548 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 293

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.

Approved April 6, 1953.

CHAPTER 293

(Senate Bill 424)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
37B (a) of Article 87 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1951 Edition), title "Sheriffs", sub-title "Compen-
sation and Duties", said section having been amended
by Chapter 559 of the Acts of 1951, increasing the
number of deputy Sheriffs of Allegany County and re-
lating generally to the appointment and salaries of said
deputies.

WHEREAS, in the report of the Allegany County Grand
Jury for the January Term, 1951, attention was called to
the fact that the office of the Sheriff of Allegany County
was under-staffed; and

WHEREAS, for this reason, it is desirable to provide an
increase in the number of Deputy Sheriffs of Allegany
County; therefore

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland
That Section 37B (a) of Article 87 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Sheriffs", sub-title
"Compensation and Duties", said section having been
amended by Chapter 559 of the Acts of 1951, be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

37B.

(a) The Sheriff of Allegany County shall receive an
annual salary of not less than $4, 000.

The Sheriff [may] shall appoint [four (4)] five (5)
deputies at an annual salary of not less than $3, 000 $3, 300

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