Ch. 531

LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 2-309(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 87 - Sheriffs

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(A)  Every person convicted in any court of this State and
sentenced to undergo a confinement in the penitentiary shall, as
soon as possible after conviction, be safely removed by the
sheriff of the county where such conviction took place and at the
expense of such county to the penitentiary; and every sheriff
failing to comply with the provisions of this section shall
forfeit one thousand dollars.

(B)  WHERE A COUNTY HAS ADOPTED A CHARTER UNDER ARTICLE XI A
OF THE CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND, THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE ANNE
ARUNDEL COUNTY BY RESOLUTION, ORDINANCE, OR LOCAL LAW MAY PROVIDE
FOR THE REMOVAL OF CONVICTED PERSONS BY COUNTY PERSONNEL
CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OTHER THAN THE SHERIFF.

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(A)  Where a county has adopted a charter under Article XI-A
of the Constitution of Maryland, the county council of the county
by resolution, ordinance or local law may provide for the
appointment of a qualified person as jailor or warden of the
county jail, together with qualified assistants necessary to
perform the duties of the office. A jailor or warden appointed
shall be responsible for the safekeeping, care and feeding of all
prisoners in the jail from the time they are committed (and while
working on the public highways and going to and from that work)
until they are discharged, released or withdrawn from jail by the
sheriff, or under court order, or other authority. These
provisions do not affect the powers and duties of the sheriff of
the county in respect to the safekeeping and custody of all
prisoners, except when the prisoners are in jail, or working on
the public highways or going to and from work.

(B)  WHERE A COUNTY HAS ADOPTED A CHARTER UNDER ARTICLE XI A
OF THE CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND, THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE ANNE
ARUNDEL COUNTY BY RESOLUTION, ORDINANCE OR LOCAL LAW MAY PROVIDE
FOR THE SAFEKEEPING, CUSTODY, AND TRANSPORTATION OF PRISONERS BY
COUNTY PERSONNEL CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OTHER THAN
THE SHERIFF.                                                       

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