742 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 591

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Ac t shall take
effect June 1, 1943.

Approved May 4, 1943.

CHAPTER 591.
(House Bill 624)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
448 and 449 of Article 8 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Cecil County", sub-title
"Sheriff", as said sections were amended by Chapter 95 of
the Acts of 1933, increasing the compensation of the deputy
sheriffs, the allowance for food for prisoners and providing
for a cook at the County Jail and an attorney to the sheriff.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 448 and 449 of Article 8 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Cecil
County", sub-title "Sheriff", as said sections were amended by
Chapter 95 of the Acts of 1933, be and they are hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

448. The Sheriff of Cecil County is hereby authorized and
required to appoint at least two deputy sheriffs for said
County, who shall provide automobiles or motorcycles for their
own use in performing their duties, and shall be paid by the
County Commissioners. One of the said deputies shall be
known and designated Chief Deputy and shall receive a salary
of Sixteen Hundred Dollars per annum and the other deputy
shall receive a salary of Fifteen Hundred Dollars per annum,
payable in equal monthly installments, and in addition each
of the two aforesaid deputy sheriffs shall be paid by the
County Commissioners an annual sum of Six Hundred Dol-
lars in monthly installments of Fifty Dollars, which sum
or sums shall be in lieu of all expenses for traveling, trans-
portation or use of automobiles, and in lieu of all expenses
now or heretofore allowed said deputy sheriffs by way of
salary, fees or expenses. The said deputies shall hold office
at the pleasure of the Sheriff and may be removed by said
Sheriff at any time said Sheriff may elect or by the Circuit
Court for Cecil County upon indictment and conviction as
now provided by law.

It shall be the duty of the Sheriff of Cecil County to
require said deputies to do and perform at any time, in any