1204 FREDERICK; COUNTY. [ART. 11.

1880, ch. 404.

428. The county commissioners are authorized, in their dis-
cretion, to levy, annually, a sum of money not exceeding ten
thousand dollars in any one year, for the erection and furnishing
of new school houses in Frederick county, under the supervision-
of the county commissioners; such school houses to be built and
furnished according to plans and drawings issued from the office
of the county school commissioners.

SHERIFF.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 11, sec. 812.

429. The sheriff of Frederick county shall execute the sen-
tence 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 tnree hundred dollars, for the use of the schools in said
county.

1888, ch. 223.

430. 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 a reasonable compensation 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 pro-
visions furnished him by the said commissioners 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 serv-
ing 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.