Marvin Mandel, Governor                           33

of Wicomico County. He shall submit properly authenticated requisi-
tions 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 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 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 company of the jail and for a cook in said jail as now
provided by local law. The County Council of Wicomico County is
hereby directed, authorized and empowered to make provisions by
appropriation in its annual levy from year to year for sufficient
funds to pay the salaries and expenses hereinbefore provided for.
All deputies, except the chief deputy; clerical assistants; matrons;
cooks and other employees employed hereunder shall be under and
subject to the provisions of Article VI, title "Personnel Provisions"
of the Charter of Wicomico County and the rules and regulations
passed by the County Council pursuant thereto. If a deputy subject
to the provisions of Article VI is promoted to chief deputy, then
upon his removal from the office of chief deputy for other than
cause, he shall revert to a deputy with the same status under the
provisions of Article VI which he had prior to his appointment as
chief deputy. If a chief deputy was not a deputy subject to the
provisions of Article VI prior to his appointment as chief deputy
in the event of his removal from office for any reason he shall not
automatically revert to a deputy.

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

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1970.

Approved April 1, 1970

CHAPTER 32
(Senate Bill 692)

AN ACT to repeal Section 24 and substitute in lieu thereof new
Section 24 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Charles County