760 QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY. [ART. 17.

79. If joint fences are not made and kept in repair, according
to the provisions of this law, the party aggrieved or likely to be
injured, instead of pursuing the remedy prescribed in the pre-
ceding section, may discontinue the said fence upon giving three
months' notice in writing to the party refusing or delaying, his
agent or overseer; and in all other cases, (unless by mutual con-
sent,) twelve months' notice shall be required to discontinue any

joint fence.
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JAILER AND JAIL.

80. The keeper of the jail of Queen Anne's county shall be
appointed by the sheriff of said county, and shall hold his office
during good behavior, removable by the said sheriff, or by a pre-
sentment of the grand jury of said county and conviction of
misconduct in the Circuit Court for said county.

81. He shall qualify by taking an oath before a justice of the
peace for said county, that he will well and faithfully keep all
prisoners who shall be committed to the jail of said county, and
that he will, in all respects, truly and honestly demean himself
in his office of keeper of said jail without prejudice, affection,
malice, hatred or partiality, so long as he shall continue in the
said office; and also by entering into a recognizance before the
said justice with two sufficient sureties, in the sum of four hun-
dred dollars, in the usual form, with the condition therewith,
" that if the said A. B. do and shall well and faithfully execute
and perform the office of keeper of the jail of Queen Anne's
county, and find and provide wholesome and sufficient victuals
for all and:, singular the prisoners who "shall be committed to the
said jail, and keep the several apartments in the said jail clear
and free from all manner of filth, and not suffer or permit loose,
idle or disorderly persons to frequent the said jail or remain
about the same, and do and shall in all respects faithfully de-
mean himself in the said office, without favor, partiality or pre-
judice, then the said recognizance to be void and of no effect,
otherwise to remain in force."

82. In addition to the duties imposed by the laws of this State
upon all jailers, it shall be his duty to receive and provide for
all manner of persons who may be committed to said jail ac-
cording to law, and to be obedient to the mittimus of the sheriff
of said county, in those cases in which the said sheriff hath
power to confine by virtue of process or pursuant to the laws'of
this State.