J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                             735

County Council or their duly authorized representative. The local
governing body is authorized to designate and define the term
"vehicle supplying emergency service" as hereinabove used.

The Boards of County Commissioners or the County Council of
any county enacting any such resolution shall erect or cause to be
erected, posted and maintained signs designating the provisions of
the ordinance or resolution at each end of that portion of any road
or highway affected thereby, and resolution shall not be effective
unless and until such signs are erected and posted.

(2) Any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation or other
person, whether the owner of such vehicle, the person in charge
and control over the same, or employee, or agent of any such who
shall draw, drive, propel or in any other manner take or cause to
be taken, drawn, driven or propelled over any such road or high-
way posted as aforesaid any motor vehicle, truck, road engine,
road roller, traction engine, threshing machine or other vehicle of
any kind, weighing, with or without any load which may be in or
upon the same, more than the number of pounds specified on the
signboard so erected at the entrance to such road or highway, or at
a greater rate of speed than that specified on said signboard, without
a permit in writing from the Boards of County Commissioners or the
County Council of any county shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than
one hundred ($100), for each such offense; in addition to which the
owner or person in control of such vehicle shall be liable to the said
governing body of any county for all damages which may be done
to the said road or highway, by the violation of the regulation so
prescribed. In any trial of any person charged with a violation of
any of the provisions of this section oral proof of the existence of
such signboard posted as herein provided and its contents shall be
accepted as prima facie evidence of the validity of the regulation
thereon prescribed. The provision of this Act shall apply regard-
less of any public general or public local law to the contrary.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved April 24, 1961.

CHAPTER 521
(House Bill 474)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 37(d) of
Article 87 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title
"Sheriffs", sub-title "Compensation and Duties", amending the law-
concerning the salary and expense allowance for the sheriff and
deputy sheriff of Calvert County and providing for the appointment
and duties of the deputy sheriffs.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 37(d) of Article 87 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title "Sheriffs", sub-title "Compensation and Duties",