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sub-title "Sheriff", sub-heading "Keeper of the Jail", AS SAID
SECTION WAS LAST AMENDED BY CHAPTER 591 OF THE
ACTS OF 1959, and to add new Section 91A to the said Article
of the Code, to follow immediately after Section 91 thereof and
to be under the new sub-title "Keeper of the Jail", relating to the
person in charge of the county jail in St. Mary's County, and
relating generally to the operation of the county jail in St. Mary's
County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 207 of Article 19 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "St. Mary's County", sub-title
"Sheriff", sub-heading "Keeper of the Jail", AS SAID SECTION
WAS LAST AMENDED BY CHAPTER 591 OF THE ACTS OF
1959, be and it is hereby repealed; that new Section 91A be and it
is hereby added to the said Article of the Code, to follow immediately
after Section 91 thereof, to be under the new sub-title "Keeper of
the Jail", and to read as follows:

Keeper of the Jail

91A. (a) The keeper of the jail of St. Mary's County shall be
appointed by the county commissioners and shall be allowed by them
such salary as they in their discretion shall prescribe. He shall be
responsible for the safekeeping, care and feeding of all prisoners in
the jail from the time they are lawfully committed thereto until they
are discharged, released or withdrawn therefrom by the sheriff, or
pursuant to court order or other lawful authority. He shall keep a
record of the names, ages, dates when received, the offenses charged
and the date of discharge and reason therefor, of all persons commit-
ted to the jail, and shall perform such other duties with respect
thereto as the county commissioners may assign to him.

(b)  Nothing in this section shall affect the powers and duties of
the sheriff in respect to the safekeeping and custody of all prisoners
except when said prisoners are within said jail.

(c)   The County Commissioners may appoint such other help for
the operation of the jail as may be needed, and may fix their salaries.
The commissioners shall annually appropriate amounts sufficient for
the maintenance of the jail and the safekeeping, care and feeding of
all prisoners committed thereto.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved March 29, 1963.

CHAPTER 161
(Senate Bill 378)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 114 (a)
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Allegany County (1955
Edition, being Article 1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland), title "Allegany County", sub-title "Cresaptown Special