EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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County, and to add and enact in lieu thereof two additional

sections to the Code of Public Local Laws, Article 22, title

"Washington County," providing a fixed salary for the

State's Attorney and abolishing compensation by fees.

SECTION i. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That Section 21 of Article lo of the Code of Public

State's Attor-

General Laws, title "Attorneys," sub-title "State's Attor-

ney.

neys," be and the same is hereby repealed so far as it applies

to Washington County and that two additional sections be

and the same are hereby enacted and added to Article 22

of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Washington County,"

said sections to come under a new sub-title to be entitled

"State's Attorney," to follow Section 388 and to be numbered

Section 388A and 3886, to read as follows :

388A. The State's Attorney for Washington County shall

receive for the year 1905 and for each year thereafter an

Annual salary

annual salary of two thousand dollars, to be levied and paid

in lieu of fees

by the County Commissioners of said county for the per-

formance of the official duties of his office, said salary to

be in lieu of all fees, appearance and trial, and all other com-

pensation for the same ; provided, however, that his actual

expenses incurred in following and trying criminal cases re-

moved from said county, shall be paid by said County Com-

missioners in addition to said salary.

388B. The said salary of two thousand dollars per annum

shall be paid to the said State's Attorney by the County Com-

To be paid in

missioners of said county in equal quarterly instalments on the

quarterly in-
stalments.

first clay of January, April, July and October in each and

every year, and the said County Commissioners shall levy

annually the said sum of two thousand dollars for the pur-

pose of paying said salary to the said State's Attorney, and the

said County Commissioners shall also levy annually a sum

sufficient to meet the actual expenses incurred by the said

State's Attorney in following and trying criminal cases re-

moved from said county.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all Acts or parts of Acts,

general or local, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act,

be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such con-

flict with the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved March 18, 1904.