1828

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 96.

The purchase of

land authorised

commodation of the poor, and the interests of the inhabi-
tants of said county, may require.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the justices of the levy
court as aforesaid, or a majority of them, shall and they are
hereby authorised, directed and required, (if the good of
the poor, and the convenience of the inhabitants of said
county may require or allow it,) to buy and purchase in fee
simple, within the vicinity of Cambridge, or elsewhere in
said county, a quantity of land sufficient to answer the pur-
pose and convenience of a new alms or work-house esta-
blishment in said county; and if it should so happen that
the said justices as aforesaid should purchase a tract or tracts
of land for the purposes herein mentioned, without the ne-
cessary buildings being erected thereon, it shall in such case
be the duty of the said justices as aforesaid, and they are
hereby authorised, empowered, directed and required, to
agree and contract with a workman or workmen to under-
take, erect, build, and in a workmanlike manner to com-
plete and finish, on the said land, when so purchased, good,
strong, sufficient, and convenient houses, habitations and
dwellings, as shall be necessary for the accommodation and
comfort of the poor of said county, or to contract and agree
with a workman or workmen to repair, and -suitably fit up
such building or buildings as may be on said land, at the
time of such purchase, as the case" may be.

Application of

money arising

from sale of old

almshouse

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said justices of the
levy court as aforesaid, or a majority of them, be and they
are hereby authorised, empowered, directed and required,
to apply the money arising from the sale of the old alms or
work-house establishment, as mentioned and provided in
the first section of this act, to the payment of the purchase
money for the land bought and purchased, and the buildings
and improvements erected or to be erected thereon, as is
provided in the second section of this act, so far forth as
the said money may extend.

Draught of build-

ings to be made

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the said justices, or a majority of them, and they are hereby
authorised, directed, and required, before they proceed to
purchase materials or erect buildings as contemplated by
this act, on the land so purchased, to make a full, fair, and
complete draught of such buildings, quantities and qualities
of materials wanted, and to give at least six weeks public
notice in the Cambridge Chronicle, for proposals to do the
work required, and to furnish the materials wanted.

Deed of convey-

ing to be made

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the said justices of the
levy court, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby
authorised and empowered, to make, execute, seal and de-
liver, such act or deed of conveyance, as may be necessary
for transferring to the purchaser or purchasers of the old
alms and work-house establishment, all the right, title, in-