ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 613

Section 10. Be it enacted, That the Commissioners shall
purchase and buy for the use and employment of the poor of
said county and the vagrants, beggars, vagabonds and offenders
who may be committed to said alms house, sufficient beds, bed-
ding, working tools, kitchen utensils, cows, horses, and other
necessaries; and they shall keep an account of all moneys ex-
pended by them.

Section 11. Be it enacted, That the Commissioners may
prescribe such rules and by-laws as they may think convenient
and necessary for the direction, government and support of the
alms house and for the cleanliness, maintenance and employ-
ment of all poor persons therein, and of all vagrants, beggars,
vagabonds and offenders that may be committed thereto.

Section 12. Be it enacted, That the said overseer shall keep
a fair and regular list of all poor, and of all vagrants, beggars,
vagabonds and offenders committed to said alms house.

Section 13. Be it enacted, That he shall also keep regular
accounts of all material which may come to his hands as over-
seer, and all moneys received by him for the sale of the pro-
duce of the labor of the inmates of the alms house, or otherwise,
and lay them before the Commissioners at their regular meet-
ings, or oftener if required.

Section 14. Be it enacted, That he may compel any of the
said poor, beggars, vagrants, vagabonds or offenders in the alms
house to work, if of sufficient ability, and shall sell the produce
of their labor, and apply the money arising therefrom to their
maintenance and support.

Section 15. Be it enacted, That whenever any person may
be admitted into said alms house and work house, to be sup-
ported by the county, the said overseer, under the direction of
said Commissioners shall collect any debts due to such person,
and may enforce payment thereof, as the said person might
have done.

Section 16. Be it enacted, That when any person shall be
admitted to said alms house, to be supported by the county,
who may have any property of any description, the overseer
shall take the same into his possession, and he may, under the
direction of said Commissioners pursue the same means for tne
recovery thereof, as the person himself could have done before
his admission to said alms house.