1746 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 570

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 said Mont-
gomery County.

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

(2) The Sheriff of Montgomery County shall appoint not less
than seven deputy sheriffs, who shall provide motor vehicles for
their own use in performing their duties, and who shall be paid
by the County Council. Each of said deputy sheriffs shall re-
ceive the sum of $3, 000. per year, payable in equal monthly in-
stallments, and such additional salary as may be determined
from time to time by the County Council, and, in addition, each
of said deputy sheriffs shall be paid by the County Council an
annual sum of $900 in equal monthly installments, which sum
or sums shall be in lieu of all expenses for traveling, trans-
portation or use of motor vehicles, and in lieu of any and all
expenses now or heretofore allowed such deputy sheriffs by
way of salary, fees, or expenses. The Sheriff shall have power
to designate one of said deputy sheriffs as chief deputy, who
shall be paid an additional compensation of $300 per year. The
said deputies shall hold office at the pleasure of the Sheriff and
shall be removed by the Sheriff at any time the Sheriff may elect
or by the Circuit Court of the County, upon indictment and
conviction as now provided by law. It shall be the duty of the
Sheriff to require said deputies to do and perform at any time
in any place in said county any service incident to the office of
deputy sheriff, which they may be by the Sheriff ordered to do
and perform, and such deputies shall not be entitled to demand
or be paid any further or other compensation for the rendition
of any service incident to their office than that provided in this
section. The County Council is hereby authorized and directed
to levy and collect annual taxes on the property assessable for
taxation in said County in such amount as may be necessary
for the payment of the salaries and allowances as specified in
this section.

(3) The Sheriff of Montgomery County is authorized and em-
powered to prescribe rules and regulations relating to the
badges of all deputy sheriffs within said county, including the
type, manner of wearing, design and times such badges may be
worn.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 52 of Article
87 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1947 Supplement), title