ART. 22.] CRIER AND DOORKEEPER. 1945

which may De now or hereafter chartered under the laws of this
State, and within the bounds of said county; provided, however,
that the said commissioners shall not, in subscribing and taking
etock in any turnpike company, as aforesaid, exceed in such sub-
scription an amount equivalent to the capitalization of the annual
expenditure in appropriation made by said commissioners upon
the public road over which said turnpike is to be constructed
said capitalization to be computed upon a basis of five per cent.

1888, ch. 330.

117. At any time that the said county commissioners shall
make a subscription to the stock of any turnpike company in
pursuance of the terms of the foregoing section, the said commis-
sioners are hereby empowered to pay the said subscription out of
any money in the county treasury unexpended or otherwise unap-
propriated ; and the said commissioners may issue bonds bearing
interest, payable semi-annually, at a rate not exceeding four per
cent., in such denominations and payable at such times as they
may determine, to the amount of said subscription.

CRIER AND DOORKEEPER.

1870, ch. 180.

118. The crier of the circuit court for said county shall be
entitled to two dollars and fifty cents per day for each day he
may be employed as such.

P. L L , (1860,) art. 21, sec. 90.

119. The keepers of the gates or doors within the bar of the
court-house in said county, shall each be entitled to the sum of
one dollar and fifty cents per day for their services, and upon a
certificate from the clerk of the circuit court for said county of
the number of days each of them has attended, the collector of
taxes for said county shall pay the amounts thereof in the same
manner that jurors are paid.

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

1880, ch. 129.

120. The provisions of sections 241 to 245 of article 4 of the
public local laws, title " City of Baltimore," relating to " Cruelty
to Animals," shall apply to "Washington county as fully as if
repeated in this article.