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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 74

effective date of this Act, but the provisions of this Act
concerning the salary or compensation of the County
Commissioners of Dorchester 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.

CHAPTER 74

(House Bill 945)

AN ACT concerning

Dorchester County - Sheriff's Salary

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

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 2-309(k)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1985 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.

(k) (1) The Sheriff of Dorchester County shall receive a
salary of [$20,000] $25,000, and be allowed the actual cost of
the maintenance of automobiles and the county jail. [He] THE
SHERIFF shall appoint a chief deputy sheriff, one assistant
deputy sheriff, other deputies, and a jail matron if approved by
THE County Commissioners. A deputy or matron shall receive the
compensation provided in the county budget.

(2) If the Sheriff becomes incapacitated and the
position of chief deputy is vacant, the county commissioners
shall appoint a chief deputy sheriff.