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37.

(c) In Talbot County, each member of the County Board of
Education shall receive reimbursement in the amount of three hun-
dred dollars ($300.00) each year for travel and other expenses
incident to attending the meetings and transacting the business
of the board. SHALL RECEIVE TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS
($25.00) PER EACH MEETING ATTENDED ON BEHALF OF
THE COUNTY FOR OTHER EXPENSES.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1970.

Approved April 1, 1970

CHAPTER 53
(House Bill 423)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 37(q)
of Article 87 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
(1969 Replacement Volume), title "Sheriffs," subtitle "Compen-
sation and Duties," to provide for a minimum salary for the Sheriff
of Queen Anne's County and to increase the allowance for the
services of the cook for the county jail.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 37(q) of Article 87 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), (1969 Replacement Volume), title "Sheriff," sub-
title "Compensation and Duties," be and it is hereby repealed and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 an-
nual salary of six thousand five hundred dollars ($6,500)] Until
the beginning of the term of the Sheriff of Queen Anne's County
elected to that position in the month of November, 1970, he shall
receive an annual salary of six thousand five hundred dollars ($6,500).
From and after the beginning of the term of the Sheriff elected in
the month of November, 1970, he shall receive an annual salary of
not less than seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500). He shall
appoint 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 thou-