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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

1812.

county, and qualify in the manner prescribed by the
original act, and thenceforward to proceed in the exe-
cution of the duties of said office; Provided neverthe-
less, That nothing herein contained shall prevent the
said court from re-appointing any of the existing Trus-
tees, not exceeding live, if they, in their discretion
shall deem it advisable and proper so to do.

Existing trus-
tees shall deli-
ver over books,
&c. to their suc-
cessors, under a
certain penalty

AND BE IT ENACTED, That the existing Trus-
tees shall meet at the aforesaid alms-house on the first
Monday of June next, and deliver over to their suc-
cessors all books and papers, and all and singular the
property belonging to the aforesaid alms-house, un-
der the penalty of twenty dollars each, to be recover-
ed and applied as other fines and forfeitures are di-
rected to be recovered and applied in the aforesaid
original act or the supplements thereto, to be taken
under the care and management of the said newly ap-
pointed Trustees.

Trustees are in-
vested with
powers and sub-
ject to penalties
Levy court shall
supply vacan-
cies.

AND BE IT ENACTED, That the Trustees of
the poor to be appointed in virtue of this act, shall and
may have, and they are hereby invested with all the
powers and authorities, and subject to all the penal-
ties for neglect of the duties of trustees of the poor
of said county, as are mentioned and declared in the
said original act; except the power of appointing new
trustees, or filling up casual vacancies in their own
board; and in all cases, of vacancies happening by non-
acceptance, death, resignation, removal out of the
county, or disqualification of any of the said trustees;
the vacancies thereby occasioned shall be filled up by
the said levy court, at their next meeting which shall
happen thereafter.

Trustees shall
render a state-
ment of ac-
counts to the
levy court under
a certain penal-

ty.

AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the duty
of the Trustees of the poor to be appointed in virtue
of this act, under the penalty of fifty dollars each, to
lye recovered and applied as herein-before directed, to
make out and render to the said levy court, at their
first meeting in May in each year, a statement of their
accounts and expenditures, with the necessary vouch-
ers, for the preceding year; which accounts shall be
settled and passed by the said court, previous to the
making out the new appointments of trustees.

Accounts set-
tled by the trea-
surer shall be
on oath.

AND BE IT ENACTED, That all accounts set-
tled by the treasurer or overseer of the poor with the
trustees, shall be on oath or affirmation that they are
just and true; which oath or affirmation shall be ad-
ministered by any one of the trustees.

Meetings of
trustees shall be

AND BE IT ENACTED, That all the meetings
of the said Trustees of the poor necessary to be held