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To pay
the commif-
fioners.
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III. And be it enacted, That the collector fhall pay the faid fum of money to
the commiffioners, or their order, or to the order of a majority of them, on or
before the twentieth day of October, feventeen hundred and ninety-eight, and in
default of payment at that time, the faid commiffioners may order a copy of the
faid collector's bond to be filed in the clerk's office of the county court, and
thereupon a common capias ad refpondendum fhall iffue, and judgment or trial be
had at the firft court to which the capias is returnable, without any imparlance
or delay.
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Two apart-
ments to he
laid off, &c.
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IV. And be it enacted, That the faid commiffioners, or a majority of them,
in planning and directing the building of the faid gaol, fhall lay off two apart-
ments and a cellar, and referve and appropriate the fame to the residence of the
keeper of the faid gaol; and the faid commiffioners, as foon as the faid building
fhall be completed, fhall return a fair and faithful account of their proceedings
and expenditures to the juftices of Queen-Anne's county court, and the fame
fhall be depofited and filed among the original papers belonging to their office.
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Sheriff to ap-
point a gaoler,
&c.
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V. And be it enacted, That after the completion of the faid gaol the fheriff
of Queen-Anne's county fhall, within one month thereafter, nominate and ap-
point a difcreet and judicious perfon to be gaoler, or keeper of the faid gaol, who,
on his acceptance of the faid office, fhall qualify himfelf to hold the fame, by
taking an oath, or affirmation, before fome two juftices of the peace for Queen-
Anne's county, that he will well and faithfully keep all prifoners who fhall be
committed to the gaol of Queen-Anne's county, and that he will in all refpects
truly and honeftly demean himfelf in his office of keeper of the faid gaol, with-
out prejudice, affection, malice, hatred or partiality, fo long as he fhall continue
in the faid office; and alfo by entering into a recognizance before the faid juftices,
with two fufficient fureties, in the fum of four hundred dollars, in the ufual
form, with the condition thereto, " that if the faid A. B. do and fhall well and
faithfully execute and perform the office of keeper of the gaol of Queen-Anne's
county, and find and provide wholefome and fufficient victuals for all and
the prifoners who fhall be committed to the faid gaol, and keep the feveral
ments in the faid gaol clear and free from all manner of filth, and not fuffer or
permit loofe, idle, or diforderly perfons to frequent the faid gaol, or remain about
the fame, and do and fhall in all refpects faithfully demean himfelf in the faid
office, without favour, partiality or prejudice, then the faid recognizance to be
void and of no effect, otherwife to remain in force;" and the perfon fo appointed
and qualified fhall remain in office during good behaviour, removable by the
fheriff of Queen-Anne's county, or by a presentment of the grand inqueft for
the body of Queen-Anne's county, and conviction of mifconduct in the county
court thereon, after hearing and determining upon the charges alleged againft
him, and the evidence concerning the fame; and whenever a vacancy fhall hap-
pen in the faid office, it fhall be lawful for the faid fheriff to proceed forthwith
to the appointment and qualification of another gaoler, in the manner herein be-
fore directed.
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His duties.
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VI. And be it enacted, That in addition to the duties impofed by the laws of
this ftate upon all gaolers, it fhall be the duty of the keeper of the faid gaol to
receive and provide for all manner of perfons who fhall be committed to the
fame according to law, and to be obedient to the mittimus of the fheriff of the
faid county in thofe cafes wherein the faid fheriff hath a power to confine-by vir-
tue of procefs, or purfuant to the laws of this ftate; and the faid keeper fhall,
befides the perquifites and fees allowed him by the fheriff as the county for his
fervices as keeper of the gaol, be moreover entitled to a refidence in the faid gaol
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