2102 WICOMICO COUNTY. [ART. 23.

shall not be so construed as to include the fees and commissions,
of the said State's attorney allowed and paid by the State.

1830, ch. 453.

186. The State's attorney shall be ex officio counsel to the
county commissioners; he shall appear in and prosecute or defend
all cases, civil or criminal, where the said county is interested
as plaintiff or defendant, except cases where the State is a party;
he shall advise the county commissioners, when requested, on all
questions of law where the county is concerned, and assist them
in all legal inquiries and investigations; and he shall receive such
fees for his services rendered to the county as may be proper
and just, to be levied by the county commissioners; provided,
that the fees allowed him, under the provisions of this section,
shall not in any one year exceed the sum of one hundred and
fifty dollars.

Ibid.

187. At least ten days before the annual levy is made by
the county commissioners, the State's attorney shall make out
and present to the said judges, for their inspection and approval,
his account for services rendered during the fiscal year past,
which account, when approved by them, shall be levied by the
county commissioners at the time of making the general levy in
each and every year.

Ibid.

188. No compensation for defending any party in any crimi-
nal case, shall be allowed to any attorney by the county commis-
sioners, except on presentation of an order in writing, signed by
a judge of the circuit court for Wicomico county, certifying in

what case services had been rendered, and the amount to be paid
for such services.

Ibid.

189. Compensation for any legal services to the county com-
missioners, or in any cases where the county is required to pay
for said services, by any attorney, shall be allowed only when
such legal services have been asked for by the State's attorney of
said county, and when the State's attorney shall certify to the
county commissioners, what services had been rendered.