GAOL.

sides the perquisites and fees allowed him by the sheriff of the
county for his services as keeper of the gaol, be moreover
entitled to a residence in the said gaol for himself and family,
free from rent, upon his keeping the several apartments in his
possession in sufficient repair, and taking a just and faithful
charge and care of the entire premises.

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SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the said keeper shall be
disqualified, during his continuance in the said office, from
holding any ordinary or house of entertainment in the said
gaol, or at any other place, and from retailing spirituous
liquors ; and if the keeper of the said gaol, or any of his do-
mestics, shall sell spirituous liquors, or cause or suffer the
same to be sold, to any of the prisoners confined in the said
gaol, or to any other person for the use of any of the said pri-
soners, and shall be convicted thereof, he shall forfeit and pay
the sum of ten dollars for every offence.

Not to hold
any ordi-
nary, &c.

SEC. 8. And, in order to secure as much as possible the pro-
per and humane treatment to prisoners confined in the said
gaol, and to cause to be punished all persons who shall in-
fringe the regulations provided for the same, Be it enacted,
That it shall be the duty of the grand inquest of the county to
visit the said gaol once in every term, and to inspect the seve-
ral apartments thereof, and to inquire into the treatment of the
several prisoners therein confined, and into their health and
situation, and to present, or otherwise report to the court, such
facts and circumstances as they shall receive knowledge of,
either upon their own view or from the evidence of other per-
sons ; and the justices of the said court shall be and they are
hereby empowered to act upon such presentments or reports,
and to make such order therein as shall appear to them to be
necessary to accomplish the designs of this act respecting the
regulation of the said gaol.

AN ACT for the relief of John S. Blake, Sheriff of Queen Anne's County.
1822, ch. 177.

Jury to
visit the
gaol, &c.

WHEREAS, it appears to this general assembly that the exist-
ing laws are inadequate to authorize the levy court of Queen
Anne's county to allow certain expenses unavoidably incurred
by the sheriff of said, county, as he is bound to receive all per-
sons legally committed to the jail of said county, and also to
furnish said persons with provisions ; therefore,

Preamble.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the levy court of Queen Anne's county, be, and they are
hereby directed and empowered to levy on the assessable pro-
perty of said county, such sum or sums of money annually as
they may be satisfied by competent testimony to be justly due
and owing to the sheriff of said county, for such costs and

Levy au-
thorized.