2102 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 879

of all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the
General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 25, 1947.

CHAPTER 879.
(House Bill 870)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
101 of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1943
Supplement), as said section was amended by Chapter 758
of the Acts of 1945, title "Justices of the Peace", sub-title
"Trial Magistrates' System'', relating to the Constable at
Large of Frederick County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 101 of Article 52 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1943 Supplement), as said section was amended
by Chapter 758 of the Acts of 1945, title "Justices of the
Peace", sub-title "Trial Magistrates' System", be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

101. (Salaried Constables.) One constable at large may
be appointed by the County Commissioners of the several
counties for each trial magistrate, and each of said con-
stables at large shall receive, in lieu of fees in civil and
criminal cases, an annual salary of $600.00; but in Allegany
County, the County Commissioners shall appoint four con-
stables at large for two tria] magistrates who sit for the
trial of cases in the City of Cumberland; one of said con-
stables shall receive an annual salary of not less than
Twenty-one Hundred and Sixty Dollars ($2,160.00), one shall
receive an annual salary of not less than Eighteen Hundred
Dollars ($1,800.00), one shall receive an annual salary of not
less than Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) in lieu in each
case of all criminal costs and fees, and one shall receive an
annual salary of Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1,200.00) plus
all fees and costs allowed by law for all services performed
by him in civil and criminal cases, and the County Commis-
sioners of Allegany County may increase the compensation
of said constables or appoint additional constables at large
for trial magistrates in said county and provide for the com-
pensation of such constables either by the fees prescribed by