484 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 301

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 2, 1947.

CHAPTER 301.
(House Bill 326)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 4
of Article 32A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Department of Law", relating to the com-
pensation of the Attorney General and his assistants.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 4 of Article 32A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Department of Law", be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

4. The Attorney General shall receive such salary as shall be
provided in the State Budget. He is authorized to appoint six
assistants, one of whom he shall designate and who shall be
known as Deputy Attorney General, two of whom shall be
known as Assistant Attorneys General, one of whom shall be
known as Special Assistant Attorney General for the Comp-
troller of the Treasury, one of whom shall be known as Special
Assistant Attorney General of the State Roads Commission,
and the other of whom shall be known as Special Attorney for
the State Accident Fund. The Attorney General is also au-
thorized to appoint such additional assistants, special attor-
neys and law clerks as may from time to time be authorized
in the Budget. The Deputy Attorney General and all Assis-
tant and Special Assistant Attorneys General and special
attorneys shall be practicing lawyers of the State of Maryland
in good standing, each of whom shall hold his respective office
during the pleasure of the Attorney General and each of whom
shall receive such salary as shall be provided in the State
Budget. All of the salaries above provided shall be payable
monthly. The salary of the Special Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral for the Comptroller of the Treasury shall be paid by the
Comptroller of the Treasury, out of funds available to him
for administration of the collection of taxes. The salary of