1494                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 533

CHAPTER 533
(House Bill 642)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 37(x) of
Article 87 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Supplement),
title "Sheriffs," subtitle "Compensation and Duties," to provide
that compensation of certain employees of the Sheriff's Office of
Baltimore City shall be determined by the Secretary of Per-
sonnel of Maryland.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 37(x) of Article 87 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Supplement), title "Sheriffs," subtitle "Compensation and
Duties," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

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 $5,000.00],
and fifty-one deputy sheriffs [at annual salaries of $8,500 each].
Salaries for the above-named employees shall be paid as determined
by the Secretary of Personnel. Any deputy sheriff who uses his
personal automobile shall be entitled to a monthly automobile allow-
ance [not to exceed $50.00 per month] at the same rate as paid to
other State employees. Any Sheriff who is assigned a city-owned
automobile shall not receive the monthly automobile expense allot-
ment. They shall also receive such assistants at such compensation
as shall be provided for in the annual ordinance of estimates of
Baltimore City. Provision shall also be made in said ordinance for
the expenses of the office of the Sheriff, including the purchase and
maintenance of motor vehicles, and the mayor and city council shall
have the same power with respect to the salaries 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
30th, 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, ex-
cepting 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