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lection of same, and shall at the end of each month during
his term of office make a sworn report of the same to the
County Commissioners of Howard county, in such form as said
Commissioners may direct, and pay over same to the County
Commissioners of Howard county; whenever any sheriff shall
retire from office, leaving any costs, fees or charges uncol-
lected, lawfully payable to him, his successor shall collect and
pay over the same. He shall appoint a warden of the county
jail, who shall be under his supervision and direction, who
shall take charge of the jail and carefully and securely guard
all prisoners who shall be placed in said jail, which said warden
shall receive the sum of two hundred dollars annually as salary
for his services as such warden. Said warden shall be allowed
a sum not exceeding forty (the sum of thirty) cents per day
for the keeping and boarding of each prisoner placed in said
jail, and the said warden shall present his bill for the said
keeping and boarding of said prisoners to the County Com-
missioners, with the proper vouchers therefor, quarterly,
whereupon said County Commissioners shall issue their certifi-
cate to the County Treasurer for the payment thereof. It
shall be the duty of the sheriff to keep in his office an official
record to be retained there by him, and such book or books as
may be required to show all fees and charges to be collected
by him, and those which may have been collected; whenever,
in the judgment of the sheriff, it shall be expedient and neces-
sary for the safety and welfare of the county for him to ap-
point temporarily an extra number of deputy sheriffs, he is
hereby authorized to appoint them, and it shall be the duty
of the County Commissioners to allow and pay such reason-
able fee or compensation as in their judgment they may deem
proper for the services rendered by such deputy sheriffs, but
in no case shall such deputy sheriffs continue to serve longer
than the necessity of the case actually warrants.
'Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from June 1, 1916. '"
On motion of Mr. Johnson, the House amendment was con-
curred in and Bill, as amended, was passed by yeas and nays
as follows:
Messrs. —- AFFIRMATIVE.
President Chesley Holmead Norris Williams
Allen Collier Johnson Ogden Zihlman
Archer Cooper Joy Parsons
Bennett Duvall Kaufman Shepherd
Bomberger Frick Legg Speicher
Brown Harrison Mudd Warfield Total—26;
NEGATIVES—None.
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