J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                        519

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 37 (w) of Article 87 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1962 Supplement), title "Sheriffs", sub-title "Compensation
and Duties", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

37.

(w) (1) The Sheriff of Worcester County shall receive an annual
salary of $5,500. He shall appoint not less than two deputies who
shall each receive an annual salary of $4,500, and such additional
deputies at such compensation as may be approved by the County
Commissioners of said county.

(2) The County Commissioners of Worcester County are hereby
authorized to provide the following for the use of the Sheriff's office
for law enforcement at an annual cost not to exceed [$10,000:]
such amount as shall be prescribed in the budget by the County
Commissioners:

(i) Not more than four automobiles, plus necessary operating
expenses, including, but not limited to, gasoline, oil, insurance and
repairs;

(ii) Radio equipment;

(iii) Office supplies and equipment.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved April 17, 1963.

CHAPTER 313
(Senate Bill 140)

AN ACT to fix the rate of State taxation for the year Nineteen
Hundred and Sixty-four (1964) in accordance with the provisions
of Section 33 of Article 81 of the Code of Public General Laws of
the State of Maryland (1957 Edition).

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the rate of State taxation for the year Nineteen Hundred and
Sixty-four (1964) is hereby fixed in the manner following, and the
taxes for each of the State loans herein specified to be used to pay
the installments of principal and interest thereon:

Cents per

$100.00

1964

Armory Loan of 1948..................................................................    0.05

General Construction Loan of 1949............................................    1.26

General Public School Assistance Loan of 1949......................    1.51

Maryland School for Blind Loan of 1949 ................................    0.03

General Construction Loan of 1950..........................................    0.30