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11. And be it enacted, That the clerk of the levy court shall be
allowed twenty-five cents for each certificate of appointment which
he shall make out and deliver to the sheriff, and the sheriff shall be
allowed fifty cents for the delivery 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 county charges are.

Dec. Ses. 1822

Compensa-
tion.

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 here-
by fully authorised and empowered, if, and whenever it shall seem
to them advantageous, to sell at public or private sale the lands and
premises, commonly called the poor house lands, or by whatever
other name or names it 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 bar-
gain and sale, to be acknowledged and recorded according to law;
and to apply the proceeds thereof to the purchase of such other land,
not less than two hundred 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 accommodation of the poor of the said county, and the bal-
ance, if any, to pay over to the said levy court for the use of the

Power to sell
&c.

said county.
13 And be it enacted, That the levy court of Somerset county are
hereby authorised and empowered to levy and assess on the assess-
able property of Somerset county, a sufficient sum of money, not ex-
ceeding four thousand dollars, to satisfy and pay for land or lands
which shall or may be purchased by the trustees of the poor of Som-
erset county, agreeable to the provisions 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 year, until the whole sum is levied, collected and paid over
to the trustees of the poor or their order.

Levy.

14. And be it enacted, That so much of the original act to which
this (is a supplementary act) as compels the trustees of the poor, or
the overseer of the poor, to place badges upon the paupers, be, and
the same is hereby, repealed.

Badges.

15. And be it enacted, That from and after the passage of this
act, the said trustees, or the said overseer of the poor, may at their or
his discretion, use the badge by way of discipline.

Badge.

16. And be it enacted, That anything in the said original act to
which this is a supplementary act, as relates to Somerset county,
which is repugnant to, or inconsistent with the provisions of this act,
shall be and the same is hereby repealed.

Repeal.

CHAPTER 53.

An act for the relief of George Noble and James B. M'Kawn, of the
city of Baltimore.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That George
Noble and James B. M'Kawn, of the city of Baltimore be, they are
hereby, respectively exempted from the provision of the insolvent
laws of this state, which requires a residence in this state for two

Passed Jan.
18, 1823.
Exempt.

years; Provided however, that neither the said Noble or M'Kawn,
shall receive the benefit of said insolvent laws unless they comply
with all the other terms and conditions of said laws, and that they
also severally satisfy the court or Commissioners to whom they may
apply, that they did not come into this state, for the purpose of ap-
plying for the benefit of said laws.

Proviso.