4362 ARTICLE 19.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 19, sec. 106. 1860, Art. 18, sec. 119.

206. He shall be entitled to eight per cent, upon all officers' fees col-
lected by him.

KEEPEE OF JAIL.

1896, ch. 445.

207. The keeper of the jail of Saint Mary's county shall be allowed
as compensation for his services for attending to the prisoners and the
sanitary condition of the jail and the rendering of such other services
towards taking care of the prisoners as the sheriff may direct, he shall
be allowed by the County Commissioners ten dollars per month and a
sum not exceeding twenty-five cents per week for the washing for each
prisoner, and shall have the use of the entire first floor of said jail free
of rent.

STALLIONS.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 19, sec. 107. 1888, ch. 136, sec. 1.

208. The owner of any stallion may enter into a contract with the
owner of any mare pledging the progeny of such mare by such stallion
for the amount of the service money of such stallion; such contract shall
be in writing, signed by the respective parties thereto, and attested by at
least one witness, and shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the
county wherein such mare is situated, among the records of bills of sale,
within twenty days after its date, and from and after the date of the record
thereof, and for the space of one year from the date of the foaling of
such progeny, the owner of said stallion shall have a lien upon said
progeny for the amount of the service money aforesaid; and if the said
owner of said mare, without the consent of the owner of said stallion first
had and obtained in writing, shall remove such mare or foal out of the
county where said contract is recorded, or shall secrete, destroy, or sell
the same, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon indict-
ment therefor and conviction thereof, shall be fined or imprisoned, or both,
in the same manner and to the same extent as provided for offenders
against the provisions of Section 210 of Article 27 of the code of public
general laws, title "Crimes and Punishments." This section shall apply
only to the counties of St. Mary's, Worcester, Wicomico, Caroline and
Anne Arundel.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 19, see. 108. 1888, ch. 136, sec. 2.

209. If said service money shall not be paid, the owner of said stallion,
upon applying to some justice of the peace of the State, in and for the
county in which the owner of said progeny resides, and swearing to the
correctness of his claim, shall have issued a writ of fieri facias upon the
said progeny, which writ shall be directed to some constable or other offi-
cer, who thereupon shall seize said progeny and sell the same under the