THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1837.

CHAPTER 135.

CHAP. 135.

An act to authorise the Trustees of the Alms-house in
Prince George's county, to alter the time of appoint-
ing an Overseer, and other Officers and Servants of
said Institution, and for other purposes.

Passed Mar. 7,
1838.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the trustees of the alms-house in
Prince George's county, be, and they are hereby au-
thorised to alter the time now fixed by law for the
election and appointment of an overseer, and all other
officers and servants attached to said institution; and
that they have full power to appoint the same at any
time they may in their discretion think best and pro-
per; provided however, that all appointments made by

Trustees may
fix the time.

the said trustees, in virtue of this act, shall be annual
appointments, unless for good cause it may be deemed
proper, by the said trustees, to remove any of said of-
ficers, which they may have power to do at any time.

Annual ap-
pointments

Power to re-
move.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the overseer of said alms-house to report, under
oath, annually, to the levy court of said county, at the
regular levy laying meeting thereof, the number of days
the said trustees may or shall have attended at said
alms-house, in the necessary discharge, of their duties;
whose duty it shall be thereupon, and they are hereby

Overseer to re-
port attend-
ance.

required to levy, upon the assessable property of the
county, such sum or sums of money as may be suffi-
cient to pay to said trustees and each of them, as com-
pensation for their services, at the rate of two dollars
a day for every day they may or shall have attended at
said alms-house, in the discharge of their necessary
duties; provided however, that no such per diem allow-
ance shall be made to the said trustees for any number
of days they may attend at said alms-house, exceeding
two days in any one month.

Levy directed.

Proviso.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That all acts of Assem-
bly which are in any way inconsistent with this, be,
and the same are hereby repealed.

Repealing
clause.