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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="2-319" title_number="2" title_name="Court Personnel" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Sheriffs">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies only in Caroline County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Sheriff of Caroline County shall receive an annual salary equal to 85% of the annual salary of the State’s Attorney for Caroline County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Sheriff may appoint:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Deputy sheriffs and other personnel in accordance with the county budget; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A chief deputy sheriff, or the managerial equivalent, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Sheriff.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Sheriff may not refuse to reappoint a deputy sheriff without just cause.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
