HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               1653

the Sheriff, Treasurer, and State's Attorney; and
making this Act an emergency measure.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 2-309(i)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1980 Replacement Volume and 1980 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 10 - Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact
Section 40(h)(5)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1981 Replacement Volume)

BY adding to

The Public Local Laws of Cecil County
Section 1-31A

Article 8 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1970 Edition and 1979 Supplement, as amended)

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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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.

(i) (1) The Sheriff of Cecil County shall receive an
annual salary of [$15,000] $16,000 and free lodging for
himself and his family at the jail or, in lieu of free
lodging, [$3,600] $7,200 per year. [The Sheriff shall
appoint 22 full-time deputy sheriffs. Of the deputies, one
shall be chief deputy whose starting annual salary shall be
not less than $10,500 and whose maximum salary, through
scheduled steps as provided by the county commissioners,
shall be $16,000. There shall be two investigators,
designated as Investigator I and Investigator II and there
shall be a chief jailer. Investigator I shall have a
starting annual salary of not less than $10,500 and a
maximum salary, through scheduled steps as provided by the
county commissioners, of $16,000. Investigator II and the
chief jailer shall have starting annual salaries of not less
than $10,000 and maximum salaries, through scheduled steps
as provided by the county commissioners, of $15,500. The
remaining deputies shall receive a starting annual salary of
not less than $9,500 and a maximum salary, through scheduled
steps as provided by the county commissioners of $15,000.
Of the remaining deputies, no less than seven shall be
classified as jailer. If any deputy resigns or is fired and