POST MORTEM EXAMINERS 761

Baltimore City on or before the tenth day of each month, but the Deputy
Medical Examiners of the respective counties shall be permitted to retain
the fees collected by them. The records which shall be admissible as evi-
dence under this section shall be records of the results of views and ex-
aminations of or autopsies upon the bodies of deceased persons by such
Medical Examiner, or by any one under his direct supervision or control,
and shall not include statements made by witnesses or other persons.

1939, ch. 369, sec. 8.

8. The Chief Medical Examiner, the Assistant Medical Examiners
and the Deputy Medical Examiners, shall have the power to administer
oaths and affirmations, and take affidavits and make examinations as to
any matter within the jurisdiction of their respective offices, but said Chief
Medical Examiner, Assistant Medical Examiners and Deputy Medical
Examiners shall not have the power or be required to summon a Jury of
Inquisition. Provided, however, that nothing in this Article shall apply
to Cecil County nor shall any of its provisions be enforced in said county.¹

¹ Sec. 6, ch. 369, 1939 provided that the invalidity of any section or paragraph
of said Act should not affect the remaining sections or paragraphs.

Sec. 7 of said ch. 369 repealed all laws inconsistent therewith to extent of such
inconsistency.