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Approved April 28, 1981.

CHAPTER 115

(Senate Bill 431)

AN ACT concerning

Wicomico County - Sheriff - Salary

FOR the purpose of altering the salary of the Sheriff of
Wicomico County; and providing that this Act shall not
effect the salary of the incumbent Sheriff of Wicomico
County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 2-309(x)(l)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1980 Replacement Volume and 1980 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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

2-309.

(x) (1) The Sheriff of Wicomico County shall receive a
salary of [$15,000] $20,000. He shall appoint a chief
deputy at a salary of at least $5,000 as set by the Wicomico
County Council, payable in equal monthly installments. His
term of office coincides with the Sheriff's and he may be
removed by the Sheriff at any time. The Sheriff may appoint
additional deputies as he and the County Council of Wicomico
County deem necessary, and a cook and a matron for the
county jail each of whom shall receive the compensation
prescribed by the personnel rules and regulations of the
county.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved April 28, 1981.

CHAPTER 116