MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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and their maximum salary is [[$10,500]] $10,800. The
remaining [[seven]] 14 deputies' starting salary is
[[$7,7003] $8,000 and their maximum salary is [[$10,200]]
$10,500. [[The Sheriff may hire [five clerks or jailers]
14 DEPUTIES whose starting salary is $7,000 and whose
maximum salary is $9,500. Each deputy sheriff and each
[clerk or jailer] DEPUTY]] EACH DEPUTY shall receive
annual increments of $400 after the first year of
service, $500 after the second, third, and fourth years,
and $600 after the fifth year. Each deputy [[sheriff and
each clerk or jailer]] may not receive the first year
increment of $400 prior to the completion of one full
year of service. Increments shall begin the July 1 of
each year in which they are effective. The treasurer
shall certify the salaries and annual increments of this
subsection. If any deputy [sheriff, clerk, or jailer]
resigns or is fired and subsequently is rehired as a
deputy [sheriff, clerk, or jailer], he [[shall]] MAY
EITHER be paid as if he were hired for the first time
[[and may not]] OR receive credit for previous service.

(2) The County Commissioners shall furnish the
Sheriff's office with not more than [five] SIX
automobiles, and shall pay all necessary operating
expenses including but not limited to, gasoline, oil,
insurance, and repairs, and shall replace these
automobiles with new ones at least once every [two] THREE
years. The Sheriff and deputy sheriffs are entitled to
an expense allowance for travel to be paid monthly at the
rate of 10 cents per mile actually traveled, on vouchers
submitted by the Sheriff to the County Commissioners of
Cecil County, in the form they specify. The Sheriff
shall submit with the vouchers an affidavit sworn to by
him upon personal knowledge showing for each day of the
month just passed the number of miles each vehicle used
by him and his deputies has been driven in the
performance of the duties of his or their office, as
determined by him from a daily check of the odometer
readings of the respective vehicles. A mileage allowance
shall not be allowed in the event automobiles are
furnished to the Sheriff and deputies by the County
Commissioners. The Sheriff's office shall also receive
an appropriation of $1,500, to be used for special
investigations and employees, subject to the approval of
the County Commissioners.

(3) The Sheriff may appoint additional temporary

deputy sheriffs if necessary for the public safety but
only after he has secured the approval of the County
Commissioners [and the Administrative Judge of the
Circuit Court] of Cecil County. The County Commissioners
shall allow reasonable compensation for these temporary
deputies, but they shall not serve longer than the case
actually requires.