J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      2065

for the county, and one member of the Board of County Commis-
sioners selected by the Board. The Board shall meet at least once in
each month of the year. The Board shall appoint such clerical and
other assistants as may be necessary to carry out its duties at the
salaries fixed by the Board of County Commissioners. The members
of the Board shall receive as compensation the sum of two hundred
fifty dollars ($250.00) annually.

(b) The Board of Public Safety shall (i) appoint, subject to a
probationary period fixed by it, and discharge, for cause, such deputy
sheriffs as are provided for in this sub-title, one of whom it shall
designate as chief deputy, and, with the approval of the county com-
missioners, fix their compensation; (ii) review from time to time the
organization and operations of the sheriff's office and its requests
for appropriations, and advise the sheriff as to policies, practices and
procedures to provide for the economy and efficiency of the adminis-
tration of the office; (in) on a continuing basis, inquire into law
enforcement in the county and make such recommendations therein
as may be appropriate; and (iv) require that all duties imposed by
law on the office of sheriff are performed.

205. 204A.

(a)   There shall be one chief deputy sheriff for the county and
seven (7) deputy sheriffs, DEPUTY SHERIFFS TO BE APPOINT-
ED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY NOT TO EXCEED
TWELVE (12) IN NUMBER, who shall be full time employees of
the county. The chief deputy and the deputy sheriffs shall carry out
their duties under the direction of the sheriff and of the Board of
Public Safety. The chief deputy and the deputy sheriffs shall have
the qualifications fixed by the Board of Public Safety, provided that
as a minimum, the qualifications fixed shall not be less than the
qualifications generally required for law enforcement officers. , PRO-
VIDING, HOWEVER, THAT IT SHALL BE OPTIONAL WITH
THE BOARD WHETHER OR NOT TO APPLY THESE QUALIFI-
CATION REQUIREMENTS TO DEPUTIES NOW HOLDING
OFFICE.

(b)  No person shall be eligible for appointment as chief deputy
or sheriff DEPUTY who is less than twenty-one years of age or who
is more than fifty years of age at the time of appointment. The pro-
visions of this subsection shall not be applicable to any deputies in
office on June 1, 1963.

(c)  The deputy sheriffs authorized in this sub-title shall have the
residence requirements required in this section. Three deputies shall
reside in any of the following election districts of the county: first,
second, eighth or ninth; one deputy shall reside in either the third or
sixth district; two deputies shall reside in the fourth, fifth or seventh
districts; and one deputy THE REMAINING DEPUTIES shall
reside in the county at large.

205A. 204B.

The chief deputy shall have responsibility for and be charged with
ASSISTING THE SHERIFF IN the immediate supervision of the
sheriff's office including but without limitation:

(i) The establishment and maintenance of complete and detailed
standard filing systems containing all information necessary or