ART. 14.] HOWARD COUNTY. 869

ferred upon him by law to enforce the collection of same, and
shall at the end of the each month during his term of office make
a sworn report of the same to the County Commissioners of
Howard county, in such form as said Commissioners may
direct, and pay over the same to the County Commissioners of
Howard county; whenever any sheriff shall retire from office
leaving any costs, fees or charges uncollected, lawfully payable
to him, his successor shall collect and pay over the same. He
shall appoint a warden of the county jail, who shall be under
his supervision and direction, who shall take charge of the jail
and carefully and securely guard all prisoners who shall be
placed in said jail, which said warden shall receive the sum of
two hundred dollars annually as salary for his services as such
warden. Said warden shall be allowed the sum of thirty cents
per day for the keeping and boarding of each prisoner placed in
said jail, and the said warden shall present his bill for the said
keeping and boarding of said prisoners to the County Com-
missioners with the proper vouchers therefor, quarterly, where-
upon said County Commissioners shall issue their certificate to
the County Treasurer for the payment thereof. It shall be the
duty of the sheriff to keep in his office an official record to be
retained there by him, and such book or books as may be re-
quired to show all fees and charges to be collected by him, and
those which may have been collected; whenever, in the judg-
ment of the sheriff, it shall be expedient and necessary for the
safety and welfare of the county, for him to appoint tempo-
rarily an extra number of deputy sheriffs, he is hereby author-
ized to appoint them, and it shall be the duty of the County
Commissioners to allow ami pay such reasonable fee or compen-
sation as in their judgment they may deem proper for the ser-
vices rendered by such deputy sheriffs, but in no case shall such
deputy sheriffs continue to serve longer than the necessity of the
cases actually warrants.

125. It shall be the duty of the sheriff to attend, either in
person or by deputy, the sessions of the Circuit Court, sitting
either in law or equity, and the Orphans' Court, or either of
them, whenever they are in session, and he or his deputy shall
perform the duties of bailiff of the Orphans' Court, whenever so
required by the said Orphans' Court.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 1, 1908.