1476                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 689

ary 1, 1971, and [such] a sum as may be set from time to time in the
discretion of the County Commissioners, for expenses. He shall
appoint [three] not more than eight deputies, with the approval of
the County Commissioners, each of whom shall receive an annual
salary of not less than five thousand two hundred dollars ($5,200)
and one of whom shall act as warden of the jail. The deputy sheriffs
shall perform all the duties heretofore performed by the constables
of the trial magistrates' courts of Garrett County. The Sheriff, in
his discretion may appoint additional special deputies whose com-
pensation shall be approved by the County Commissioners. The
Sheriff and the deputy sheriffs shall be allowed extra car mileage
and out-of-county mileage at the rate of fourteen cents ($.14) per
mile. [Said] This mileage allowance shall not be payable if the
Sheriff's office is furnished with automobiles. [He shall be allowed
one dollar and twenty-five cents per day for boarding each prisoner
committed to the county jail.] The sheriff shall be allowed compen-
sation necessary for the boarding of prisoners committed to the
county jail, to be paid monthly upon vouchers submitted by him to
the County Commissioners of Garrett County, provided that he shall
also submit with these vouchers an affidavit sworn to by him upon
personal knowledge showing for each day of the month just passed
the number of prisoners boarded by him. [He] The Sheriff may
appoint a cook for [said] the jail who shall receive a salary of not
less than two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) per year. The
Sheriff, deputies and cook shall each receive an additional allowance
of two hundred dollars ($200) per year for uniforms and cleaning.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immedi-
ate preservation of the public health and safety and having been
passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the mem-
bers elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 24, 1971.

CHAPTER 689
(House Bill 341)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments. Sections 161(b),
164(b), and 165(c) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1968 Replacement Volume and 1970 Supplement), title
"Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "County Liquor Control Boards
and Dispensaries," to provide that the Harford County Liquor
Control Board shall be permitted to select sites for additional
outlets other than in the Fourth and Fifth Election Districts,
subject to the prior approval of the Board of County Commission-
ers and in compliance with applicable zoning regulations, provided,
however, that at least one dispensary shall be maintained within
the limits of Aberdeen, Bel Air, Havre de Grace and the First
Election District; to substitute the phrase "municipal corpora-
tion" for the words "town and city"; to change the distribution of
the net proceeds from the liquor dispensaries of Harford County;
and to clarify the language therein.