The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-11-01

names, place of birth, nationality, age
at the 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 or not the inmate was
previously committed there and, if so
how often and for how long each time,
A copy of the list shall be furnished
by the Superintendent to the County
! Commissioners semi-annually on the
first day of January and June of each
year and whenever they shall require
Sec. Is. And be it further enacted,
That the Superintendent shall compel
all of the inmates of the County
Home, if of sufficient ability, to work
Sec. Is. And be it further enacted,
That 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
has behaved in a disorderly manner
or has refused or neglected to obey
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.
Sec IT, And be it further enacted,
That the County Commissioners, rs
body, may commit such poor, fee
BILE minded, aged, crippled and others,
who are or are likely to become pub
lie charges, to and they shall be re-
/ ceived in the County Home; provided
that any one Commissioner may, dur
ing the interval between meetings of
! the County Commissioners as a body,
commit a poor, feeble minded, aged,
crippled or other person who is or is
| likely to become a 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
which time they shall determine
whether or not the said person shall
remain there longer.
Sec IS. And be it further enacted,
That all sheriffs constables and other
officers shall assist the County Com
missioners and the Superintendent
and other officers appointed by them
in the discharge Of their respective
duties.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted,
That the County Commissioners be,
and they are hereby authorized en-
powered and directed to raise the
funds necessary for the purchase of
the County Farm, for the building Of
the County Home, if it becomes nee
essary to build one, for the erection
on the County Farm of such buildings,
fences, ETC., as they deem necessary,
and for supplying the necessary
equipment, furniture, farming imple
ments and live stock, by issuing bonds
of the county, either coupon or serial,
for such an amount, in such denOmi-
nation or denominations, bearing such
interest and maturing at such date or
dates as the County Commissioners
deem proper, or by paying for the
same out of the funds of the county
raised by the regular tax levy or by
an extra levy to be made by the Coun-
! ty Commissioners for that purpose or
purposes, or by a combination of any
one or more or all of these methods,
whichever with due REGARD for Une
sound financial condition of the county
seems to the County Commissioners
most proper. The County Commits
sioners be and they are further au-
thorized, empowered and directed to
pay out of the funds raised by the
regular tax levy or by an extra tax
levy, to be made by the County Com
poses, the interest and the principal
on the bonds aforesaid, if issued, and
the cost of the maintenance of the
County Farm and County Home, and
Of the support of the inmates Of the
County Home.
Sec. 20. And be it further enacted,
That at the pres Dental election to be
held on the Tuesd ~ next after the
first Monday of November, in the year
nineteen hundred and twenty-eight,
there shall be submitted to the quail
fed voters of Garrett county the ques-
ton whether OF not the said County
Farm shall be bought and the said
County Home established thereon,
and at such election the ballots used
and cast upon the question shall have
printed or written thereon the words
For the County Farm and County
Home" and Against the County
Farm and County Home" and if the
majority of the votes cast upon said
question shall he For the County
Farm and County Home" the County
Commissioners of Garrett County
shall proceed to exercise the power
vested in them by this Act and shall
buy the said County Farm and estab-
fish the said County Home as herein
provided; but if a majority of the
votes cast upon the said question shall
be against the County Farm and
County Home" then this Act shall be
null and void and said County Farm
shall not be bought nor shall the said
County Home be established.
Sec. 81. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect June ],
1927.
Approved April l, 1927.
The polls of said election will be
opened in each and every election dis