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scribed and allowed shall be in lieu of all expenses, fees, costs and
charges, except for the board and keeping of prisoners in the county
jail and other necessary operating expenses of said jail, now or here-
tofore allowed by law or practice, including all expenses for trans-
ferring persons to and from penal institutions, places of confinement
and State institutions in the State of Maryland under sentence or
order of any authorized authority.

The sheriff and deputy sheriffs of said county are authorized, di-
rected and required to serve civil and criminal process issued by the
justices of the peace and trial magistrates in and for Queen Anne's
County and directed to the sheriff of said county or any deputies.

Before entering upon the duties of the office, each deputy sheriff
appointed under the authority of this subsection shall give bond to
the sheriff of said county, in the penalty of five thousand dollars
($5,000) with security, to be approved by a judge of the circuit
court for said county, conditioned that he shall faithfully perform
his duties and account properly for all monies and property re-
ceived by virtue of his position; [such bond to be in the form of a
"public employees' faithful performance blanket bond" for all the
said deputy sheriffs, if possible,] the premiums of which shall be
borne by the said county, and to be filed and recorded in the office
of the clerk of the circuit court of said county.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1957.

Approved March 1, 1957.

CHAPTER 135
(House Bill 415)

AN ACT to add a new Section 70A to Article 23 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Wicomico
County", sub-title "Director of Public Works", said new section
to follow immediately after Section 70 thereof, authorizing the
County Commissioners of Wicomico County to appoint a Director
of Public Works and defining his qualifications, term of office,
duties and compensation.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new Section 70A, be and it is hereby added to Article 23 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Wicomico County", sub-title "Director of Public Works", said new
section to follow immediately after Section 70 thereof, and to read as
follows:

70A. The Board of County Commissioners of Wicomico County,
is authorized and empowered to appoint as Director of Public Works

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
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Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.