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HOWARD COUNTY. 903
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 pris-
oners 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 pris-
oners to the County Commissioners with the proper vouchers
therefor quarterly, whereupon 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 required to show all fees and
charges to be collected by him, and those which may have
been collected; whenever, in the judgment of the Sheriff, it
shall be expedient and necessary for the safety and welfare
of the county for him to appoint temporarily an extra number
of deputy sheriffs, he is hereby authorized to appoint them,
and it shall be the duty of the County Commissioners to allow
and pay such reasonable fee or compensation as in their judg-
ment they may deem proper for the services rendered by such
deputy sheriffs, but in no case shall such deputy sheriffs con-
tinue to serve longer than the necessity of the case 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 March 11, 1910.
CHAPTER 5.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Chapter 121
of the Acts of 1900, entitled "An Act to provide for the
selecting, drawing and summoning of jurors for Howard
County."
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