[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of
Worcester County 8-25-1981 by Bill No. 81-5 as Title 3 of the Courts and Judicial
Proceedings Article of the 1981 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
All fees and charges in civil and criminal cases to which the
Sheriff may not be entitled by law shall hereafter be collected for
and paid to the County Commissioners for Worcester County in the following
manner: The Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County shall,
in all criminal cases and in all civil cases, both at law and in equity,
instituted in said Circuit Court, collect all costs taxable in said
cases for the benefit of said Sheriff and, at the end of each law
term of said court, pay over the same to the County Commissioners
of Worcester County, together with an itemized statement thereof.
The Sheriff shall make to the County Commissioners a full and
detailed report monthly of any and all fees collected by him in the
discharge of his official duties for the preceding month, said report
to be under oath of said Sheriff and to be accompanied by the Sheriff's
check for the amount thereof.
The County Commissioners shall furnish said Sheriff an office
in Snow Hill where either he or one of his deputies shall visit daily
except Sundays.
