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and it hereby enacted in lieu thereof, to stand in the place of the
section so repealed, and to read as follows:

890. The County Commissioners for Wicomico County shall allow
the Sheriff of Wicomico County each year: First—the sum of One
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) a year for matron serv-
ice in managing the domestic economy of the jail; Second—A sum
not exceeding One Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($1,800.00) a
year for a cook to the jail; Third—The actual sum of money ex-
pended by the Sheriff in purchasing food, necessary clothing, laun-
dry, etc., for the prisoners at the jail, which expenditures shall not
exceed Fifty Cents (50¢) per day for each prisoner, provided that no
allowance for such expenditures made by the Sheriff, as aforesaid,
shall be paid or credited to the said Sheriff or for his account unless
the same shall be reported under oath to the County Commissioners
each month in writing, which oath shall show all the expenditures
and that they are correct and have been honestly and lawfully
incurred under each of the provisions as above set forth, and that
the Sheriff himself has not derived any profit from the purchase
thereof, that each expenditure and purchase was reasonable and
necessary and the price thereof was not in excess of the market price,
which said report and affidavit shall be accompanied by properly
itemized vouchers or certificates showing to whom and for what
purpose the same were made. It shall be the duty of the Sheriff to
keep a book at the county jail in which he shall keep a correct and
full statement or schedule of all prisoners committed to his custody,
showing by what authority, the offense charged, the time when
received and the time of discharge, which statement or schedule,
together with all books, papers and commitments kept by him per-
taining to prisoners in the jail shall at all times be open to the
inspection of the County Commissioners, State's Attorney and Grand
Jury, and should the Sheriff neglect or refuse to keep said book or
comply with any of the duties which he is hereby required to per-
form, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to indictment,
and upon conviction thereof he shall be fined a sum not exceeding
One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved March 3, 1959.

CHAPTER 98
(Senate Bill 72)

AN ACT to repeal Section 399 of Article 23 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Wicomico County",
sub-title "Trespass", repealing an obsolete law for Wicomico
County concerning the payment of fines under the Local Laws
on the subject of trespass.

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

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