LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 387

CORONERS, INQUESTS AND DEAD BODIES.

294. The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, shall appoint and commission seven competent
physicians to act as coroners for the City of Baltimore, to hold
office during the period of two years, at an annual salary
of one thousand dollars each, payable quarterly by the City
Register; and the said Coroners shall be assigned to duty
by the Governor, and to each of the police districts of the City
of Baltimore; and it is further provided, that whenever the
police districts of the City of Baltimore shall be increased in
number by the order of the Board of Police Commissioners of
Baltimore City, the Governor shall appoint an additional coro-
ner for each of the police districts so created; provided, that
before entering upon the duties of their office, the persons ap-
pointed shall take the oath of office prescribed by the Constitu-
tion of the State of Maryland, for office-holders; and further,
they shall give bond to the said State of Maryland, with security
to be approved by the judge of the Superior Court of Balti-
more City, in the penalty of two thousand dollars each, condi-
tioned for the faithful performance of their duties, as now pre-
scribed by law, or which shall hereafter be prescribed.

295. Each of the seven Coroners shall be assigned to such
sub-division or district of the City of Baltimore as the Governor
may direct; and in case of absence or illness of any Coroner, he
shall deputize some competent person to attend to the duties of
his office during his absence or illness.

296. The Coroner shall hold an inquest over every person
found dead in his district in said City when the manner and
cause of death shall not be already known as accidental, or in
the course of nature. No Coroner's jury in said City shall re-
ceive any fee or compensation for services as such; and said
Coroners are authorized and empowered to issue their certifi-
cates to the City Register for the payment of such expenses
as may be necessary for the interment of any person over
whom they, or either of them, has held an inquest, and whose
body is not claimed by friends or relatives; provided, the
amount of such expenses shall not in any case exceed the sum
of seven dollars.