Marvin Mandel, Governor                           417

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 37(o) of Article 87 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1969 Cumulative Supplement), title "Sheriffs," subtitle "Compen-
sation and Duties," be and is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

37.

(o) Montgomery County.—(1) The Sheriff of Montgomery
County shall receive an annual salary of [twelve thousand dollars
($12,000)] eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) per year, and such
allowances for expenses[, commencing on [January 1, 1959],] as
the County Council of said county shall provide from its annual
budget. The County Council of Montgomery County shall provide
an automobile for the use of the said Sheriff and his deputies for
the general public work of the office; the said automobile to be
operated and maintained by the said Sheriff and his deputies at the
expense of said Montgomery County.

(2) The Sheriff of Montgomery County shall appoint, not less
than sixteen deputy sheriffs, who shall provide motor vehicles for
their own use in performing their duties, and he shall also appoint
such other clerical and administrative employees as are necessary,
all of whom shall be paid by the county.

The Sheriff shall fix the compensation of, and shall have the right
to discharge, said deputy sheriffs and all employees so appointed,
all subject, however, to budget limitations and the regulations of the
Montgomery County personnel board. All personnel so appointed by
the Sheriff, excluding those special deputy sheriffs appointed by the
Sheriff pursuant to the provisions of § 2-100 of Article XVI of the
Montgomery County Code (1965 Edition), shall be considered for
all purposes as Montgomery County merit system employees and sub-
ject to all rules and regulations of the personnel board of Montgomery
County. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any deputy sheriff who shall
have been appointed by the Sheriff prior to June 1, 1966, may elect,
by notifying the Montgomery County personnel board in writing
within thirty days subsequent to June 1, 1966, to serve subject to
that law in existence on May 30, 1966. Each of said deputy sheriffs
shall receive the sum of $4,200 per year, payable in biweekly install-
ments, and such additional salary as may be determined from time to
time by the County Council and, in addition, each of said deputy
sheriffs, shall be paid by the County Council an annual sum of
[fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500)] two thousand dollars ($2,000)
in equal biweekly 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. Those
deputies having been appointed prior to June 1, 1966, who elect to
serve subject to the law in effect on May 30, 1966, 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 indictment 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