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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

an annual salary of two thousand dollars, payable
quarterly by the Register of said city ; provided,
that before entering upon the duties of his office,
the person appointed Coroner shall take the oath
of office prescribed by the Constitution of the
State of Maryland for office-holders ; and further,
shall give a bond to the State of Maryland, with
security to be approved by the Judge of the Su-
perior Court of Baltimore city, in the penalty of
five thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful
performance of his duties as now prescribed by
law, or which shall hereafter be prescribed.

Deputy.

152. In case of the absence or illness of the
Coroner, he shall deputize some competent person
to attend to the duties of the office during his ab-
sence or illness, whose fees shall be directed by
the Coroner, out of whose salary such fees shall
be paid.

Duties.

153. The Coroner shall hold an inquest over
any person found dead in said city, when the man-
ner and cause of death shall not be already known
as accidental or in the course of nature; no Coroner's
jury in said city shall receive any fee or compensa-
tion for services as such, and said Coroner is hereby
authorized and empowered to issue his certificate
to the Register of Baltimore city for the payment
of such expenses as may be necessary for the inter-
ment of any person over whom he has held an
inquest, and whose body is not claimed by friends
or relatives ; provided, the amount of such ex-
penses shall not in any case exceed the sum of
seven dollars.

Monthly re-
port.

154. The said Coroner shall make a monthly
report to the Police Commissioners of Baltimore
city of the number of inquests held by him during
the month last passed before said report, with a
full description, as far as may be, of the persons
who are the subjects of such inquests, their sex,
age, color and nationality, the cause and mode of
their death, and such other particulars as may be
necessary to their identification in case of stran-
fers and unknown persons ; he shall also, imme-
iately after holding any inquest, deposit in some
bank in Baltimore city, subject to the order of the
Judges of the Orphans' Court of Baltimore city,
all property, money and other effects found upon