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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

May allow.

SUB-SECTION 1. And be it further enacted, That the

county commissioners of said county may, in the ex-

ercise of a careful, wise and sound discretion, and of

a scrutinizing judgment on their part, allow the

sheriff of said county such further compensation for

serving bench warrants and attachments, and per-

forming extra duty, as may seem to them right and

proper, and a fair and reasonable compensation for

such services ; provided, however, that before said

Provided.

county commissioners pay, or order to be paid to the

sheriff of said county, any sum of money for serv-

ing any bench warrant or bench warrants, attach-

ment or attachments, or for performing extra duty

of any kind, other than those fees allowed in article

thirty-eight, section twenty-seven, of the Code of

Public General Laws of Maryland, a petition shall

be filed with said county commissioners for each and

Extra com-
pensation.

every separate case where such extra compensation
is asked, which said petition shall be carefully kept

and preserved in the office of the said commission-

ers, and shall set forth, with accuracy, particularity,

minuteness, exactness, and in detail, the nature and

kind of services for which said extra compensation is

asked, the time consumed in performing the same, the

circumstances attending the performance of said ser-

vices; and each petition shall show clearly and plainly

why any such extra compensation is asked, and why

such extra services were necessary; and said peti-

Verified by

tion shall be verified by the oath or affirmation, as

oath

the case may be, of the sheriff of said county him-

self, and of the deputy who performed such services,

in case they were performed by a deputy ; and it

shall be the duty of said county commissioners to

examine carefully each petition so filed in which

extra compensation is asked, and to see that the re-

quirements of this act are strictly complied with ;

and said county commissioners shall not pay out, or

Shall not pay

order to be paid, any claim for extra compensation

out

as aforesaid, unless each and every provision of this

act is fully complied with, and unless there is an-

nexed to each petition for extra compensation, in

each and every case, an affidavit or affirmation, as

the case may be, of the truth of the matters set forth

in such petition, and that such extra services were

absolutely and indispensably necessary in each case

for which extra compensation is asked or claimed ;