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vided in the annual Court budget. The Criminal Assignment Clerk

shall assign all criminal cases to the several judges of the Court.

The office of the State's Attorney for Baltimore City shall no

longer be charged with the responsibility of criminal case assign-

ments for the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City.

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

July 1, 1970.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEM-
BLY OF MARYLAND, THAT SECTION 22-5A(A) (B) (C)
BE AND IT IS HEREBY ADDED TO ARTICLE 4 OF THE
CODE OF THE PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS OF MARYLAND (1969
EDITION, TITLE "BALTIMORE CITY," UNDER THE SUB-
TITLE "ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE SUPREME
BENCH" TO FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY AFTER SECTION 22-5
THEREOF, AND TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

22-5A.

THE OFFICE OF CRIMINAL ASSIGNMENT COMMISSIONER
IS CREATED WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF
THE SUPREME BENCH OF BALTIMORE CITY.

(A)    THE SUPREME BENCH OF BALTIMORE CITY SHALL
APPOINT, AS CRIMINAL ASSIGNMENT COMMISSIONER, A
QUALIFIED PERSON WHO SHALL SERVE DURING ITS
PLEASURE AND RECEIVE SUCH COMPENSATION AS SHALL
BE APPROVED BY THE SUPREME BENCH AND PRO-
VIDED FROM TIME TO TIME IN ITS ANNUAL OPERAT-
ING BUDGET. THE SUPREME BENCH OF BALTIMORE
CITY, UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CRIMINAL
ASSIGNMENT COMMISSIONER, APPROVED BY THE AD-
MINISTRATOR, SHALL APPOINT SUCH DEPUTY COMMIS-
SIONERS, CLERKS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES AS THE SU-
PREME BENCH FROM TIME TO TIME SHALL DETERMINE
TO BE NECESSARY FOR THE EFFICIENT OPERATION OF
THE SAID OFFICE, ALL OF WHOM SHALL SERVE AT ITS
PLEASURE AND RECEIVE SUCH COMPENSATION AS
SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE SUPREME BENCH AND
INCLUDED IN ITS ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET. THE
BUDGET FOR THE CRIMINAL ASSIGNMENT COMMIS-
SIONER AND THE COMPENSATION FOR THE CRIMINAL
ASSIGNMENT COMMISSIONER AND SUCH PERSONNEL AS
MAY BE APPOINTED BY THE SUPREME BENCH TO CON-
DUCT THE ACTIVITIES OF HIS OFFICE, SHALL BE AS
DETERMINED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE MAYOR AND
CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE PURSUANT TO THE PRO-
CEDURES GENERALLY FOLLOWED IN SETTING THE
BUDGET FOR THE OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE OF-
FICE OF THE COURTS AND THE COMPENSATION OF EM-
PLOYEES THEREIN.

(B)    THE CRIMINAL ASSIGNMENT COMMISSIONER, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH RULES AND POLICIES AS MAY
BE ADOPTED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE SUPREME
BENCH, AND UNDER THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE
SUPERVISION OF THE ADMINISTRATOR, SHALL