638 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 256

all time, Sunday excepted, in person or by Deputy for the trans-
action of business under the penalty of $40.00, for each month
he shall fail to comply herewith to be recovered by indictment
in the Circuit Court for the use of said County.

SEC. 533-D—. It shall be the duty of the County Commis-
sioners to pay for all supplies and provisions necessary, in their
judgment for the support and maintenance of all persons com-
mitted to the jail, said supplies and provisions to be purchased
by the Sheriff and placed at said jail and the bills for same shall
be presented by the Sheriff to said County Commissioners for
approval and payment, provided however that the said County
Commissioners are hereby directed and prohibited from approv-
ing or allowing the payment to the Sheriff of any claim for
food or provisions furnished for the keep and board of pris-
oners where the amount claimed is in excess of thirty-five cents
per day, for each prisoner actually committed to the jail of said
County, and the Comity Commissioners shall furnish all fuel
and light needed for said jail and shall annually levy and pay
to the warden of said jail, who shall also be the cook thereof, io
be appointed by the Sheriff and to be approved by the County
Commissioners, a salary not exceeding the sum of $360, per au
num payable monthly.

SEC. 534—. It shall be the duty of the Sheriff to keep a cor-
rect and full statement or schedule of all persons committed to-
the jail, showing the length of time and the charge upon which
they are committed, and the name of the officer, which statement
or schedule, together with all books, papers and commitments
kept by him pertaining to prisoners in the jail, shall at all
times be open to the inspection of the County Commissioners or
any of them; and at the first meeting of the County Commis-
sioners in each month, the Sheriff shall make to them, under
oath a full and complete report of the names and descriptions
of all persons confined in the jail with the statement of the
length of time, and offense for which they are committed, and
the name of the officer by whom they are committed; and
the said sums of money herein before authorized to be levied and
paid to the Sheriff shall be in full of all claims of said Sheriff
against Montgomery County, or said County Commissioners for
his care, labor, responsibility' and expense in discharging the
duties of his office including the keeping safely in jail of the
prisoners committed to his custody, supplying to said prisoner,
the provisions furnished for them, by the County Commission-
ers, properly cooked and served in a proper and sanitary con-