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	tice of the peace in and for election district number five in Har-	Additional justice.
	ford county.
	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from	Effective.
	the date of its passage.
	Approved March 14th, 1890.

	CHAPTER 83.
	AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments sections two
	hundred and twenty-six and two hundred and twenty-seven of
	article one of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Allegany
	county," sub-title "Sheriff," and to add new sections thereto.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
	That sections two hundred and twenty-six and two hundred and
	twenty-seven of article one of the Code of Public Local Laws,	Repeal.
	title "Allegany county," sub-title "Sheriff," be and the same are
	hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows :
	226. The county commissioners of Allegany county shall pay
	to the sheriff of said county annually such sum as in their judg-
	ment will be a reasonable compensation to said sheriff for his
	care, labor, time, responsibility and expense in keeping the pris-
	oners committed to his custody, safely in jail, and in having
	cooked and served to said prisoners the supplies and provisions
	furnished him by said county commissioners according to section
	two hundred and twenty-seven of this act; and the amount so	To com-
	levied and paid to said sheriff shall be in each and every year the	pensate.
	sum of two thousand 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 serving victuals for the same,
	including the wages or salary to a cook paid by him, warden and
	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 specified and allowed by law.
	227. All contracts for furnishing supplies and provisions for
	the support and maintenance of all persons committed to the jail
	of Allegany county shall be made by the board of county com-
	missioners of said county, and such provisions and supplies so furnished to the sheriff of said county, shall be used by him solely	Supplies.
	and entirely for the maintenance and support of said prisoners,
	and not for his individual use or the use of his family in any way,
	and it shall be the duty of said commissioners to carefully see
	that such provisions and supplies are only so used; failure by
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