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two thousand five hundred dollars ($22,500).] The deputy State's
[attorney] attorneys and the {[eleven] assistant State's attorneys
shall devote their full time and attention to the duties of their offices
and shall not engage in the private practice of law at any time in
any jurisdiction during their tenure of office.

(3)  The State's Attorney, the deputy State's [attorney] attorneys
and the assistant State's attorneys, or any of them, shall present
cases to the grand jury and perform such other acts and duties in
relation to the grand jury as are necessary and proper. [The salaries
of the State's Attorney and of the deputy and assistant State's
attorneys include such services as any of them perform before or
in behalf of the judges of the Circuit Court, justices of the peace
or judges of the People's Court of the county in preliminary hear-
ings or trials in criminal cases.]

(4)  The State's Attorney may appoint nine clerks at such salary
as he may fix provided that no such salary shall exceed ten thousand
dollars ($10,000).

(5)  The State's Attorney may appoint a special investigator, who
shall be directly under the supervision of the State's Attorney and
perform such duties as the State's Attorney may designate from
time to time. The special investigator's salary shall be determined
by the State's Attorney in his discretion, but shall not exceed
[seventeen thousand five hundred dollars ($17,500).] twenty thou-
sand dollars ($20,000). The special investigator shall devote his full
time and attention to his duties as special investigator and shall
not engage in other employment during the time he is employed as
special investigator.

(6)  The State's Attorney may appoint an administrative assist-
ant whose salary shall be determined by the State's Attorney, but
shall not exceed twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per annum.

(7)  The salaries of the State's Attorney, the deputy State's
[attorney] attorneys, the assistant State's attorneys, the clerks, the
administrative assistant, and the special investigator within the
limits herein prescribed shall be included by the State's Attorney in
his annual budget submission to the county executive and shall be
paid by the county. In addition to the compensation provided for in
this section, the State's Attorney, for the operation of his office and
the performance of his duties shall be entitled to a reasonable
expense allowance which shall be subject to the approval of the
County Council.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 470
(Senate Bill 848)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 2-305 (a)
of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1970 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Vehicle Laws," subtitle "Highway Safety