WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR 389

mobile shall be maintained by the Sheriff without any cost to
the County; provided that effective January 1, 1951, the
Sheriff of Montgomery County shall receive an annual salary
of $4,800 per year and the County Council of Montgomery
County shall provide an automobile for the use of the said
Sheriff and his deputies for the general public work of the
office; the said automobile to be operated and maintained by
the said Sheriff and his deputies at the expense of the said
Montgomery County.

The Sheriff shall appoint such deputies at such compensa-
tion as may be provided by Public General or Public Local
Laws.

(V) THE SHERIFF OF WICOMICO COUNTY SHALL
RECEIVE AN ANNUAL SALARY OF $3,600.00. HE
SHALL APPOINT A CHIEF DEPUTY WHO SHALL RE-
CEIVE AN ANNUAL SALARY OF f 2,000.00; SAID
SHERIFF SHALL BE ALLOWED NOT LESS THAN
16,000.00 PER YEAR FOR OFFICE EXPENSES, INCLUD-
ING AUTOMOBILE MILEAGE AND FOR CLERICAL
ASSISTANCE AND ADDITIONAL DEPUTIES.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an acute emergency measure and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety
and having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by
three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 28, 1950.

CHAPTER 76
(House Bill 26)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 229
OF ARTICLE 77 OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF
MARYLAND (1939 EDITION), TITLE "PUBLIC EDU-
CATION", SUB-TITLE "CHAPTER 21. SCHOOL AT-
TENDANCE", AS SAID SECTION WAS AMENDED BY

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike-out indicates matter stricken out of bill.