Ch. 100

LAWS OF MARYLAND

from the entrance and exit of the building closest to that part
of the building in which voting occurs.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved April 14, 1987.                       

CHAPTER 100

(House Bill 655)

AN ACT concerning

Washington County - Fire Company Deputy Sheriffs

FOR the purpose of stating that the powers of deputy sheriffs who
are appointed from each fire company in Washington County
are those powers that are necessary for the deputy sheriffs
to perform their duties under certain circumstances.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 87 - Sheriffs

Section 51

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1985 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

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

Article 87 - Sheriffs

51.

(A) It shall be the duty of the sheriffs of the several
counties to appoint three members of each fire company who shall
be designated as provided in § 50 of this article, deputy
sheriffs, upon request of said members accompanied by a written
certificate of designation signed by the captain, chief or other
commanding officer of the fire company to which they belong, to
have and exercise the powers of such deputies within the counties
for which they are appointed at fires and on the way to and from
fires; and when so appointed, the said members of fire companies
shall have the aforesaid powers; provided, that the power
conferred upon any such member of a fire company shall cease if
such member ceases to be a member of the fire company for which
he was appointed; and provided further, that any member of a fire

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