Harford County v. University of Maryland Medical System Corp.

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• although Sheriff is a State employee, the expenses of the sheriff's office are substantially funded by the county which the sheriff serves
• \One of the principal duties of the sheriff at common law was to act as the jailor of the shire or county in which he served\
• “[T]he sheriff was the custodian of all persons arrested and charged with a criminal offense pending their trial . . . . This common law duty is retained by the sheriff unless expressly removed or modified by the Legislature.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).