WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 41

so deducted, there shall be paid all expenses properly
chargeable to the making of such collection, other than
the expenses of sale provided for by Section 77, and the
balance shall be paid into the general funds of Cecil
and Carroll Counties as the case may be.

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

Approved February 26, 1947.

CHAPTER 37.
(Senate Bill 116)

AN ACT to add a new Section to Article 10 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1939 Ed.), title "Attorneys at
Law and Attorneys in Fact", sub-title "State's Attor-
neys", said new Section to follow immediately after
Section 33 of said Article and to be known as Section
33A, providing for the bonds of State's Attorneys.

WHEREAS by Constitutional Amendment, duly passed
at the last General Election of Maryland, Section 12 of
Article V of the Constitution of Maryland was amended
to provide that the State's Attorney of each County and
the City of Baltimore shall give such corporate surety
bond as may thereafter be prescribed by Act of the Gen-
eral Assembly; therefore

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new Section be added to Article 10 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1939 Ed.), title "Attorneys at
Law and Attorneys in Fact", sub-title "State's Attorneys",
to follow immediately after Section 33 of said Article,
and to be known as Section 33A, said new Section to read
as follows:

33A. The State's Attorney for each County and the
City of Baltimore shall annually give a corporate surety
bond payable to the State of Maryland in the penal sum
of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), with condition that
he faithfully perform the duties of said office and account
for all funds and property received under color of said
office. Such bond shall be deposited with the State Comp-
troller and the premiums thereof shall be part of the
expense of the office of the said State's Attorney.