1026 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 817

($100. 00) each. The said warden so appointed shall hold office
at the pleasure of the County Commissioners and shall be re-
moved at any time the County Commissioners may elect or by
the Circuit Court for Howard County upon indictment and
conviction as now provided by law.

293F. It shall be the duty of the County Commissioners of
Howard County to pay for all supplies and provisions neces-
sary, in their judgment, for the proper maintenance of all
persons committed to the jail, said supplies and provisions to
be purchased by the Sheriff and placed at said jail and the bills
for the same shall be presented by the Sheriff to said County
Commissioners for approval and payment; provided,, however,
that the said County Commissioners are hereby prohibited
from approving or allowing the payment to the Sheriff of any
claim for supplies and provisions furnished for the keep and
board of prisoners where the amount claimed is in excess of
fifty cents per day for each prisoner actually committed to the
jail of said County, and the said County Commissioners shall
furnish all fuel and light needed for said jail.

293G. It shall be the duty of the Sheriff to keep a correct
and full statement or schedule of all persons committed to the
jail, showing the length of time and the charge upon which
they are committed, and the name of the officer, which state-
ment or schedule, together with all books, papers and commit-
ments kept by him pertaining to prisoners in the jail, shall at
all times be open to the inspection of the County Commis-
sioners or any of them; and at the first meeting of the County
Commissioners in each month the Sheriff shall make to them,
under oath, a full and complete report of all persons confined
in the jail, with a statement of the length of time, the offense
for which they are committed, and the name of the officer by
whom they are committed; and the said sums of money herein-
before authorized to be levied and paid the Sheriff shall be in
full of all claims of said Sheriff against Howard County, or
said County Commissioners for his care, labor, responsibility
and expenses in discharging the duties of this office, including
the keeping safely in jail of prisoners committed to his custody,
supplying to said prisoners the provisions furnished for them
by the County Commissioners, properly cooked and served in
a proper and sanitary condition as hereinbefore provided, and
keeping the jail in a clean and tidy condition; and the County
Commissioners shall not pay said Sheriff for any service he may
render in the discharge of his official duties and further or
other compensation and shall not be in any way liable for any
fees now or which may hereafter be allowed said Sheriff by
law, or for any further compensation than that as above pro-
vided.