GARRETT COUNTY. 2821.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 12, sec. 147. 1878, ch. 108.

387. The receiver shall give bond in such penalty as the court shall
direct ,with a surety to be approved by said court or the clerk thereof, and
shall be held liable for every default, negligence or malfeasance in office
of which he may be guilty.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 12, sec. 148. 1878, ch. 108.

388. He shall take charge of the personal estate, goods, chattels, prop-
erty and effects of every description whatever, other than real estate, of
such individual, association or corporation, and collect and make avail-
able the evidences of debt, and sell and dispose of, upon such terms as.
the court shall direct, the goods and chattels, and pay off and discharge
the debts owing from such individual, association or corporation to the
persons in their employ, and the furnishers of raw material, or to each a
pro rata proportion of his claims; and there shall be no priority or prefer-
ence allowed in the payments of such claims, and no attachment, execu-
tion, mortgage, bond, deed, bill of sale, or deed of trust, or other lien,
except mechanics' liens, shall bind or operate as a lien upon said property
or debts to the prejudice or disadvantage of the employees, or furnishers-
of raw material, as aforesaid; but the said claims, all and severally, shall
be first fully paid and discharged, or as far as the same can be done, be-
fore any attachment, execution, mortgage, bond, deed, bill of sale, deed of
trust, or other lien, except as hereinbefore specified, shall bind, hold, oper-
ate or take effect.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 12, sec. 149. 1878, ch. 108.

389. Any sheriff or other officer who shall have an execution or attach-
ment against the property of any such individual, association or corpora-
tion, shall exempt from execution a sufficient amount of property to pay
any indebtedness of such individual, association or corporation to em-
ployees and furnishers of raw material, and it shall be his duty diligently
to inquire whether the said individual, association or corporation be in-
debted as aforesaid; and if the employees or furnishers of raw material
shall in any way suffer, be prejudiced or injured by refusal to comply
with, or negligence in executing the requirements hereof, such officer, to-
gether with his sureties, shall be held liable for whatever injury or damage
shall be done in the premises.

Hicks v. Consolidation Coal Co., 77 Md. 86. Clark v. Remington, 89 Md. 66.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 12, sec. 165. 18S4, ch. 427.

390. The period of employment of workingmen employed in and about
the mines of Allegany and Garrett Counties shall be ten hours per day,
said hours to be computed from the time of beginning said day's labor;
provided, that the time of beginning said day's labor shall be seven o'clock
A. M.; but nothing herein contained shall in any way preclude any work-
ingman in and about said mines from working a greater number of hours
should he so desire, and enter into contract with the owners or managers