SHERIFFS. 2747

1922, ch. 414, sec. 48.

48. Three members of every such fire company as is described in the
preceding section may be designated by the captain, chief or other com-
manding officer of the fire company to which they belong to be appointed
deputy sheriffs of the several counties, respectively, to have and exercise
the powers of such deputies at fires and on the way to and from fires; and
the said captain, chief or other commanding officer may designate himself
as one of the three members to be so appointed.

1922, ch. 414, sec. 49.

49. It shall be the duty of the sheriffs of the several counties to appoint
three members of each fire company who shall be designated as herein-
before provided, deputy sheriffs, upon the request of said members accom-
panied by a written certificate of designation signed by the captain, chief
or other commanding officer of the fire company to which they belong, to
have and exercise the powers of such deputies within the counties for which
they are appointed at fires and on the way to and from fires; and when
so appointed, the said members of fire companies shall have the aforesaid
powers: Provided, that the power conferred upon any such member of a
fire company shall cease if such member ceases to be a member of the fire
company for which he was appointed; and provided further, that any
member of a fire company appointed a deputy sheriff under the provisions
of this sub-title may be removed from such office by the sheriff at any
time for just cause.

1922, ch. 414, sec. 50.

50. In case of the death, resignation, dismissal, inability or refusal
to serve of any member of a fire company designated and appointed as
hereinbefore provided, the captain, chief or other commanding officer of
the fire company to which said member belongs or did belong may desig-
nate another member to be appointed in his stead; and it shall be the duty
of the sheriffs of the several counties to appoint him as deputy sheriff in
the same manner and upon the same conditions as provided in the preced-
ing section; and the powers of a member of a fire company so appointed
shall be the same and subject to the same limitations as provided in the
preceding section.

1922, ch. 414, sec. 51.

51. The provisions of the foregoing sections shall only apply to Balti-
more County, but the powers conferred by virtue hereof upon members
of fire companies shall not apply or be exercised in incorporated cities,
towns or villages which maintain an organized or regular police force.