982                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 551

gany, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Howard, Montgomery or Wash-
ington counties; one member shall be from Harford or Baltimore
County; and two members shall be from Anne Arundel, Calvert,
Charles, Prince George's or St. Mary's counties.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved April 30, 1963.

CHAPTER 551
(Senate Bill 523)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 31 of
Article 9 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title
"Attachments", sub-title "Attachments of Wages or Hire", and to
add new Section 31A to the said Article and sub-title of the Code,
to follow immediately after Section 31 thereof, to change the
exemption of wages of employees from attachment in Cecil County,
relating generally to the exemption of wages from attachment,
and making a correction therein.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 31 of Article 9 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title "Attachments", sub-title "Attachments of
Wages or Hire", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, and that new Section 31A be and it is hereby added to
said Article and sub-title of the Code, to follow immediately after
Section 31 thereof, and all to read as follows:

31.

No attachment of the wages or hire of any laborer or employee,
in the hands of the employer, whether private individuals or bodies
corporate, shall affect any salary or wages of the debtor which are
not actually due at the date of the attachment; and the sum of one
hundred dollars of such wages or hire due to any laborer or employee
by any employer or corporation shall always be exempt from attach-
ment by any process whatever. Every contract or agreement of any
character whatsoever of such laborer or employee, the purpose of
which is to waive this right of exemption, shall be absolutely void,
provided, however, that the salary or wages of any laborer or em-
ployee shall not be exempt from attachment, levy or [lieu] lien at
the instance of the State for income tax due the State by any such
laborer or employee. This section shall not be applicable in Cecil
County.

31 A.

In Cecil County no attachment of the wages or hire of any laborer
or employees, in the hands of the employer, whether private in-
dividuals or bodies corporate, shall affect any salary or wages of the
debtor which are not actually due at the date of the attachment; and
the sum of seventy-five percent (75%) of such wages or hire due any
laborer or employee by any employer or corporation is exempt from
attachment by any process whatever. Every contract or agreement of