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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved April 8, 1980.

CHAPTER 84

(House Bill 564)

AN ACT concerning

Repeal of Article 4 - Almshouses

FOR the purpose of repealing certain archaic provisions
which establish almshouses for the poor and generally
relate to the care of pauper children and persons.

BY repealing

Article 4 - Almshouses and Trustees of the Poor

Section 1, 2, and 3

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

[Article 4 - Almshouses and Trustees of the Poor

1.

From and after February 27, 1906, all institutions in
the counties of this State which are maintained by the
county for the care and custody of the indigent poor shall
be known under the name and style of the county home for the
respective counties; that is to say, the institution now
known as the almshouse of Allegany County shall be called
the Allegany County home, and so with the almshouses in all
other counties of the State. The trustees of the poor of
the respective counties of this State shall have painted an
appropriate sign bearing the name of the county home, to
wit: "Allegany County Home," or other county, as the name
shall require, which name shall be placed over the front
door or entrance to such home, and shall be kept in good
order.

2.

It shall not be lawful for the department of welfare of
the City of Baltimore, or the county commissioners or