22 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

sum of ten dollars, which sum shall, with the other expenses
of said inquest, be paid by Allegany county.

SEC. 7GG. Whenever it shall be necessary for the coroner for
Allegany county to bury any dead person, said coroner shall
provide a coffin and bury said person decently; and the County
Commissioners of Allegany county shall make such allowance
to said coroner as they may deem just and reasonable therefor,
to be levied and paid as other county charges.

SEC. 8HH. In all cases where the sheriff is interested, or
nearly related to any of the parties, or otherwise disqualified
to act, all process shall be issued to the coroner, if said coro-
ner be qualified to act, who shall perform all the duties of such
disqualified sheriff, and be subject to the same liabilities, and
be proceeded against in the same manner, and shall have the
same rights and remedies.

SEC. 9II. That the County Commissioners for Allegany
county shall, after this Act takes effect, pay the coroner for
said county for his services as such the annual salary of six
hundred dollars, and said salary shall be in lieu of the fees
now paid coroners under the Public General Laws of Mary-
land. Said salary shall be paid to said coroner monthly by
warrant on the county treasurer, and it shall be unlawful for
said coroner to receive or the said County Commissioners to pay
him any other or further compensation, salary, fee or recompense
of any kind whatsoever for his services as such coroner; but,
for. viewing or holding an inquest on the body of any person
murdered or slain, or otherwise dead by misadventure, the
coroner shall collect out of the goods and chattels of the person
so dead, if there be any, the sum of five dollars and pay the
same over to the treasurer of said county for the use and bene-
fit of said county.

SEC. 10JJ. Each juror who may serve on a coroner's inquest-
shall be entitled to one dollar per day; but said coroner shall
not be entitled to any fees for summoning or swearing the
jurors or witnesses.

SEC. 11KK. Whenever it shall be necessary for the coroner
for Allegany to view the body of any deceased person, or to
hold a jury of inquest over the body of any deceased person, or
to bury any dead person, the said coroner shall take possession
of the money, goods and chattels of said deceased person found
on said dead body or in said county; and said coroner shall,
out of the same, pay expenses of said inquest and burial, and
retain the residue thereof for the period of thirty days. After
the expiration of thirty days, if no relative of said deceased
entitled to the residue of said money, goods and chattels
appears to claim the same, the said coroner shall pay over the