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Section'6. Any prisoner may at`anystime" pay"'the Ttarshal the amount -of his fine and costs, or the balance dine thereon, after deducting"the'suth due for work that shall have been performed by him upon: such" payment orr the) performance of the labor requisite for the satisfaction of such fine and costs, or upon any other sufficient reason for his discharge, the Marshal shall give the prisoner a.printed or writ- ten discharge and set him at liberty upon receipt of any such fine and costs, the Marshal shall forthwith make return of the writ and amount so received to the committing Magistrate. Marshal to Care for Prisoners. Section 7. Said Marshal shall attend to the safe keeping of all. prisoners committed to his care; shall see that meals are properly provided for them, have sufficient, good and wholesome food; that their sleeping, apartments are properly cleaned and ventilated, and perform such other duties in relation to such prisoners as may be prescribed by the Board of Trustees, and he is authorized, in be- half of the town, to purchase all provisions necessary for such prisoners. Marshal Keep Register of Prisoners --Report. Section S. The, Town Marshal shall deliver to his successors in office all such prisoners as may be in his custody; heshall enter in clear and intelligible form the time of the commitment of each prisoner, the name of said prisoner, the number of times said pri- soner ,shall have been committed, an accurate account of the number of days" labor performed, the time at which he will b'e legally entitled to his discharge, the fact of the discharge and the time thereof, an itemized accbrunt of provisions and other articles pro- cured 'for such prisoners and all receipts and expenditures what- soever connected with such custody of prisoners, and such other facts as shall be necessary, and said Marshal shall make a monthly report to the Board of Trustees, and such other reports as the Board may require,,of all matters required to be recorded in said book. WordsoConstrued. Section 9. Words herein denoting the singular number may be applied to the plural, and words denoting the plural may be applied to the singular of persons and things, and words denoting the masculine gender only may be construed to include female also.