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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the crier of the circuit court for Anne Arundel county shall be

entitled to and receive as a salary the amount of four hundred

and twenty dollars per annum in sums of thirty-five dollars per

month, which shall be in full and in lieu of the allowance and

fees now authorized by law; provided, that he shall receive his

usual fees as now allowed by law in cases removed from other

Salary of

crier

counties or the city of Baltimore to the circuit court for Anne

Arundel county; and the county commissioners of Anne Arundel

county are authorized and directed at their next meeting for

making the county levy, and annually thereafter, to levy for the

use of the crier of said court, on the assessable property of said

county such sums of money as they shall deem sufficient to pay

the above salary of the said crier of said court; upon presentation

to the county commissioners of said county the certificate of the

clerk of the circuit court of said county, certifying the attendance

of said crier as hereinf ter required, he shall be entitled to receive

his salary monthly in cash, and the said county commissioners

are directed upon presentation to pay the same.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of said crier

of the circuit court of Anne Arundel county at all times to keep

and have charge of the court-room of said court, and superintend

Duly of

the cleaning, airing and ventilating of the same, to attend the

crier.

sessions of said court, to have charge and keep open the court

library for the use and benefit of persons having business with

said court, allowing no books to be taken out of said court-room

unless the party desiring to remove the same first receipt for them

in a book to be kept by said crier, and allow no books to be taken

from the library except by the judges of said court, for a longer

period than ten days, and for the faithful discharge of his duties

he shall give bond to the State of Maryland in the penal sum of

five hundred dollars, to be filed with and approved by the clerk

of the circuit court for Anne Arundel county.

Effective.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That all local laws inconsistent here-

with are hereby repealed.

Approved April 8, 1890.