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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

should there be no contract awarded as aforesaid, the County

Proviso.

Commissioners may have said printing and advertisements

done wherever the public interests may be best subserved, but

in no case shall the total costs of the same exceed eight hun-

dred and fifty dollars; provided, however, that in the years of

new registration the cost of printing the list of names of the

newly registered shall not be included in the said amount.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all Acts or parts of Acts

inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed as far as they

may be in conflict with the provisions of this Act as far as

they apply to Howard County.

Approved April 7, 1904.

CHAPTER 305.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 14 of the Code of

Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Howard County,"

sub-title '"Sheriff," to be numbered 128, and to follow Sec-

tion 127.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Sheriff of

land, That a new section be and is hereby added to Article 14

Howard
County, Md.

of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Howard

County," sub-title "Sheriff," to be numbered 128, and to fol-

low Section 127, and to read as follows :

128. The Sheriff of Howard County shall be allowed the

Allowance

sum of three hundred dollars for each and every criminal

for execution
of a criminal

hanged under due process of law in Howard County; and the

Sheriff aforesaid shall be allowed six deputies, if he shall deem

their services necessary for any such hanging; and the said

Sheriff shall render to the County Commissioners of Howard

County an itemized account of his expenses attending every

such hanging.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect and

be in force from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1904.

CHAPTER 306.

AN ACT to repeal Section I of Chapter 282 of the Acts of

General Assembly of Maryland, passed at the January Ses-

sion of 1894, entitled "An Act to provide for the examina-

tion and auditing annually of the accounts of the Board of