262 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 157

appoint six deputies, one from each of the six election districts
of Howard County, and the County Commissioners of Howard
County shall pay said deputies an annual salary of one hundred
dollars each, to be paid in quarterly installments of twenty
five dollars. He shall collect all fees and charges to which he
may be entitled by law, and exercise all powers conferred upon
him by law to enforce the collection of same, and shall at the
end of each month during his term of office make a sworn re-
port 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 ap-
point a warden of the County Jail who shall be under his super-
vision and direction, who shall take charge of the jail and care-
fully and securely guard all prisoners who shall be placed in
said jail, which said warden shall receive the sum of two hun-
dred dollars annually as salary for his services as such warden.
Said warden shall be allowed a sum not exceeding forty 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 tempor-
arily 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 and pay such reasonable fee or com-
pensation as in their judgment they may deem proper for the
services rendered by such deputy sheriffs, but in no case shall
such deputy sheriffs continue to serve longer than the necessity
of the case actually warrants.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from June first, 1916.

Approved April 4th, 1916.