1510 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 527

admitting vagrants, beggars and other indigent persons to said
almshouse, and for the good government and management of
the almshouse in said county as shall seem proper to them.

Section 3C. The County Commissioners of Caroline Coun-
ty shall on or before the second Monday in December in every
year appoint some suitable person to be overseer or keeper of
the almshouse and manager of the farm connected therewith,
who shall enter upon the discharge of his office on January 1st,
succeeding the date of his appointment., and they shall appoint
so many officers and employees of the almshouse as they may
deem requisite and fix and establish their compensation and
make and pass such orders and regulations to govern their acts
and duties.

Section 4L. The said overseer or keeper of the almshouse
shall receive all sums of money arising from the sale of prod-
ucts raised on said farms connected with the almshouse and
shall within ten days from the receipt thereof pay the same to
the Board of Connty Commissioners of Caroline County.

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Section 5E. The County Commissioners may remove such
overseer or keeper, and any other officer or employee, at their
discretion, and appoint another or others in his or their place
at any time during the year whenever in their judgment the
interests of the county may require, and the said overseer and
the employees shall at all times discharge their duties subject
to the direction, authority, control and order of the said County
Commissioners. Provided, further, that by and with the con-
sent of the County Commissioners, the County Farm Agrent for
Caroline County may, subject to the direction and control of
the said County Commissioners, direct and supervise the man-
agement and cultivation of said almshouse farm, and in which
event the overseer and all other employees on said farm shall be
under the authority of said County Farm Agent.

Section 6I They shall require such overseer or keeper,
before entering upon the discharge of his duties, to give a bond,
with security approved by them, payable to the "County Com-
missioners of Caroline County," in the penalty of one thousand
dollars, conditioned as follows, to wit: "The condition of the
above obligation is such, that if the above bound A. B., as over-
seer or keeper of the alms or poor house in Caroline County,
and manager of the farm connected therewith, shall well and
truly discharge his duties in said station, then the above obli-