The Sheriff of the County, on application of any corporation or individual, may appoint special deputy sheriffs for duty in connection with the property of, or under the charge of, such corporation or individual; such special deputy sheriffs to be paid wholly by the corporation or person on whose account their appointments are made. Such special deputy sheriffs shall hold office at the pleasure of the sheriff and shall have the same power and authority as deputy sheriffs possess within the area to which they are appointed and in no other area. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 2-100; 1939, ch. 491; 1970 L.M.C., ch. 6, § 1; 1995 L.M.C., ch. 13, § 1.)
Editor's note-A deputy sheriff is not a police officer for the purpose of workers’ compensation presumption of occupational disease in accordance with Md. Code Ann., Lab. & Empl. § 9-503 (1999) [formerly Md. Ann. Code art. 101 § 64A]. Soper v. Montgomery County, 294 Md. 331, 449 A.2d 1158 (1982) (citing Code §§ 2-6(a), 2-43, 35-3(b), 35-8, 35-21(b)). Section 2-6 [formerly §2-91] is cited in Barna v. City of Perth Amboy, 42 F.2d 809 (3rd Cir. 1994); is quoted in part in Griffin v. State, 378 U.S. 130 (1964); and is cited in Griffin v. State, 225 Md. 422, 171 A.2d 717 (1961). Section 2-6 [formerly §2-100] cited in Roberts v. Hecht Company, 280 F.Supp. 639 (D.Md. 1968).
