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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved March 22, 1968.

CHAPTER 26
(House Bill 73)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 355 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Dorchester County (1961 Edi-
tion, being Article 10 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land), title "Dorchester County," subtitle "Sheriff," to repeal
the monetary restriction on the food and provisions supplied per-
sons incarcerated in the Dorchester County Jail.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 355 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Dorchester
County (1961 Edition, being Article 10 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Dorchester County," subtitle "Sheriff"
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and
to read as follows:

355.

It shall be the duty of the County Commissioners to pay for all
supplies and provisions necessary, in their judgment, for the sup-
port and maintenance of all persons committed to the jail, said sup-
plies and provisions to be purchased by the sheriff and placed at
the said jail and the bills for the same shall be presented by the
sheriff to said County Commissioners for approval and payment,
[provided, however, that the said County Commissioners are
hereby directed and prohibited from approving or allowing the
payment to the sheriff of any claim for food and pro-
visions furnished for the keep and board of prisoners where the
amount claimed is in excess of forty cents per day for each prisoner
actually committed to the jail of said County,] and the said County
Commissioners shall furnish all fuel and light needed for said jail;
and the sheriff shall have the authority and power to appoint such
assistants, with the approval of the County Commissioners, as may
be necessary in any emergency, said assistants to be paid such sal-
ary as the County Commissioners may direct.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved March 22, 1968.

CHAPTER 27
(House Bill 75)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 97 of
Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition