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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

by the Act of 1900, Chapter 530, be and they are hereby re-

pealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Power to

296. He shall have power to appoint one person as guard

appoint

to the jail in said county, whenever in his judgment and in

guard.

the judgment of the County Commissioners a guard may be

decreed necessary for the safe keeping of persons confined

in said jail.

297. Said guard, when appointed, shall serve either day

Pay of same.

or night, or both day and night, as directed by the sheriff,

and he shall receive for his services the sum of one dollar

for each day, and one dollar for each night he shall serve

as such guard, to be certified by the sheriff, and such amount

shall be levied by the County Commissioners of Prince

George's County for the use of the said guard at their regu-

lar term for levying taxes for each year if any guard shall have

been appointed by the sheriff and serve as aforesaid.

298. Any guard so appointed shall hold his appointment

at the will and pleasure of the sheriff.

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

from the date of its passage.

Approved March 15, 1904.

CHAPTER 62.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section

68 and 68A of Article 1 of the Code of Public Laws of

Maryland, entitled "Allegany County, " sub-title "Cumber-

land, " as enacted by Chapter 241 of the Acts of 1894 and

Sections 69 and 70 of Article 1 of the Code of Public Local

Laws of Maryland, entitled "Allegany County, " sub-title

"Cumberland. "

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That Sections 68 and 68A of Article 1 of the Code of

Public Local Laws of Maryland, entitled "Allegany County, "

sub-title "Cumberland, " as created by Chapter 241 of the Acts

of 1894, and Sections 69 and 70 of Article 1 of the Code of

Public Local Laws of Maryland, entitled "Allegany County, "

sub-title "Cumberland, " be and the same are hereby repealed

and re-enacted, with amendments, so as to read as follows:

68. The Mayor and City Council may, whenever in their

judgment the public interest or convenience require it, have