ROBERT BOWIE, ESQ. GOVERNOR,

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AND BE IT ENACTED, That the trustees ap-
pointed in virtue of this act, or a majority of them,
shall have full power to make any contract with the
physician who in their opinion shall be qualified to
render justice to the poor, and they are hereby author-
ised to make a contract with any person or persons
at their discretion, for the maintenance of the poor
under their direction.

1811.

Trustees may
contract with a
physician to at-
tend, and per-
sons to main-
tain the poor.

AND BE IT ENACTED, That no trustee shall
serve in virtue of this law, unless he shall first take
the oath or oaths which have usually been administer-
ed to trustees on like occasions.

Trustees shall
take an oath.

AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall not be
lawful to appoint any person as trustee more than two
years, contrary to their will.

Persons may not
serve more than
two years

AND BE IT ENACTED, That the trustees ap-
pointed by virtue of this act, shall meet four times a
year, to wit: the first Monday in January, April, July
and October, or oftener if expedience requires it, at
their discretion; and for every day that they serve in
discharge of their duties under the provision of this
act, the said trustees shall each receive for their ser-
vices, the sum of two dollars per day, to be levied on
the county, and paid to them by the collector.

Trustees shall
meet four times
a year or more,
Days specified.
Their compen-
sation, &c.

AND BE IT ENACTED, That the trustees, in
their discretion, may provide for any number of out-
pensioners, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

Trustees may
provide for out-
pensioners.

AND BE IT EN ACTED, That every law, so far as
it contains provisions repugnant to the provisions of
this act, is hereby repealed.

Laws contrary
to this act are
repealed.

CHAPTER 103.

An act for the benefit of the Vestry of St.
George's Parish, in Harford county.

Passed Dec, 27,
1811.

WHEREAS, The vestry of St. George's Parish
in Harford county, by their petition to this General
Assembly have set forth, that they have purchased of
James Lee, one and one-fourth of an acre of land, on
the thirteenth day of March, seventeen hundred and
fifty two, and that on the same day they also purchas-
ed of John Dunn, one and three-fourths of an acre of
land, upon which the Deer Creek Chaple stands; that
deeds of conveyance were executed for the same to
the said vestry, by the said Lee and Dunn; but from
some neglect, have not been recorded, and that they are
now lost, and have prayed that their title to said lands

Preamble..