[HISTORY: Adopted and amended as indicated
in text.]
[P.L.L., 1888, Art. 10, sec. 283; 1930, sec.
503; 1961 Code, sec. 354; 1878, ch. 321; 1933, ch. 464, sec. 503;
1939, ch. 777, sec. 503]
He shall collect all fines, costs, fees and
other charges arising out of both criminal and civil cases to which
he may be entitled by law and exercise all powers conferred upon him
by law to enforce the collection of the same and shall at the end
of each month, during his term of office, make an itemized report
under oath of the same to the County Commissioners of Dorchester County
in such form as said County Commissioners may direct and pay over
the same to the County Commissioners for the use of said county, and
whenever any Sheriff shall retire from office, leaving uncollected
any moneys lawfully payable to him as aforesaid, it shall be the duty
of his successor to collect and pay over the same, and it shall be
the duty of the Sheriff to keep in his office a proper book for the
purpose of an official record of moneys collected and to be collected,
which book, immediately after his term of office, shall be delivered
to the County Commissioners.
[1961 Code, sec. 355; 1939, ch. 777, sec.
503C; 1968, ch. 26]
It shall be the duty of the County Commissioners
to pay for all supplies and provisions necessary, in their judgment,
for the support and maintenance of all persons committed to the jail,
said supplies and provisions to be purchased by the Sheriff and placed
at said jail, and the bills for the same shall be presented by the
Sheriff to said County Commissioners for approval and payment, and
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
salary as the County Commissioners may direct.
[1961 Code, sec. 356; 1939, ch. 777, sec.
503D]
It shall be the duty of the Sheriff to keep
a correct and full statement or schedule of all persons committed
to the jail, showing the length of time and the charge upon which
they are committed and the name of the officer by whom they are committed,
which statement or schedule, together with all books, papers and commitments
kept by him pertaining to prisoners in the jail, shall at all times
be open to the inspection of the County Commissioners or any of them.
At the first meeting of the County Commissioners in each month, the
Sheriff shall make to them, under oath, a full and complete report
of all persons confined in the jail, with a statement of the length
of time, the offense for which they are committed and the name of
the officer by whom they are committed. The sums of money hereinbefore
authorized to be levied and paid the Sheriff shall be in full of all
claims of said Sheriff against Dorchester County or said County Commissioners
for his care, labor, responsibility and expenses in discharging the
duties of this office, including the keeping safely in jail of prisoners
committed to his custody; supplying to said prisoners the provisions
furnished for them by the County Commissioners, properly cooked and
served in a proper and sanitary condition as hereinbefore provided;
and keeping the jail in a clean and tidy condition, and the County
Commissioners shall not pay said Sheriff for any service he may render
in the discharge of his official duties and further or other compensation
and shall not be in any way liable for any fees now or which may hereafter
be allowed said Sheriff by law or for any further compensation than
that as above provided.
[P.L.L., 1888, Art. 10, sec. 191; 1930, sec.
338; 1961 Code, sec. 321; 1884, ch. 332; 1890, ch. 529; 1961, ch.
113]
All persons sentenced to confinement in the
county jail, either by the Circuit Court for said county or by any
Judge of the District Court of Dorchester County in and for said county,
and all persons committed to said jail and confined therein in default
of payment of any fine imposed shall be subject during the time of
such confinement to work upon the public roads of said county or on
the streets of the Town of Cambridge or such other manual labor and
work as they may be required to do by said Sheriff, and said Sheriff
is hereby empowered to make such bylaws, rules and regulations as
he may think necessary and proper for the clothing, regulations, management,
control and conduct of such prisoners while engaged at the work or
labor assigned them by said Sheriff or by the Town Commissioners of
Cambridge when hired to and in the employ of said Town Commissioners.
If any such person shall refuse to perform the work assigned him or
is guilty of any act of insubordination or misconduct, such person
shall be punished by the Sheriff of said county or his duly appointed
deputy or special deputy as the rules and regulations prescribed by
the Sheriff shall provide. The Sheriff is hereby authorized and empowered,
in his discretion, to hire out for some useful employment all persons
sentenced to said jail or committed and confined therein in default
of payment of fines imposed upon them as hereinbefore provided upon
such terms as may be agreed upon, and the Sheriff of said county or
his deputies or special deputies shall guard said persons while engaged
at work under this section and while going to and returning from such
work and shall receive such compensation therefor as may be allowed
by said Sheriff. The Sheriff may allow a deduction of five (5) days
from each month of the period of every person committed or sentenced
as aforesaid if he shall labor with diligence and fidelity and shall
not be guilty of a violation of the discipline or any of the rules
thereof.
[1961 Code, sec. 357; 1939, ch. 777, sec.
503E]
The County Commissioners of Dorchester County
are hereby directed, authorized and empowered to make provision by
appropriation in their annual levy from year to year for sufficient
funds to pay the salaries and expenses hereinbefore provided for.
[P.L.L., 1860, Art. 10, sec. 211; 1888, sec.
284; 1930, sec. 504; 1961 Code, sec. 358; 1974, ch. 14]
He shall receive on executions issued by any
Judge of the District Court of Dorchester County the same fees allowed
by law to constables.
[1976, ch. 201]
Dorchester County or the Sheriff of Dorchester
County or any official of Dorchester County is not liable for any
medical services rendered to any prisoner in the custody of the Sheriff
in excess of the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.) per prisoner
in any one (1) fiscal year.
[1977, ch. 793]
The Sheriff shall have power to appoint volunteer
auxiliary police officers to serve as law enforcement officers at
various school and other civic functions. The auxiliary police officers
shall be volunteers and will be assigned to assist the Sheriff, bailiffs
and other police forces in the county. Their duties will be to protect
persons and property at school and other civic functions.
[1992, ch. 21; amended 11-15-2016 by Bill No. 2016-5]
A.Â
Notwithstanding § 2-309(K) of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland or any other provision of
this chapter, the County Council, by law, may provide for the appointment
of a Director of the Dorchester County Detention Center, formerly
known as the County Jail, and assigns responsibility for the operation
of the Dorchester County Detention Center to the Director.
