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tion), Section 623 having been amended by Chapter 806
of the Acts of 1945; Section 463 of Article 2 of said Code,
as amended by Chapter 1081 of 1945; Section 742 of Arti-
cle 3 of said Code, as amended by Chapter 643 of 1945;
Sections 553, 554 and 555 of Article 5, as amended by
Chapter — of 1947; Section 342 of Article 7 of said Code,
as amended by Chapter 763 of 1945; Sections 447, 447A
and 448 of Article 8 of said Code, Sections 447 and 447A
having been amended and enacted by Chapter 95 of the
Acts of 1933 and Section 448 having been amended by
Chapter 591 of 1943; Sections 502, 503A and 503B of
Article 10 of said Code, as amended by Chapter 777 of
1939; Section 723 of Article 11 of said Code, as amended
by Chapter 96 of 1937; Sections 493-497 of Article 12 of
said Code, Section 494 having been amended by Chapter
852 of 1945 and Section 497 having been amended by
Chapter 301 of 1943; Section 453 of Article 13 of said
Code (1942 Edition), as amended by Chapter 23 of
1947; Sections 293-293D of Article 14 of said Code, as
amended by Chapter 817 of 1945; Sections 380A-380D
of Article 15 of said Code, as amended by Chapter 457
of 1943; Sections 1030, 1031 and 1032 of the Mont-
gomery County Code (1939 Edition) ; Sections 1272-
1274 of the Prince George's County Code (1943 Edition) ;
Sections 205 (a) and (b) of Article 19 of said Code, as
amended by Chapter 628 of 1943; Section 353 of Article
20 of said Code, as amended by Chapter 412 of 1943;
Section 508A of Article 21 of said Code, as amended
by Chapter 207 of 1945; Sections 757 and 757A of Article
22 of said Code, as amended by Chapter 275 of 1935;
Section 390 of Article 23 of said Code, as amended by
Chapter 243 of 1939; Section 294 of Article 24 of said
Code, as amended by Chapter 967 of 1945, and Section
1035 of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws and
Baltimore City Charter (1938 Edition).

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That three new sections be and they are hereby added to
Article 87 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Sheriffs", to be under sub-title "Compen-
sation and Duties", said new sections to be known as
Sections 37A, 37B and 37C, to follow immediately after
Section 37 of said Article, and to read as follows:

37A. The Sheriffs of the several counties and of Balti-
more City and their deputies shall receive annually the
respective salaries herein prescribed for performing the
duties required of them by the Constitution and by the