2642 ARTICLE 11.

SHERIFF.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 11, sec. 429. 1918 Code, sec. 703.

722. The sheriff of Frederick county shall execute the sentence of
death upon any convict, upon the receipt of the death warrant from the
Governor, at the time fixed in said warrant, in the enclosed yard of the
jail of said county, in the presence of not less than twenty persons, whom
he may summon to be present at such execution; and on failure so to do,
he shall forfeit the sum of three hundred dollars, for the use of the schools
in said county.

See Art. 27, secs. 405-414 of Annotated Code, which provides lor executions In
Maryland Penitentiary.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 11, sec. 430. 1918 Code, sec. 704.

723. The County Commissioners are authorized and directed to levy
for and pay to the sheriff of Frederick county, annually, such sum as,
in the judgment of said County Commissioners, will be reasonable com-
pensation to said sheriff for his care, labor, responsibility and expense,
in keeping the prisoners committed to his custody safely in jail, and in
having the supplies and provisions furnished him by the said commis-
sioners of charities and corrections, cooked and served to said prisoners;
and the amount so levied for and paid to said sheriff, shall be, in each
and every year, the sum of three thousand and six hundred dollars, and
said sum shall be in full for all claims of said sheriff against said county
for keeping such prisoners in jail, and cooking and serving victuals to the
same, including the wages or salary to a cook paid by him, warden or
other employees about said jail, but shall not, in any manner, affect or
interfere with any claim he may have against said county for fees for
other services rendered according to law; the amount so levied for said
sheriff shall be paid to him in equal quarterly payments.

1920, ch. 643.

724. The Sheriff of Frederick County shall receive for serving a war-
rant or for making an arrest, either in person or by deputy, in addition
to the fee of seventy-five cents now allowed by law, the sum of ten cents
per mile for every mile necessary to be traveled, and shall receive the
actual expenses of transportation of said prisoner or prisoners and the
custodian thereof.

1912, ch. 386, sec. 430A. 1918 Code, sec. 705.

725. The sheriff of Frederick county is hereby authorized and directed
to require all persons of sufficient ability who shall be sentenced to im-
prisonment in the county jail of said county by any court or justice of the
peace of said county as a punishment for any crime or misdemeanor,
committed therein, to work upon the public roads and highways of said
county, or to do some work in connection with the improvement thereof,
as part of the prison discipline and management, provided that nothing