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(2) To pay to the experts, assistants, stenographers,
and other persons and research agencies employed by the
Director of Research, such compensation as he shall fix,
subject to the approval of the Council;

(3) To pay for necessary stationery and supplies and
printing for the Council and Research Division;

(4) To reimburse witnesses required to appear before
the Council by its order, and members of unpaid commit-
tees appointed by the Council, for actual traveling and
hotel expenses incurred in attending any session of the
Council or of any such committee.

(5) To pay a salary of not less than Four Thousand
Dollars ($4,000.00) per year to a full-time Assistant to
the Director of Research, said position to be appointed by
the Director of Research and said Assistant to serve at
the pleasure of said Director of Research.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health, morals,
safety and welfare, and well being, passed by a yea and
nay vote supported by three-fifths of all of the members
elected to each of the two houses of the General Assembly,
the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved February 26, 1947.

CHAPTER 47.
(Senate Bill 146)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
118 of Article 22 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Washington County",
sub-title "Crier and Doorkeeper", as said section was
amended by Chapter 326 of the Acts of 1943, increasing
the compensation to be paid to bailiffs.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 118 of Article 22 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Washington
County", sub-title "Crier and Doorkeeper", as said section
was amended by Chapter 326 of the Acts of 1943, be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows: