<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="2-325" title_number="2" title_name="Court Personnel" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Sheriffs">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies only in Garrett County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Sheriff of Garrett County shall receive an annual salary that is 80% of the salary of the State’s Attorney of Garrett County.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Sheriff is entitled to a sum set by the County Commissioners, for expenses.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Sheriff shall employ:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Deputies as needed, within the budgetary limits, at salaries of at least $5,200 each, one of whom shall act as warden of the jail; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A matron for the jail, who shall also perform clerical duties, at the salary set by the Sheriff.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Sheriff may employ additional special deputies whose compensation shall be approved by the County Commissioners.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Sheriff and the deputy sheriffs shall be allowed extra car mileage and out–of–county mileage at the rate of 14 cents per mile.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The mileage allowance shall not be payable if the Sheriff’s Office is furnished with automobiles.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Sheriff shall be reimbursed for the expenses of boarding prisoners committed to the county jail, to be paid monthly on vouchers submitted by the Sheriff to the County Commissioners.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Sheriff shall also submit with the vouchers an affidavit sworn to by the Sheriff on personal knowledge showing for each day of the immediately preceding month the number of prisoners boarded by the Sheriff.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Sheriff may appoint a cook for the jail who shall receive a salary of at least $2,400.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Sheriff, deputies, and cook shall each receive an additional allowance of $200 a year for uniforms and cleaning.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to the Sheriff or chief deputy sheriff.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Deputy sheriffs and other employees of the Sheriff’s Office are included in the county classified service system.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
