848 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 505.

AN ACT to provide for the appointment of a deputy sheriff
and a cook to the jail in Garrett county by repealing sec-
tions 2, 3 and 4 of chapter 17 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland for the session of 1906, entitled "An
Act to repeal chapter 285 of the Acts of the General Assem-
bly of Maryland for the year 1890," and re-enacting the same
with amendments, and to add a new section to said Act,
to be known as section 4A.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That sections 2, 3 and 4 of chapter 17 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland for the session of 1906, entitled
"An Act to repeal chapter 285 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland for the year 1890," and re-enact the
same with amendments, so as to read as follows:

SEC. 2. The sheriff of Garrett county shall appoint a fit
person as deputy sheriff of said county, who shall also act as
warden of the jail of said county, and who shall perform the
services of said jail as janitor and warden, and shall have
charge of said jail in keeping it heated and cleaned, and of the
care and custody of prisoners therein, and shall be responsible
for escapes of prisoners occurring in the same manner and to
the same extent as the sheriff of said county, and shall perform
all duties required of him by the sheriff of said county.

SEC. 3. The said deputy sheriff, before he enters upon the
duties of his office, shall take the same oath before the clerk
of the Circuit Court of said county as now required by law to
be taken by sheriffs, and shall give such bond to the State of
Maryland, with sureties to be approved in due form, in the
sum of three thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful per-
formance of his duties as such deputy sheriff, which bond shall,
when approved, be filed in the office of the clerk of the Circuit
Court and disposed of as the sheriff's bond is disposed of.

SEC. 4. The first deputy sheriff appointed under this Act
shall be appointed to serve until the first day of January,
1910, unless removed sooner by cause, and appointments shall
be made thereafter for the term of two years, unless sooner
removed by the sheriff for the incompetency, disobedience or
neglect of duty, or other causes which, in the judgment of the
said sheriff, may be sufficient for such removal; and in case of
removal as hereinbefore provided, the new appointee shall be
appointed for the unexpired term of the person removed, and
the salary of said deputy sheriff shall be not less than nine
hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars in each