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SAMUEL STEVENS, JR. ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

Dec. Ses. 1822

Authority o-
ver paupers,
&c.

5. And be it enacted, That every pauper who shall be under the
care of the said trustees, except females under the age of twelve
years, and males under the age of fifteen, shall be charged as a debtor
for food, medicine and other necessaries furnished, at a rate not ex-
ceeding thirty cents per day; and every such pauper, when capable of
performing labor, or service, may, in the discretion of the trustees,
be requited and compelled to perform the same, and shall be allowed
a reasonable compensation therefor, according to the value thereof,
to be ascertained and fixed by the said trustees, and credited to the
account of such pauper performing such work, labor, or services; and
the said trustees may retain such pauper under their care until the
amount of compensation so allowed shall be equal to the amount of
charges against such pauper aforesaid; and if any pauper shall depart
from the poorhouse or workhouse, without the permission of the said
trustees, before such pauper shall have compensated by work, labor,
or services as aforesaid, or otherwise, for the charges made as herein
before directed, such pauper, so departing, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and, on conviction thereof in the Baltimore city court, to
which cognizance of the same is hereby given, shall be sentenced to
work and labor under the direction of "the trustees for the poor of
Baltimore city and county" aforesaid, for a period of time, in the dis-
cretion of the said court, not exceeding twelve months; and a certificate
under the corporate seal of the said trustees, that any person has so
departed, indebted and without permission, shall be sufficient evi-
dence to authorise any judge or justice of the peace to issue a war-
rant for the arrest of such person, and to bind over or commit such
person for trial before the proper court, as in other cases of misde-

Proviso.

meanor: Provided, that nothing herein continued shall be construed
to prevent or restrict the said trustees from dismissing any pauper or
other person from under their care, without requiring any compen-
sation to be made by labor, or otherwise, for the expenses charged
against such person.

Empowered
to sell.

6. And be it enacted, That the said trustees shall have full power,
and they are hereby authorised, whenever they shall deem it advise-
able and beneficial to Baltimore city and county, to sell and dispose
of all or any part of the ground or land within the city of Baltimore
vested in them by this act and also all or any part of the farm called
Calverton lately purchased for the use of the poor of said county,
which lies on the east side of Gwinn's Run, and upon receipt of the
purchase money to convey the same to the purchasers, and apply
the proceeds of such sale or sales to the payment of the expenses in-
curred or which shall be incurred in erecting and completing the
buildings and other improvements necessary for the accommodation
and employment of the paupers, vagrants and other persons who
shall be under the care, charge, or direction of the said trustees; and
if more than sufficient to pay such expenses, to apply the residue to
the payment of the debt incurred by the purchase of the aforesaid farm
called Calverton; and, until by such sale or otherwise the means of pay-
ing the said debt shall be obtained, the said trustees shall include in
the amount to be annually levied for the use, support and employment
of the poor of Baltimore city and county, such sum in addition to all
other charges and expenses as will be sufficient to pay the interest
accruing on the said debt which interest shall be levied in equal
proportions on the said city and county.

Repeal.

7. And be it enacted, That every clause provision or section of any