1262 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 664

the compensation allowed the Jail Warden for the keep
of prisoners.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 124 of Article 14 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, title "Howard County," sub-title "Sheriff." as
amended by Chapter 157 of the Acts of 1916, be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

124. Sheriff of Howard County shall receive an annual
salary of fifteen hundred dollars from and after the first day
of May, 1908, to be paid him in quarterly installments of
three hundred and seventy-five dollars by the County Com-
missioners of Howard County, and the said County Commis-
sioners shall pay to the Sheriff, upon the presentation of proper
vouchers the actual car fare or team hire incurred by the
Sheriff or his deputies in conducting any prisoner to any insti-
tution to which he has been committed by the proper tribunal,
and he shall appoint six deputies, one from each of the six
election districts of Howard County, and the County Com-
missioners 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 dur-
ing his term of office make a sworn report of the same to the
County Commissioners of Howard County, in such form as
said Commissioners of Howard County 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 a sum not ex-
ceeding sixty 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 board of said prison-