Ch. 775

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 775

(Senate Bill 248)

AN ACT concerning

Caroline County - Sheriff - Salary

FOR the purpose of altering the salary of the Caroline County
Sheriff; prohibiting this Act from affecting the incumbent
Caroline County Sheriff; and generally relating to the
Caroline County Sheriff's salary.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 2-309(g)

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.

(g) The Sheriff of Caroline County shall receive a salary
of [$25,000] $35,000 and an allowance for mileage in connection
with his official duties and for boarding and keeping prisoners
at the county jail. He shall appoint a deputy, at a salary of at
least $2,800, and a matron-cook for the county jail, at a salary
of at least $2,500. He may appoint additional deputies with the
approval of the County Commissioners as to number and
compensation; the County Commissioners of Caroline County may
increase the salary of the Sheriff, his deputies, and other
employees in accordance with Article III, § 35 of the
Constitution.

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 Caroline County Sheriff in office on the effective date of
this Act, but the provisions of this Act concerning the salary
or compensation of the Caroline County Sheriff 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, 1989.

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