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law or by such annual salary in lieu of fees, as the County
Commissioners, in their discretion, may determine; provided,
however, that the provisions of this section, shall not apply
to the counties of Carroll, Montgomery, Wicomico, Prince
George's, Harford, Cecil and Calvert, and in Anne Arundel
the County Commissioners may appoint two constables at
salaries of not more than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00)
per year. In Frederick County, the County Commissioners
may appoint one constable at large who shall receive, in
lieu of fees in civil and criminal cases, an annual salary
of $1,800.00 plus the actual cost, but not exceeding $600.00
per year, for the operation of an automobile in the per-
formance of his duties.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved April 25, 1947.

CHAPTER 880.
(House Bill 873)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
5 of Chapter 1063 of the Acts of 1945 extending the tem-
porary increases in salaries and wages of certain officers
and employees of Allegany County.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the temporary
increases provided in this Act shall continue to be paid until
April 1, 1949.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and having
been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths
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 881.
(House Bill 874)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-sec-
tion (Cecil County) of Section 100 of Article 52 of the