264 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 154

SECTJON 2. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1920.

Approved April 16, 1920.

CHAPTER 154.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 105
of Article 19 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land, title "St. Mary's County,'' sub-title "Sheriffs/' as
said section was amended by Chapter 437 of the Acts of
1902, increasing the compensation of the sheriffs of said
county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 105 of Article 19 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "St. Mary's County," sub-
title "Sheriff," as said section was amended by Chapter 437
of the Acts of 1902, be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

105. The sheriff of St. Mary's County shall receive for
keeping each prisoner committed to his custody, and for pro-
viding victuals and fire for each prisoner the sum of seventy-
five cents per day; and he shall be allowed for removing con-
victs to the penitentiary, house of correction, reformatory or
insane asylum the following compensation, and no one but the
sheriff or one of his regularly appointed deputies shall carry
any person to said institution, to wit: For a single prisoner,
thirty dollars; and for each additional prisoner convicted at
the same term of Court, ten dollars; and for delivering the bal-
lot-boxes, registration books and other election supplies the
sum of four dollars for each voting district or precinct in said
county, and no greater sum; and the said sheriff is hereby re-
quired under a penalty of one hundred dollars to keep a book
at his office, or at the county jail, in which he shall keep a
record of the names, ages and dates when received, the offense
charged, the date of discharge and the reason thereof, of all
persons committed to his custody, which book shall be open
to inspection by all persons interested.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1920.

Approved April 16, 1920.