MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect June 1, 1976.

Approved April 13, 1976.

CHAPTER 232
(House Bill 2121)

AN ACT concerning

Calvert County — Deputy Sheriffs

FOR the purpose of deleting a certain reference relating
to the tenure or term of office of a Deputy Sheriff
in Calvert County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 2-309(f)(1)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 2-309 (f) (1) of Article - Courts
and Judicial Proceedings, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1974 Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

2-30 9.

(f) (1) The Sheriff of Calvert County shall
receive an annual salary of $12,000. The Sheriff may
appoint deputy sheriffs in the number and at the salary
approved by the County Commissioners. The deputy
sheriffs shall serve [at the pleasure of the Sheriff and
under his] UNDER THE direction OF THE SHERIFF. Each
deputy sheriff shall be between the ages of 21 and 35 at
the time of their appointment. Within one year of their
appointment, they shall complete the course prescribed
for policemen by the Maryland Police Training Commission.
There shall be no honorary deputy sheriffs of Calvert
County and no one is authorized to carry badges,
certificates or other materials for the purpose of
identifying the bearer as an honorary deputy sheriff.
However, the Sheriff may appoint as special deputy
sheriffs any members of the police force of the towns of