1160                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 519

37.

(x) In Baltimore City, the Sheriff shall receive an annual salary
of $20,000, provided, however, that if the maximum annual salary
received by the clerks of each of the law and criminal and equity
courts of Baltimore City is less than $20,000, the Sheriff shall receive
said maximum amount. He shall appoint an undersheriff and
chief deputy sheriff at an annual salary of $14,500, two supervisory
deputy sheriffs at an annual salary of $9,250, one deputy sheriff writ
clerk and four assistant deputy sheriff writ clerks at an annual
salary of $8,750, one stenographer and docket clerk at an annual
salary of $7,000, two clerks at an annual salary of $5,000, and fifty-
one deputy sheriffs at annual salaries of $8,500 each. Any deputy
sheriff who uses his personal automobile shall be entitled to a monthly
automobile allowance not to exceed $50.00 per month. Any Sheriff
who is assigned a city-owned automobile shall not receive the monthly
automobile expense allotment. They shall also receive such assistants
at such compensation as shall be provided for in the annual ordi-
nance of estimates of Baltimore City. Provision shall also be made
in said ordinance for the expenses of the office of the Sheriff, includ-
ing the purchase and maintenance of motor vehicles, and the mayor
and city council shall have the same power with respect to the sala-
ries of the office of the Sheriff as it has under the city charter with
respect to the salaries of all municipal departments. Any deputy
sheriff hired after June 30, 1970 shall start at a salary of $7,000
with increment increases of $500 per year until such time as he shall
have reached the maximum salary for a deputy sheriff. Employees of
the Sheriff's Office, excepting the Sheriff, shall be selected according
to the provisions of Section 9D of Article 64A of this Code.

The mayor and city council shall pay monthly to the Sheriff of
Baltimore City one twelfth of the amount provided in the ordinance
of estimates for the expenses of the Sheriff's office. Within thirty
days after June 30th in each and every year the Sheriff of Baltimore
City shall pay to the mayor and city council of Baltimore any of the
unexpended expense funds advanced during the year preceding said
June 30th, and render a detailed account to the mayor and city
council of Baltimore of all expense funds received and expended by
him. THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE SHALL
REIMBURSE THE STATE OF MARYLAND FOR THE ADMIN-
ISTRATIVE COSTS INCURRED DUE TO THE EMPLOYEES
OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OF BALTIMORE CITY BEING
CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

9D.

Notwithstanding any provisions in Section 3 of this article or else-
where, all employees of the Sheriff's Office in Baltimore City, except-
ing the Sheriff, are part of the classified service. Any employee of
the Sheriff's Office who has been employed for at least six months
on July 1, 1971, shall be a member of the classified service of the
State as provided in this article, without further examination or
qualification.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved May 17, 1971.