MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                             787

Approved April 1, 1975.

CHAPTER 105

(House Bill 569)

AN ACT concerning

Baltimore City — Deputy Sheriffs

FOR the purpose of altering the number of Deputy Sheriffs
in Baltimore City; and clarifying language.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 2-309 (d) (1)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1974 Supplement)

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hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read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

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

2-309.

(d) (1) In Baltimore City, the Sheriff shall
receive a salary of $20,000. However, 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 the same amount
received by the clerks. He shall appoint an undersheriff
and chief deputy sheriff, two supervisory deputy
sheriffs, one deputy sheriff writ clerk and four
assistant deputy sheriff writ clerks, one stenographer
and docket clerk, two clerks and [[ [51] [[62]] 61 deputy
sheriffs]] 54 DEPUTY SHERIFFS UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1976: AS
OF JANUARY 1, 1976, HE MAY APPOINT A TOTAL OF 58 DEPUTY
SHERIFFS; AND AS OF JANUARY, 1, 1977, HE MAY APPOINT A
TOTAL OF 61 DEPUTY SHERIFFS. Salaries for these
employees shall be set by the Secretary of Personnel. A
deputy sheriff who uses his personal automobile is
entitled to a monthly automobile allowance at the same
rate paid to other state employees. Any sheriff who is