Law Enforcement - Historical Notes

The following acts have no current effect but are included here for reference purposes since they once applied to the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.

1. Acts of 1857-58, Chapter 153, Section 1, permitted the Sheriff of Cumberland County to appoint one additional Deputy Sheriff to assist him.
2. Private Acts of 1945, Chapter 577, sets the ex-officio fees to be paid to the Sheriff of Cumberland County at $1,800 per year payable monthly out of the general funds of the count, and these ex-officio fees would be all the Sheriff would receive.