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monthly installments, which sum or sums shall be in lieu of all
expenses for traveling, transportation 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
$500 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 in-
dictment 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 di-
rected 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.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.

CHAPTER 243
(House Bill 612)

AN ACT to add a new Section 503A to the Code of Public Local Laws
of Garrett County 1957 Edition, being Article 12 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Garrett County," subtitle
"Sheriff," to follow immediately after Section 503 thereof, provid-
ing for the sale or other disposition of certain motor vehicles or
parts thereof which come into the custody of the sheriff of Garrett
County, and establishing procedures for the sale or other disposi-
tion of any such motor vehicles or parts thereof.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 503A be and it is hereby added to the Code of
Public Local Laws of Garrett County 1957 Edition, being Article 12
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Garrett County,"
subtitle "Sheriff," to follow immediately after Section 503 thereof, to
read as follows:

503 A.

(a) Whenever the owner, or person, firm or corporation entitled to
the possession of any motor vehicle, or part thereof, cannot be located
and fails to claim said motor vehicle, or part thereof, for a period of
thirty (30) days after said motor vehicle or part thereof, came into
the custody of the Sheriff of Garrett County pursuant to the rules
and regulations hereinafter authorized to be made, the same may be