596 ARTICLE 3.

incorporated or unincorporated, shall be authorized to be appointed deputy
sheriffs by the sheriffs of the several counties to hare and exercise the
powers of such deputies at fires and on the way to and from fires.

1922, ch. 414, sec. 48. B. Co. C. (1928), sec. 237.

237. 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. B. Co. C. (1928), sec. 238.

238. It shall be the duty of the sheriffs of the several counties to ap-
point three members of each fire company who shall be designated aa
hereinbefore provided, deputy sheriffs, upon the request of said members
accompanied by a written certificate of designation signed by the captain,
chief or other commanding officer of the fire company to which they be-
long, to have and exercise the powers of such deputies within the coun-
ties 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 subtitle may be removed from such office by
the sheriff at any time for just cause.

1922, ch. 414, sec. 50. B. Co. C. (1928), sec. 239.

239. In case of the death, resignation, dismissal, inability or refusal to
serve of any member of a fire company designated and appointed as herein-
before provided the captain, chief or other commanding officer of the fire
company to which said member belongs or did belong may designate an-
other 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 preceding
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 pre-
ceding section.

1922, ch. 414. sec. 51. B. Co. C. (1928), sec. 240.

240. 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.

Note: While sections 236-240 were enacted as a Public General Law, by the terms
of the Act they apply to Baltimore County only.