780                                                LAWS OF MARYLAND                            [Ch. 171

CHAPTER 171
(Senate Bill 895)
AN ACT concerning

Kent County — Sheriffs

FOR the purpose of altering the salary of the sheriff of
Kent County and specifying that the salary increase
for which provision is made by this Act does not
affect the incumbent.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments.

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 2-309(p)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 2-309(p) of Article - Courts and
Judicial Proceedings, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume) be and it is hereby repealed and
re—enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings
2-309.

(p) (1) The Sheriff of Kent County shall receive a
salary of [$8,000] $12,000 and $750 annually toward an
automobile to be used by him and his deputies for general
work of the office if authorized by the County
Commissioners. He may appoint not more than two deputies
who shall receive salaries of $5,500. The Sheriff and
his deputies shall receive an allowance set by the County
Commissioners for mileage traveled in the course of their
duties. It shall be paid at the same rate as other county
officials and employees are paid. They shall also be paid
any additional allowances as the Commissioners may deem
necessary.

(2)    The County Commissioners shall provide the
Sheriff with funds to compensate a matron and a cook at
the county jail.

(3)    The County Commissioners may authorize
additional deputies as necessary and shall set their
compensation at the time of their appointment.