512 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

enacted by Chapter 587 of the Acts of 1906, and Sections 1, 3,
4 and 5 of the Code of Public Local Laws, entitled "Allegany
County," sub-title "Almshouse," be and the same are hereby
repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

SEC. 1. The County Commissioners of Allegany County
shall have charge and general supervision of the almshouse of
said county; shall purchase all supplies necessary for the
proper clothing, care and maintenance of the inmates; shall
purchase all implements, equipments and articles necessary for
farming the land thereto attached; shall erect all buildings
and make such repairs thereto and buy such furniture there-
for as from time to time may be necessary; shall levy from
time to time on the assessable property of the county such
sums of money as shall be necessary for the support of said
almshouse; shall appoint at the first meeting in each year a
steward and such other officers and employees as may be neces-
sary to properly care for and conduct said almshouse, and the
said steward shall take charge of his office within ten days
after his appointment.

SEC. 2. The said County Commissioners shall have general
supervision over the said almshouse and grounds thereto at-
tached, and over the inmates thereof, and may prescribe and
designate who shall become inmates thereof, and the manner
of conducting the affairs of such almshouse and the officers
and employees thereof shall be subject to their control, and
said County Commissioners shall meet at said almshouse at
least once in each month, shall audit the books thereof and file
with the Clerk of the County Commissioners an itemized report
of receipts and expenditures for the preceding month; and all
accounts and bills against the said almshouse shall be verified
by oath of the person from whom purchased and shall be paid
by draft of the Clerk to Commissioners on the Treasurer of
the County, and shall be countersigned by the President of the
Board; and the said Commissioners and Clerk shall each re-
ceive out of the amount levied for said almshouse the sum of
fifty dollars per year for the performance of duties required of
them by this Act, said sum being payable in quarterly install-
ments of twelve and one-half dollars each.

SEC. 3. Said County Commissioners may bind out under
indentures of apprenticeship any minor child under their
charge, dependent on said county for support, to some manu-
facturer, mechanic, handicraftsman or other person; provided,
however, that if any relative claiming such child shall give
bond, with approved security in the penalty of at least five
hundred dollars, for the proper maintenance and support of
said child until it reaches the age of eighteen years, and the