the overseer
shall keep a fair and regular list of all poor, in-

Shall give
bond.

sane, vagrants, beggars, 'vagabonds, and other
offenders committed to the almshouse and in-
sane asylum, and accounts of all material and
other things that may come to his hands as
overseer, and of all expenses and charges
attending the maintenance and support of the
inmates of the almshouse and insane asylum,
and of all moneys received by him for the sale
of the produce of their labor, and shall render
the same under oath, to be administered by one
of the trustees, to the trustees at their regular
meetings, or oftener if required.

Shall render
an account.