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vided in subsection (a) above on or before [October 10] December 1
NOVEMBER 1 of each year, but after said date no person whether
owner, lessee, or licensee or any other person, shall make a choice of
the set or position in the waters above.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
on July 1, 1968.

Approved April 10, 1968.

CHAPTER 199
(House Bill 199)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 37(q) of
Article 87 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement
Volume and 1967 Supplement), title "Sheriffs," subtitle "Compen-
sation and Duties," to specify the minimum salary of the Chief
Deputy Sheriff of Queen Anne's County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 37(q) of Article 87 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Replacement Volume and 1967 Supplement), title "Sheriffs,"
subtitle "Compensation and Duties," be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

37.

(q) The Sheriff of Queen Anne's County shall receive an annual
salary of six thousand five hundred dollars ($6,500). He shall ap-
point a chief deputy, who shall receive an annual salary of not less
than four thousand five hundred dollars ($4,500). The Sheriff may
appoint such assistant deputy sheriffs as the County Commissioners
of said county may approve, who shall each be paid an annual salary
of not less than four thousand two hundred dollars ($4,200). The
said Commissioners may appoint an assistant deputy sheriff, who
shall receive an annual salary of not less than four thousand two
hundred dollars ($4,200), and be designated and assigned to serve
the trial magistrates in and for Queen Anne's County, in lieu of a
constable at large, and to execute his process, orders and directions,
and when not so engaged, to perform such other duties as the Sheriff
or the chief deputy may require. The Sheriff shall receive as of
July 1, 1966, and each year thereafter an annual allowance of one
thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) for the services of a cook for
the county jail. The salaries and expenses herein prescribed and
allowed shall be in lieu of all expenses, fees, costs and charges,
except for the board and keeping of prisoners in the county jail and
other necessary operating expenses of said jail, now or heretofore
allowed by law or practice, including all expenses for transferring
persons to and from penal institutions, places of confinement and
State institutions in the State of Maryland under sentence or order
of any authorized authority.

The Sheriff and deputy sheriffs of said county are authorized,
directed and required to serve civil and criminal process issued by