762 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 455

which they are summoned, and when the Sheriff or his deputies
cannot.summon said witnesses for want of time or when they
reside and are five miles from the City of Cumberland, Md.,
when the Sheriff shall show that he actually paid such
amounts to his deputies or Constables. Fifth—The actual
sum of money expended by the Sheriff in purchasing food,
necessary clothing for the prisoners at the jail, and coal, gas,
telephone, and said County Commissioners shall allow said
Sheriff no other expenses whatsoever, upon any pretext un-
less allowed, directed and ordered by the Board in regular
session; provided, that no allowance for expenses shall be
paid or credited to the said Sheriff or for his account unless
the same shall be reported under oath to the County Com-
missioners at each month in writing, which oath shall show
all the expenditures and that they are correct and have been
honestly and lawfully incurred and that the Sheriff himself
has not derived any profit from the purchase thereof, nor has
consumed or appropriated to himself or has permitted his
deputies to so appropriate to themselves any part of said pur-
chases; that each expenditure and purchase was reasonable
and necessary and the price thereof was not in excess of the
market, price, which said report and affidavit shall be ac-
companied by properly itemized vouchers or certificates show-
ing to whom and for what purpose the same were made; and
said Sheriff shall not be entitled to any compensation for the
removal of prisoners from the jail to any other place, except
when the same was done upon the order of Circuit Court for
Allegany County, and he shall not allow the removal of any
prisoners from the jail for Allegany County unless upon the
order of the Circuit Court, or upon the expiration of a
prisoner's term, or his release in full or for a hearing either
by the Circuit Court for Allegany County or a Justice of the
Peace. Said Sheriff shall at the end of each month make a
list of the prisoners in his custody and the reasons for their
commitment, and post the same in the office of the county
jail so that it may be read by those who desire to do so. Any
false swearing in the report of the Sheriff or affidavit thereof
to the , Board of County Commissioners shall be deemed
perjury and be punished as such. The said Sheriff shall also
include in his monthly report a full statement of all fines and
costs by him collected, and shall pay the same over to the
County Treasurer. Any violations of the requirements of this