J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      647

He shall appoint a chief deputy who shall receive an annual salary
as determined by the Wicomico County Council, [of] but not [more]
less than [four thousand dollars ($4,000)] five thousand dollars
($5,000), payable in equal monthly installments. He shall serve
during the tenure of office of the Sheriff subject to removal by the
Sheriff. The Sheriff may appoint such additional deputies as he and
the County Commissioners COUNCIL of Wicomico County shall deem
necessary, which additional deputies shall receive such compensation
as he and said County Commissioners COUNCIL of Wicomico County
shall determine. In addition thereto the Sheriff of Wicomico County
shall be allowed such additional sums as may be necessary to defray all
expenses of his office, including necessary automobile mileage allow-
ance at the rate of not less than six cents (6¢) per mile for auto-
mobiles used by him and his deputies in the discharge of their
official duties, except such mileage shall not be allowed in the event
automobiles are furnished to the Sheriff by the County Commissioners
COUNCIL of Wicomico County, actual carfare or other transporta-
tion expense necessary in the discharge of said duties, necessary tele-
phone and telegraph expense, necessary expense for clerical assist-
ants when the engaging of such assistants or hiring of such assistants
is done with the approval of the County Commissioners COUNCIL of
Wicomico County. He shall submit properly authenticated requisitions
containing a full and complete statement under oath setting forth all of
the items of said expense accounts for the month in question, including
the names of all deputies and assistants and the amounts allowed
to each and all other items of expense, which statement under oath
is hereby made the duty of the Sheriff to make up and submit to the
said County Commissioners COUNCIL of Wicomico County at the
time of each monthly requisition, which sum or sums shall be in lieu of
all expenses, fees and costs now or heretofore allowed the Sheriff of
Wicomico County for expense in carrying out the duties of his office,
including all expenses for transferring prisoners to and from penal
institutions and places of confinement in the State of Maryland under
the sentence or order of any authorized authority, and said County
Commissioners COUNCIL shall not pay said Sheriff for any service he
may render in the discharge of his official duties, and other further
compensation and shall not be liable in any way for any other fee or
compensation to said Sheriff than as above provided, except for the
board and keeping of prisoners in the county jail and the payment
to him for matron service in managing the domestic economy of the
jail and for a cook in said jail as now provided by local law. The
County Commissioners COUNCIL of Wicomico County are hereby di-
rected, authorized and empowered to make provisions by appropria-
tion in their annual levy from year to year for sufficient funds to pay
the salaries and expenses hereinbefore provided for.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this
Act shall not be construed to extend or apply to the Sheriff in office
on the effective date of this Act but the provisions of this Act shall
take effect with the next term of office.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved April 29, 1966.