Ch. 573 LAWS OF MARYLAND
(1989 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Estates and Trusts

2-205.

(a) (1) It is the intent of this section that each register shall receive a fair and
adequate compensation for the effort and duties required of him by his office.

(2) The volume and character of work done by him as register shall be in
comparison to the salary fixed by the Board of Public Works for each of the other
registers.

(b) (1) Each register is entitled to receive an annual salary of not less than
$6,000 and not more than [$45,000] $57,500 $60,000, to be determined in each instance
by the Board of Public Works.

(2) In determining the annual salary of the register, the Board of Public
Works shall be guided in the exercise of its discretion by:

[(1)] (I) The population of the county determined by the last official
United States census;

[(2)] (II) The dollar volume of total fees and taxes collected and excess
fees turned over to the State for each of the preceding five years by the office of the
register for which the salary is being fixed; and

[(3)] (III) Other pertinent data which have relation to the reasonableness of
the salary in relation to the work done and volume handled by the office.

(c) The minimum annual salary for the register in Baltimore City is $12,000.

(d) (1) The salaries of the registers shall be paid semimonthly from the fees
and receipts of the office, after deducting the expenses of the office.

(2) Expenses include salaries of deputies and clerks, books, stationery,
office supplies, and other necessary and customary expenses of doing business.

(e) (1) If the fees and receipts of the office are insufficient in any month to
pay all or a part of the expenses of the office and authorized salary of a register, the
deficiency shall be deducted by the register for that month, from the taxes due the State
Comptroller from the office for that month. Written authority for the deduction shall be
first obtained from the State Comptroller.

(2) In the event that tax collections for the month are insufficient, the
Comptroller shall make up the deficit from funds provided in the State budget for this
purpose.

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