388 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 215

CHAPTER 215.

AN ACT providing for the purchase of a farm by Garrett
County and the establishment and maintenance thereon of a
county home for the poor and other persons who are public
charges of the said County, and referring the question to the
voters of Garrett County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land) That The County Commissioners of Garrett County be
and they are hereby authorized, empowered and instructed to
purchase a farm in Garrett County, not exceeding three hun-
dred acres in area, to build thereon, if there be not such a
building standing thereon, a building of a size sufficient in their
judgment to house all the persons who are public charges 0. 1
the said County.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the building so built
or if it be not necessary to erect a building thereon, the build-
ing standing thereon shall be known as the "County Home, "
and the farm shall be known as the "County Farm. "

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the County Com-
missioners of Garrett County are further authorized, empow-
ered and instructed to erect on the said farm such out-build-
ings, fences, etc., as in their judgment, are necessary for such
a farm and home and to equip and furnish the said farm and
home with such equipment, furniture, farming implements,
farm machinery, live stock and foodstuffs as they deem neces-
sary.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the County Com-
missioners aforesaid shall maintain and supervise the manage-
ment of the County Home and the County Farm and make such
rules and regulations for the management and go verm ent of
them and of the inmates of the said County Home as they may
think proper.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the County Com-
missioners shall, on the first day of their first regular meeting
to be held after the completion of said County Home, and
annually thereafter, appoint some suitable person to be Super-
intendent of the County Home, and the County Farm connect-
ed therewith, for the year ensuing such appointment. The
Superintendent so appointed shall enter upon the discharge
of his duties the first day of April succeeding his appointment
and shall hold office for one year from that date or until his