90 MONTGOMERY COUNTY. [ART. 15i

of Frederick county shall be and he is authorized to employ a
watchman to guard said jail, if in his judgment such a guard is
deemed necessary, and the salary for such guard shall be levied,
collected, and paid to said sheriff by the county commissioners
of Frederick and Montgomery counties respectively in propor-
tion to the number of prisoners confined therein by each during
the year; provided that the salary of said watchman shall not
exceed one dollar per night, and that the employment of such
watchman shall cease on the completion and occupancy of the
jail in. Montgomery county.

5. The county commissioners, for Montgomery county shall
levy, collect, and pay to the sheriff of Frederick county twenty-
five cents per day for each prisoner committed to the jail of
Frederick county under the provisions of this act, and such other
fees as are allowed by laws in such cases to said sheriff

LOANS AND TAXES.
The Act of 1862, ch. 1, adds the following:

G; The commissioners of Montgomery coun-ty are hereby
authorized and empowered to borrow, upon the credit of the
county, a sum of money not exceeding five thousand dollars,
for the purpose of building a jail.

7. The said commissioners are hereby authorized to levy
upon, said county a tax one the assessable property of said
county, to reimburse the said loan, not more than one thousand
dollars and interest, to be raised in any one year, until the said
loan is paid off.

8. The said commissioners are hereby authorized to adopt
such plans and make such contracts, and do all other acts
necessary in the erection and completion, of the said jail, with,
as little delay as practicable.