Ch. 87                                           LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989.

Approved April 11, 1989.

CHAPTER 87

(House Bill 1255)

AN ACT concerning

Dorchester County - Sheriff - Salary

FOR the purpose of altering the salary of the Sheriff of
Dorchester County; and providing that this Act does not
apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent
Sheriff.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 2-309(a)                                                                                                 

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 2-309(k)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1988 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.

(a) The sheriff of a county and his deputies shall receive
the annual salaries provided by this section for performing the
duties required of them by the Constitution and the laws of this
State. They shall be reimbursed for expenses as provided by law.

(k) (1) The Sheriff of Dorchester County shall receive a
salary of [$25,000] $35,000, and be allowed the actual cost of
the maintenance of automobiles and the county jail. The Sheriff
shall appoint a chief deputy sheriff, one assistant deputy

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