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37.

(a) The county boards of education shall hold an annual meeting
each year on the second Tuesday in July, or as near as possible
thereto in July, except that in Montgomery County such annual meet-
ing shall be held on or before the tenth day of January in each year.
At this meeting the board shall elect one of its members to serve
as president and one to serve as vice president. Other meetings
shall be held as the duties and business of the board may require.
The members of the county boards of education shall receive neither
salary nor compensation, but each member shall receive reimburse-
ment for traveling and other expenses incident to attending the
meetings and transacting the business of the board. In Cecil County
each member of the Board of Education shall receive $600.00 an-
nually for traveling and other expenses.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1970.

Approved April 22, 1970

CHAPTER 330
(House Bill 238)

AN ACT to add new Section 16 to Article 26 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1966 Replacement Volume), title "Courts," to follow

immediately after Section 15 thereof, and to be under the new

subtitle "Criminal Assignment Clerk for the Supreme Bench of
Baltimore City," establishing the position of a Criminal Assign-
ment Clerk for the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City and generally
relating thereto. 22-5A(A)(B) AND (C) TO ARTICLE 4 OF
THE CODE OF PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS OF MARYLAND (1969
EDITION), TITLE "BALTIMORE CITY," SUBTITLE "ADMIN-
ISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE SUPREME BENCH," ESTAB-
LISHING THE POSITION OF A CRIMINAL ASSIGNMENT
COMMISSIONER BY THE SUPREME BENCH OF BALTI-
MORE CITY AND GENERALLY RELATING THERETO.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That Section 16 be and it is hereby added to Article 26 of the

Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement Volume), title
"Courts," and under the new subtitle "Criminal Assignment Clerk
for the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City," to follow immediately
after Section 15 thereof, and to read as follows:

16.

There shall be a Criminal Assignment Clerk for the Supreme

Bench of Baltimore City. He shall be appointed by and shall hold

his office at the pleasure of the Court. He shall receive compensation

as provided in the annual Court budget. He may appoint, subject

to the approval of the judges of the Court, deputy criminal assign-

ment clerks and other employees as the requirements of his office
necessitate, and these individuals shall receive compensation as pro-