The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-10-23
SUPERVISORS ELECTION NOTICE

maintenance Of the County Home and
County Farm, but also items relating
to the original cost OF the County
Farm and the erection of the County
Home and out buildings, if it is nee
essary to erect the same, or any of
them, and Of the equipment and other
things placed on the Farm and in the
Home.
ALL. The County Commissioners
shall meet at the County Home at
least once in every three months.
They shall use every effort to make
the cost of the purchase and main
tenance Of the County Home and
County Farm as economically as pos
slble and consistent with the proper
care of the inmates. Especially shall
they use economical methods in the
purchase of supplies and other ma
terials. No County Commissioner
shall sell supplies OF materials or be
IN any way interested in the sale OF
them to the County Home or County
Farm.
ANN. The County Commission
ers shall be compensated for their
expenses in connection with the Coun-
ty Home and County Farm in the
same manner and at the same rate
as for their services and expenses in
connection with other county mat
tiers.
Ann. The Superintendent shall
keep list of the inmates committed
to the County Home, showing their
names, place Of birth, nationality,
age at time of commitment, date of
commitment, date of discharge or of
death, as the case may be, cause Of
death If inmate died at the County
Home, whether OF not the inmate was
previously committed there and. if so.
how often and for how long each
time A true copy of the list shall
De furnished by the Superintendent to
the County Commissioners semi-an-
nually on the first day Of January and
June of each year and whenever they
shall require.
4lOO. The Superintendent shall
compel all of the inmates of the
County Home, if of sufficient ability,
to work.
App. Upon complaint and due
proof made by the Superintendent TO
a Justice Of the Peace of the County
that any person in the County Home
mas behaved in disorderly manner
or has refused or neglected to obev
any OF the rules or regulations Of the
County Home, the said justice of the
Peace may direct such moderate and
proper correction to be given to such
offenders as the nature of the case
may require.
400. Upon complaint made that
any person from his disorderly con-
duct gives disturbance to a neighbor-
hood and is likely to become chargea-
bic to the County, any Justice of the
Peace, if, upon hearing he shall ad-
judge the complaint to be well-found-
ed, may commit such person to the
County Home for any time not ex-
ceeding three months, unless he shall
find security, in the discretion Of the
Justice Of the Peace, in any sum not
exceeding fifty dollars (S5OO0) for
his good behavior for the space of six
months.
ARR. Any Justice of the Peace of
the county or any person authorized
by him may apprehend and commit to
the County Home any rogues, vag-
rants. Vagabonds, beggars and other
idle, dissolute and disorderly persons
found lettering or residing in the said
county and having no visible means
OF subsistence and following no trade
or occupation, there to be kept at
hard labor for any period not exceed
ing three months and the Superinten-
dent shall receive and employ them
accordingly.
Ass. The County Commissioners,
as body, may appoint what poor, in
sane, feeble minded, aged, crippled,
and others who are or are likely to be-
come public charges, shall be received
in the County Home; provided that
any one Commissioner may, during
the interval between meetings of the
County Commissioners as a body,
commit poor, insane, feeble minded,
aged, crippled or other person who is
or is likely to become public charge,
and he or she, as the case may be,
shall be received into the County
Home and there remain until the next
meeting of the Commissioners as
body, at which time they shall deter
mine whether or not the said person
shall remain there longer
Att. The County Commissioners
shall have full power and authority
to receive into the County Home all
such lunatics, insane, feeble minded,
crippled, aged persons and paupers as
may be committed thereto by any of
the Courts of this State and also such
lunatics, insane, feeble minded, Grip
pied or aged persons and paupers as
may be placed in said County Home
by their friends for safe keeping or
treatment and shall be entitled to re-
ceive as compensation for the board,
treatment and support of such per-
sons such compensation as may be
reasonable and just, to be paid by the
County Commissioners of the coun-
| ties, when committed by order of any
sent, when committed by order of any
! Court and to be paid by the friends,
relations, trustees or committees of
such persons when placed there by
their friends, relations, trustees or
committees.
41UU. All the fines, penalties and
forfeitures imposed by this subtitle
of this Act shall be recovered in the
Circuit Court by action of debt or in
dictment for the use of the County
Home. 7.
AVN. All sheriffs, constables and
other officers shall assist the County
Commissioners and the Superinten-
dent and other officers appointed by
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