PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 269

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 2-309(o)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1995 Replacement Volume and 1995 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.                                                                                                             

(o) (1) (i) The Sheriff of Howard County shall receive an annual salary as
follows:

1.       $39,500 for calendar year 1995;

2.       $41,000 for calendar year 1996;

3.       $42,500 for calendar year 1997; and

4.       $44,000 for calendar year 1998 and thereafter.

(ii) The Sheriff shall appoint the number of deputies authorized by the
County government. The compensation of the deputies shall be set by the County
government. A deputy holds office at the pleasure of the Sheriff and may be removed by
the Sheriff at any time or by the Circuit Court for Howard County upon indictment and
conviction as provided by law. The Sheriff may appoint additional temporary deputy
sheriffs when necessary for the public safety and the County government shall allow them
reasonable compensation. These deputies may not serve longer than the case actually
requires.

(2) The primary duties of the Sheriff are the following:

(i) The security of [State and county courts] THE CIRCUIT COURT,
and the performance of such duties as may be required of them by [the courts] THAT
COURT;

(ii) The service of process of writs, summonses, orders, petitions,
subpoenas, warrants, orders to show cause, and other legal papers; and

(iii) Additional duties, including law enforcement as may be requested
by law enforcement or other criminal justice agencies, the [ courts] CIRCUIT COURT, or
the county government, when necessary for the public safety.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved April 30, 1996.

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