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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Dec. Ses. 1821.

Accounts to be
settled on oath
—crop, &c.

9. And be it enacted, That all accounts settled by the over-
seer of the poor with the trustees, shall be on oath (or affirmati-
on,) that they are just and true; which oath, (or affirmation,) shall
be administered by any one of the trustees; and the said overseer,
shall, on the first Monday in April one thousand eight hundred
and twenty-three, and at the expiration of each and every year
thereafter, return to the said trustees, on oath, (or affirmation,) a fair
and regular account in writing, of all the stock, farming utensils
and other things now remaining in his hands, or which may come
to his hands as aforesaid, together with a statement of the crop and
other articles made on the estate of the said poor-house, and an
account of all the expenses and charges attending the maintenance
and support of the poor in said poor-house, and of all monies re-
ceived by him for the sales of the produce of their labor and
otherwise; which said statements and accounts the trustees are
hereby directed to lay before the levy court at their said annual
meeting.

Meeting to be
held—where.

10. And be it enacted, That all the meetings of the said trus-
tees for the poor necessary to be held for carrying into effect the
provisions of this act, or of the original act to which this act is
supplementary, shall be held at the court-house in the said county.

Clerk's fee.

11. And be it enacted, That the clerk of the said levy court
shall be allowed twenty-five cents for each certificate of appoint-
ment which he shall make out and deliver to the sheriff; and the
sheriff shall be allowed fifty cents for the deliver)' of each of the
said certificates to the persons appointed; all of which charges and
allowances are to be levied, collected and paid over as other coun-
ty charges are.

Trustees may
sea1 & purchase
other.

12. And be it enacted, That the trustees so to be appointed
by the levy court as aforesaid, or a majority of them, be and they
are hereby fully authorised and empowered, if and whenever it
shall seem to them advantageous, forthwith to sell at public or pri-
vate sale, the lands and premises commonly called the poor-house
lands, or by whatsoever other name or names the same may be
known, belonging to the said county, and now used as a poor-house;
and convey the same to the purchaser or purchasers in fee simple,
by a good and sufficient 'deed of bargain and sale to be acknow-
ledged and recorded according to law; and to apply the proceeds
thereof to the purchase of such other land, not less than two hun-
dred, nor more than five hundred acres, as they shall think most
eligible, and to the building thereon or repairing if necessary, such
house or houses, as they shall think most suitable for the accommo-
dation of the poor of said county, and the balance, if any, to pay
over to the said levy court, for the use of the said county.

May levy
$4000.

13. And be it enacted, That the levy court of Worcester
county are hereby authorised and empowered, to levy and assess
on the assessable property of Worcester county, a sufficient sum
of money not exceeding four thousand dollars, to satisfy and pay
for any land or lands which shall or may be purchased by the trus-
tees of the poor of Worcester county, agreeable to the provisions

Proviso.

of the eleventh section of this act, and the same to have levied and
collected as other county charges are; Provided, That not more
than one thousand dollars shall be levied and collected in any one