380 LAWS OF MARYLAND. CH. 264

mitted by the proper tribunal. The Sheriff shall 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 four
hundred and eighty dollars ($480. 00) each, to be paid in
monthly installments of forty dollars ($40. 00).

The Sheriff 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 report of the same to the County Commis-
sioners of Howard County, in such form as said Commis-
sioners 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.

The Sheriff 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 five hundred dollars
annually as salary for his services as such warden. Said
warden shall be allowed a sum not exceeding 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 prisoners to the
County Commissioners with the proper vouchers therefor
quarterly, whereupon said County Commissioners shall
issue their certificate to the County Treasurer for the pay-
ment 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 required to show all fees and
charges to be collected by him, and those which may have
been collected.

Whenever, in the judgment of the Sheriff, it shall be
expedient and necessary for the safety and welfare of the
county for him to appoint temporarily an extra number
of deputy sheriffs, he is hereby authorized to appoint them,
and it shall be the duty of the County Commissioners to
allow and pay such reasonable fee or compensation as in
their judgment they may deem proper for the services ren-
dered 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 further enacted, That this Act is here-
by declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the im-