WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 703

389. They may annually appoint a Deputy Clerk to assist
the Clerk to the County Commissioners, who before entering
upon the duties of his office shall take oath and give bond in
the penalty of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), and in the
same manner and form as now required by law of the Clerk to
said County Commissioners; and the surety on said bond
shall be some surety company authorized to do business in
the State of Maryland, and the premium on said bond shall
be paid by the County Commissioners of Prince George's
County; which Deputy Clerk in the absence of the Clerk shall
act in his place and stead, and be vested with his authority,
and the Deputy Clerk shall receive a salary of not more than
One Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($1,800.00) per annum;
but nothing in this section shall prevent the appointment of
the same individual as County Road Clerk at the salary now
fixed by law for said Road Clerk and the total salary so re-
ceived as the Deputy Clerk to the County Commissioners and
as Clerk to said Road Board shall not exceed Two Thousand
Eight Hundred Dollars ($2,800.00) per annum, and said
County Commissioners shall appoint a Deputy Clerk who
shall be assigned to the County Service Building at
Hyattsville, Maryland, at a salary of Two Thousand
Eight Hundred Dollars ($2,800.00) per annum, and shall
give bond in the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00)
in the same manner and form as now required by law
of the Clerk to said County Commissioners, a premium
on said bond to be paid by said County Commissioners.
The said Deputy Clerk shall in addition to such duties
as may be assigned him by the said County Commission-
ers may also with consent of the Clerk of the Court and
the Treasurer of Prince George's County act as a Deputy
Clerk of the Court or Deputy Treasurer under such conditions
as may be required by either of the above officers may perform
such duties, as may be assigned or delegated to him, by either
of said officers and shall give such bond as may be required of
him, the premium on which is to be paid by the said County
Commissioners.

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

Approved April 16, 1947.

CHAPTER 400.
(House Bill 584)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Paragraph
(e) of Section 1287 of the Code of Public Local Laws of