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vided for, the said account for office expenses and deputies to be
paid monthly by the County Commissioners of said Wicomico
County, but only upon the presentation to them by the Sheriff
of a full and complete statement under oath, setting forth all
of the items of said expense accounts for the month in ques-
tion, including the names of all deputies and the amounts
allowed to each and all other items of expense, which state-
ment under oath it is hereby made the duty of the Sheriff to
make up and submit to the said County Commissioners at the
time of each monthly requisition, which sum or sums shall
be in lieu of all expenses, fees and costs now or heretofore
allowed the Sheriff of Wicomico County for expenses in carry-
ing out the duties of his office, including all expenses for trans-
ferring prisoners to and from penal institutions and places of
confinement in the State of Maryland under sentence or order
of any authorized authority, and the said County Commis-
sioners shall not pay the said Sheriff for any service he may
render in the discharge of his official duties any other or
further compensation and shall not be liable in any way for
any other fee or compensation whatever to said Sheriff, than
is above provided for the discharge of his official duties and
the expenses of his office except for the boarding and keeping
of prisoners in the county jail as hereinafter provided.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety and being
passed by a yea and nay vote_? supported by three-fifths of all
members elected to each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly, the same is to take effect from the date of its
passage.

Approved April 26, 1939.

CHAPTER 244.
(House Bill 573)

AN ACT to authorize Foster R. Cardwell, a property owner
and taxpayer of Cecil County, Maryland, to construct, main-
tain and operate a dam across Back Creek, in Cecil County,
at his own expense.

WHEREAS,, Foster R. Cardwell, property owner and taxpayer
of Cecil County, Maryland, desires to stock the waters of
Back Creek in said county with carp, but at low tide there is
not sufficient water in said creek; and