JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 603

and said county commissioners, after all the require-
ments of this act are complied with, shall then pay	Complied with
only such sum for extra compensation as shall ap-
pear to them to be a fair, reasonable and proper
compensation; and unless fully and entirely satisfied,
after examination of said petition, and other inves-
tigation, if necessary, in their judgment, that the
extra services for which such extra compensation is
claimed were absolutely necessary.
SUB-SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That sub-	In force.
section one shall take effect from and after the date
of the passage of this act.
Approved April 11th, 1874.

CHAPTER 410.
AN ACT to compensate Jacob Socey of Washington
county, for the arrest of the murderers of Captain
Harry Miller.
WHEREAS, It appears that on or about the seven-	Preamble.
teenth day of August, eighteen hundred and seventy,
Jacob Socey of Washington county, did receive
information that a murder had been committed in
Allegany county, together with a description of the
perpetrators of said murder, and
WHEREAS, The said Jacob Socey, being induced	Preamble.
thereto by the representation that a reward of five
hundred dollars had been offered by the authorities
of said Allegany county, did at great personal risk
and at considerable expense, cause the arrest of one
John Howard and one Joseph Johnson, who proved
to be the perpetrators of said murder, and one the
said John Howard was afterwards hung for the
offence upon testimony of said Joseph Johnson, and
WHEREAS, The Sheriff of Allegany county did	Preamble.
refuse to compensate the said Jacob Socey, except to the amount, of one hundred dollars, which said