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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 73

BY repealing

Chapter 552 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1978
Section 3

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 7-204(p)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1980 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 15 - Kent County

3-3.

[(a) The county Commissioners of Kent County shall
appropriate the sum of $2,500 annually for the support and
maintenance of the Kent County Bar Library. In addition the
commissioners shall appropriate a salary for the librarian of the
Kent County Bar Library in the amount established in the Second
Judicial Circuit order, relating to the appointment and
compensation of the law librarian of the respective courts of the
Second Judicial Circuit. The funds appropriated shall be
administered by the Administrative Judge of the Circuit Court for
Kent County.]

[(b)] The librarian shall serve at the pleasure of the
Administrative Judge of the Circuit Court for Kent County.

Chapter 552 of the Acts of 1978

[SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the General
Assembly declares that there is overriding state interest and
concern in matters involving the State courts and the libraries
of the State courts. This overriding interest and concern
requires that the General Assembly regulate matters concerning
the Bar Library in Kent County in spite of the fact that Kent
County has adopted Code Home Rule Status.]

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

7-204.

(P) (1) IN KENT COUNTY, THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
SHALL DEPOSIT ALL APPEARANCE FEES COLLECTED UNDER SUBSECTION (A)
OF THIS SECTION INTO A SPECIAL ACCOUNT KNOWN AS THE "KENT COUNTY
BAR LIBRARY" ACCOUNT.

(2) THESE FEES, TOGETHER WITH OTHER FUNDS, SHALL BE
DISBURSED: