1122                                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 29

Wicomico County - Sheriff - Salary

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

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 2-309(x)(l)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

2-309.

(x) (1) The Sheriff of Wicomico County shall receive a
salary of [$20,000] $28,000. 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,
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, pursuant to
Article III, § 35, of the Constitution of Maryland, this Act may
not be construed to extend or apply to the salary or compensation
of the Sheriff of Wicomico County in office on the effective date
of this Act, but the provisions of this Act concerning the salary
or compensation of the Sheriff of Wicomico County shall take
effect at the beginning of the next following term of office.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved April 9, 1985.

CHAPTER 30
(Senate Bill 724)
AN ACT concerning