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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1975.

Approved April 8, 1975.

CHAPTER 251
(House Bill 1702)

AN ACT concerning

Prince George's County — Sheriff

FOR the purpose of repealing the provision of this law
defining the duties of the Sheriff and his Deputies.

BY repealing

The Public Local Laws of Prince George's County
Section 70—3

Article 17 — Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1963 Edition and 1967 Supplement, as amended)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 70-3 of the Public Local Laws of
Prince George's County being Article 17 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1963 Edition and 1967
Supplement, as amended) be and it is hereby repealed:

Article 17

[70-3.

The Sheriff and his deputies shall be limited in
their duties, as follows: (1) The full power of arrest
and service of process of all writs, summons, orders,
petitions, subpoenas, warrants, rules to show cause, and
other legal papers; (2) Care and supervision of
prisoners at any of the county's jails, detention
centers, hospitals, penal institutions or places of
confinement; (3) The security of all State courts; (4)
Transportation of all legally detained persons. Neither
the Sheriff nor any of his deputies shall conduct
criminal investigations except in matters concerning the
Sheriff Department and/or the county detention center.
The Sheriff shall be required to devote his entire time
to the duties of his office. ]