HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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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.

(p) (1) The Sheriff of Kent County shall receive a salary
of [$20,000] $27,000 ,cost of living increments that are set by
the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and, at
the discretion of the County Commissioners, county-owned
automobiles as may be necessary to operate the Sheriff's
department. The Sheriff shall appoint a chief deputy sheriff who
shall receive a salary of at least $8,000. [He] THE SHERIFF also
may appoint not more than two assistant deputies who shall
receive salaries of at least $7,000. The Sheriff and his
deputies shall receive an allowance set by the County
Commissioners for mileage traveled in the course of their duties.
It shall be paid at the same rate as other county officials and
employees are paid. They shall also be paid any additional
allowances as the Commissioners may deem necessary.

(2)  The County Commissioners shall provide the
Sheriff with funds to compensate a matron and a cook at the
county jail.

(3)  The County Commissioners may authorize additional
deputies as necessary and shall set their compensation at the
time of their appointment.

(4)  The County Commissioners may authorize the
Sheriff to appoint as part-time deputies [persons] INDIVIDUALS
employed in specific plants, schools, hospitals, institutions,
business enterprises, and land development tracts situated within
Kent County who are limited to service only within the particular
facility where they are employed, and who may not be compensated
by Kent County for their services.

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 Kent 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 Kent 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, 1986.

Approved April 8, 1986.