592 CALVERT COUNTY. [ART. 5.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 5, sec. 20.

20. All sheriffs, constables, and other officers shall aid and
assist the trustees of the poor and the officers employed by them
in the execution of their respective offices; and if any person
shall at any time be sued or prosecuted for anything done in pur-
suance of the preceding sections of this sub-title of this article, he
may plead the general issue and give the special matter in evi-
dence in his defence; and if upon trial verdict shall be given for
the defendant, or if the plaintiff shall be non-suited or discontinue,
the defendant shall recover treble costs, and if the plaintiff shall
be unable to satisfy the same they shall be paid by the attorney
who brought or prosecuted the suit, unless the plaintiff shall give
security for the costs, to be approved by the court.

Ibid. sec. 21.

21. The said trustees may pay any clerk they may appoint the
sum of sixty dollars per annum for his services.

BALTIMORE AND DRUM POINT RAILROAD COMPANY.

1872, ch. 243. 1874, ch. 159.

22. The county commissioners are authorized, in the name of
and for the said county, to subscribe for and hold shares of stock
in the Baltimore and Drum Point Eailroad Company to an amount
not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars at the par value of
said shares.

Ibid.

23. For the purpose of meeting the said subscription the said
county commissioners are authorized and empowered to issue
bonds in the name of the said county, in denominations not less
than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, bearing in-
terest at the rate of six per centum per annum and payable within
a period of not more than twenty years from the date of their
issue; and to each of the said bonds shall be attached coupons for
the payment of the interest thereon, payable semi-annually, which
said coupons shall be receivable in payment of any county taxes,
by the county commissioners of the said county.