PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 69

(3) Shall pay over to the County Treasurer for the use of the county all
money removed from contraband, all proceeds of such sales and all lost, abandoned,
unclaimed, forfeited or stolen money remaining in the possession of his office for a period
of 6 months without a lawful claimant.

I. The County Commissioners [of Charles County] shall equip and arm the
office of Sheriff. The Commissioners [are hereby authorized, empowered and directed
to] SHALL purchase equipment, including motor vehicles, motorcycles, with or without
sidecars, and radio receiving and sending apparatus, both for stationary use and for use in
and about motor vehicles, in such number, together with such other police equipment as,
in the judgment of the Commissioners, may seem advisable for the use of the Sheriff [,
and the]. THE COUNTY Commissioners may from time to time sell, trade or otherwise
dispose of motor vehicles or motorcycles or radio or other equipment and purchase new
vehicles and equipment. All equipment, automobiles or motorcycles purchased under this
subsection shall be and remain the property of Charles County and shall be returned by
the members of the Sheriffs office to whom the equipment may be issued upon
separation, for any cause, from the office [, and the]. THE COUNTY Commissioners shall
provide for the maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and equipment and for the
operation of motor vehicles and equipment, including gasoline, oil, tires, batteries and
accessories for the same. Notwithstanding the above, any [and all] vehicles provided by
the County Commissioners to the office of the Sheriff shall be deemed for all purposes
the property of the Sheriff while so assigned and shall be registered and licensed in the
name of the office of the Sheriff until retired from service and transferred back to the
County Commissioners.

J. The Sheriff shall carry and serve all legal papers issued by the courts. The
Sheriff is empowered to appoint special officers to serve legal papers. The [Board of
Public Safety, subject to the approval of the Board of] County Commissioners[,] shall
determine the number of special officers [from time to time] THROUGH APPROVAL OF
A LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET OF THE SHERIFF.

K. [(l)]The Board of County Commissioners shall provide a merit or classified
service system to which all of the members of the Sheriff's office, except the Sheriff, shall
be subject. THE MERIT OR CLASSIFIED SERVICE SYSTEM SHALL BE ESTABLISHED AS
A PART OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED UNDER SUBSECTION (C)(2) OF THIS SECTION.

[(2) The Board of County Commissioners shall adopt and promulgate and
from time to time may amend and modify rules and regulations concerning standards and
qualifications for each position within the classified system, minimum and maximum
salary schedules, the employment examination and qualification of prospective members,
hours of employment, holidays, sick leave and vacation allowance, and the County
Commissioners shall make suitable provision for competitive examinations and for notice
of vacancies in the classified service.

(3)     The rules and regulations also shall make provision for emergency
appointments for a period not to exceed 4 months when an emergency arises which does
not permit compliance with the usual and ordinary provisions of the classified service.

(4)     Members of the classified service may be permanently separated
therefrom through resignation, rejection on probation or removal for cause. They may be

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