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biles, said mileage to be at the rate of five cents (5^) per mile,
when used for official business only.

(e) It shall be the duty of the Sheriff to make up and submit
to the County Commissioners each month, a statement, under
oath, showing the office expenses and mileage for himself and
for each of his deputies, which shall be paid by the 'County
Commissioners.

(d) The Sheriff is hereby authorized to appoint a warden
for the jail, who shall be paid Fifty Dollars ($50. 00) per
month by the County Commissioners.

206. He shall collect all fines, costs, fees, and other charges
arising out of both criminal and civil cases to which he may
be entitled by law, and exercise all powers conferred upon
him by law, to enforce the collection of the same, and shall,
at the end of each month, during his term of office, make an
itemized report under oath of the same to the County Com-
missioners of St. Mary's County, in such form as said County
Commissioners may direct, and pay over the same to the County
Commissioners for the use of the said County, and whenever
any Sheriff shall retire from office, leaving uncollected any
moneys lawfully payable to him as aforesaid, it shall be the
duty of his successor to collect and pay over the same; and it
shall be the duty of the Sheriff to keep in his office in a proper
book for the purpose of an official record of moneys collected
and to be collected, which book, immediately after his term
in office, shall be delivered to the County Commissioners.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
<effect June 1, 1943.

Approved May 6, 1943.

CHAPTER 629.
(House Bill 700)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
174 and 175 of Article 1 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Allegany County", sub-
title "Fire Companies", as said sections were amended by
Chapter 392 of the Acts of 1941, relating to appropriations
to volunteer fire companies in Allegany County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 174 and 175 of Article 1 of the Code of