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Dec. Ses. 1817
Annual levy.
Meetings—O-
verseer to be
appointed—
Bond.
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kitchen utensils, cows, horses, and other necessaries; and the said
trustees are hereby directed and required, to keep a fair, distinct,
and clear account, in writing, of all the monies by them received
and expended in virtue of this act, and to return a true copy there-
of, and shew and produce the vouchers to support the same, to the
justices of the levy court of said county, at one of their sessions be-
tween the first Monday in April and the first Monday in June, year-
ly, and every year, to be by the said court inspected and examined,
which said accounts shall be lodged with the clerk of Caroline coun-
ty court.
6. And be it enacted, That the justices of the levy court of the
county aforesaid, at some one of their sessions after the first Mon-
day of April next, and yearly and every year thereafter, shall and
they are hereby empowered and directed, to assess and levy on the
assessable property in said county, at the time of making their
county levy, such sum of money as the said trustees, or a majority
of them, shall or may deem absolutely necessary and requisite to
carry into effect the intentions and provisions of this act, together
with six per cent, for collecting the same, to be collected and paid
as other county levies are, which said money, when collected) shall
be paid by the collector to the trustees of the poor, or to the order
of them, or a majority of them, under their common seal, who are
hereby authorised and required to receive and apply the same to
and for the use, benefit and charge, of maintaining the poor, va-
grants, beggars, vagabonds, and other offenders; in the purchasing
provisions and other necessaries for their use and labour; for pay-
ing a doctor for his salary and medicines; in providing men and wo-
men servants to be under the direction of the overseer of such alms
and work-house, hereafter directed to be appointed; for purchasing
materials for the use and employment of all the poor, and all beg-
gars, vagrants, vagabonds, and other offenders, who shall be able to
work, and who shall be committed by virtue of this act.
7. And be it enacted, That the said trustees, or a majority of
them, shall and they are hereby authorised, directed and required,
to meet together between the first and tenth day of April in each
year, and at such other times as they shall think necessary, at the
alms and work-house in the said county, during the continuance of
this act, to appoint a fit person to be overseer of the said alms and
work-house, and such other proper officers and servants as to them
shall appear necessary and expedient; for carrying on the business
of the said corporation; and they, or a majority of them, shall and
may agree, and they are hereby empowered, to hire and pay the
said overseer, out of the money levied and collected as aforesaid,
a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars current money per an-
num, and so pro rato during his continuance in office, with suffici-
ent eating, fire-wood, and house room, for himself and family; but
it is expressly understood, that his family is at no time to exceed
four persons in number to be fed at the public expense; and shall
then take bond, which the said overseer and any other overseer,
hereafter to be appointed shall enter into, with good and sufficient
securities, in the penalty of one thousand dollars current money,
payable to the said trustees, and their successors, for the use of the
poor, conditioned as follows, to wit: "the condition of the above
obligation is such, that if the above bound A. B, as overseer of the
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