884 CECIL COUNTY. ART. 8.

worry the same, it shall be lawful for any person to kill such dog
or slut; and in case the damage to any person by reason of loss or
injury to his sheep shall be from dogs or sluts, either his own or
kept upon his premises, he shall be entitled to no compensation
under this sub-title of this article.

SHERIFF.

1868, ch.. 276.

333. The sheriff of Cecil county shall be entitled to forty-five,
cents a day for keeping in prison and boarding each prisoner.

F. L. L., (1860,) art. 8, sec. 190.

334. He shall be entitled to fifty cents each for delivering-
certificates of their appointment to the trustees of the poor.

Ibid. sec. 191.

335. He shall be entitled to eight per cent, for the collection,
of officers' fees placed in his hands and collected by him.

1874, ch. 101.

336. He shall be allowed two dollars and fifty cents for each;
day's attendance in person or by deputy, upon the court when it
is actually in session; and the county commissioners in the exer-
cise of a careful, wise and sound discretion, and of a scrutinizing
judgment, may also allow him such further compensation for
serving bench warrants and attachments, during the sessions of
said court, and performing extra duty, as may seem to them
right and proper; provided, that before they shall order to be
paid to him any money for- doing so, other than the fees now
allowed in the code of public general laws, a petition shall be
filed with them for each case, which shall be kept in their office,
setting forth accurately and in detail, the nature and kind of ser-
vice for which the extra compensation is asked, the time consumed
in performing it, the necessity for such extra service, the reasons
for asking such extra compensation, and the special circumstan-
ces of the case; said petition shall be verified by the oath of the
sheriff, and of the deputy who performed such services; and it
shall be the duty of the county commissioners to examine care-