BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 2-310

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

2-310.

(1)   THE SHERIFF OF BALTIMORE CITY AND EACH COUNTY,

IMMEDIATELY ON QUALIFICATION, MAY APPOINT, FROM TIME TO

TIME, FROM AMONG HIS DEPUTIES A SECOND IN COMMAND. ON THE
DEATH, DISQUALIFICATION, OR RESIGNATION OF THE SHERIFF OR IN
THE EVENT THE SHERIFF IS CONVICTED OF A FELONY, THE SECOND
IN COMMAND SHALL SUCCEED TO ALL THE POWERS, DUTIES,
RESPONSIBILITIES, AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE SHERIFF UNTIL A
SUCCESSOR HAS BEEN APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.

(2)    IMMEDIATELY UPON ASSUMING THE POWERS OF THE
SHERIFF, THE SECOND IN COMMAND SHALL FILE A BOND WITH THE
CLERK OF THE COURT OF BALTIMORE CITY OR OF THE COUNTY, IN
THE SAME PENALTY AND ON THE SAME CONDITIONS AS THAT REQUIRED
OF THE SHERIFF.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 2, 1978.

CHAPTER 354

(House Bill 750)

AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Laws — Registration Fee Credits

FOR the purpose of repealing the provision allowing certain
persons to obtain a certain credit against the annual
registration fee for vehicles.

BY repealing

Article — Transportation
Section 13-939

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1977 Volume and 1977 Supplement)