4270 ARTICLE 18.

Sheriff of Queen Anne's County, annually, in equal monthly payments,
the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00), which said annual salary
of fifteen hundred dollars is to be in lieu of all fees and charges in crim-
inal cases to which he may be entitled by law, but said annual salary of
fifteen hundred dollars shall not include the amount he is now or may
hereafter be allowed by law for the board and keeping of any prisoner or
prisoners confined in the county jail of Queen Anne's County, nor the
annual allowance for fuel and light for the comfort and benefit of said
prisoner or prisoners confined in the county jail as is now allowed by law,
nor the actual car fare or steamboat fare or traveling expenses of the
Sheriff himself and that of the prisoner or prisoners whom he may be
required to take or carry out of the limits of Queen Anne's County or for
whom he may have to go outside of the limits of Queen Anne's County
for; the Sheriff shall collect all fees and charges to which he may be enti-
tled by law in criminal cases, and exercise all powers conferred upon him
by law to enforce the collection of the said fees in criminal cases, and
shall at the end of the months of March, June, September and December
during each year of his term of office make a sworn report of the collec-
tion of all the fees in all criminal cases to the County Commissioners of
Queen Anne's County in such form as said County Commissioners may
direct, and pay over all of the said collected fees to the County Commis-
sioners of Queen Anne's County at the end of the said months of March,
June, September and December in each and every year of his term of
office, and whenever any Sheriff of said county shall retire from said office
from any cause whatsoever leaving uncollected any fees and charges in
any criminal case lawfully payable to him, his successor in said office shall
collect and pay over the said fees to the said County Commissioners, and
the Sheriff of Queen Anne's County shall be required to keep in his office
such a book or books as may be required to contain an accurate and full
official account and record of all the fees and charges to be collected by
him, as well as those which shall have been collected and each and every
one of his settlements with the said County Commissioners, and all of
such books shall remain in the Sheriff's office after the expiration of his
term of office or upon his vacating his said office for any reason whatso-
ever, for the use of his successor in said office of Sheriff. All General or
Local Laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Section be and the same
are hereby repealed.

1924, oh. 47.

389. The Sheriff of Queen Anne's County shall turn over to the Coun-
ty Commissioners of said county any and all stuns of moneys, emoluments
or rewards received by him as rent or lease for the use of any part of the
jail of Queen Anne's County, located in Centreville, Maryland; said sums
of money to go into the General Funds of Queen Anne's County, and in
case of the failure of any Sheriff to pay over any such sums then and
in that case the County Commissioners shall deduct such sums from the
salary provided to be paid to the said Sheriff.