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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

them so to do shall be a misdemeanor punishable as hereinafter

provided.

227 A. They shall also levy annually to said sheriff for carry-

ing and conveying each person under sentence to the penitentiary

or the house of correction, or to or from any of the jails-of any

of the other counties of the State, and the jails or station-houses

of the city of Baltimore, or to or from any other place of confine-

ment outside of Allegany county, under the sentence or final

order of any authorized judicial authority, the sum of twenty-five

Convey.

. dollars for one person so carried and conveyed, and for each ad-

ance fee

ditional person so carried and conveyed at the same time, fifteen.

dollars additional, and said compensation so specified shall be

held to include all expenses incidental to the carrying and con-

veying of such person or persons; provided, that the said sheriff

shall convey and shall be held and required to convey to each of

such institutions or any of them, at one and the same time all

persons sentenced to be so conveyed at the same term of court.

227 B. No other or additional fee, perquisite, allowance or com-

pensation whatever shall be granted, allowed or levied for said

sheriff, except such as are specified and allowed by the Code of

Public General Laws relating to sheriffs, and such fee or fees so

No other

allowed shall be in full payment by the county to the sheriff for

fee

all labor, time and expense connected with, incidental to, or in

any way arising from the full performance of said service or ser-

vices for which said fee or fees are specified or allowed by said

Code of Public General Laws relating to sheriffs, notwithstand-

ing any custom to allow larger or other fees in the past.

227 C. If said board of county commissioners shall levy and

allow any other or greater, or additional fee or compensation for

any service than that specified and allowed by the Code of Public

General Laws relating to sheriffs, or shall knowingly violate any

of the provisions of this act, or wilfully neglect or omit to do any

of the things by this act by them required to be done, then and

Misdemea-
nor

in such case each of the members of said board of county com-

missioners so voting to levy or allow such other, greater or addi-

tional fee or compensation to said sheriff, shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred

dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment

in the county jail for not more than six months or both in the

discretion of the court; and said county commissioners shall keep

in their office a record of the vote of each member on each levy,

and such vote shall' be taken by "ayes" and "nays."

227 D. And it shall be the duty of the State's attorney for

Violations.

Allegany county, and he is hereby directed and required to exam-

ine and closely scrutinize each annual levy by the county com-

missioners to the sheriff as soon as the same is made, and to lay