MERIT SYSTEM 2565

An. Code, 1924, sec. 2. 1920, ch. 41, sec. 2.

2. The following positions shall not be included in the classified service,
namely: Those held by officers elected by popular vote and officers whose
appointment and election is provided by the Constitution, including deputy
clerks provided for by the Constitution, Article 4, Sections 26 and 37;
officers and employees of the General Assembly or of either House thereof;
officers and employees appointed or designated by any court or judge
thereof; deputies, assistants and employees appointed or designated by
any Sheriff, any Register of Wills, any Clerk of Court, any State's Attorney,
or any Board of Supervisors of Elections; supervisors of assessments in
the several counties; the State Law Department; the general counsel and
assistant general counsel of the Public Service Commission; members of
boards and commissions, and all other persons holding positions by direct
appointment from the Governor or from the Board of Public Works; all
secretaries, chief clerks, and chief administrative officials of all State offices,
boards, commissions, departments, and institutions as determined by the
Commissioner with the approval of the Governor; employees of or assigned
to the Executive Mansion; members of the police force and all employees
of the Police Commissioner for the City of Baltimore, and of the Board
of Police Examiners of Baltimore City, provided for by Article 4 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1938 Edition), title "City
of Baltimore," sub-title "Police Commissioners," Sections 868 and 968,
both inclusive, and any amendments thereto, it being intended that said
sections, and any amendments thereto, shall remain in effect independently
of this Article; all positions in State offices, boards, commissions, depart-
ments and institutions, which the Commissioner may determine, with the
approval of the Governor, require medical, engineering, scientific, educa-
tional or expert training and qualifications; and all positions the annual
salary for which does not exceed the sum of six hundred and fifty dollars
($650) per annum.

1939, ch. 515.

3. The following positions and places shall not be included in the
Classified Service, namely: All employees taken into the Merit System
by executive order on or about the first day of January, 1939, including
among others the following: clerks, inspectors, accountants, stenographers
and other employees of the Income and Relief Tax Division of the State
Comptroller's Office, numbering 112 persons, more or less; the Assistant
State Auditors and the accountants of the State Auditor's Office; all
employees of the State Board of Hairdressers and Beauty Culturists, in-
cluding the secretary, chief inspector, inspectors, investigators, stenogra-
phers and clerks; the credential secretary and statistician of the State De-
partment of Education; the Inspectors of Construction, senior clerks
and other employees of the Department of Mechanical Engineering; all
employees and appointees of the Alcoholic Beverage Division of the State
Comptroller's Office, including alcoholic beverage auditors and investi-
gators, beer inspectors and senior account clerks; the Special Attorney for
the State Accident Fund attached to the Attorney General's Office and em-
ployed by the State Industrial Accident Commission; all employees of
the Commissioner of Loans, including the Deputy Commissioner, secre-
tary, chief investigator and investigators, clerks and stenographers; the
Assistant State Auditor employed by the Conservation Department; the