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County aforesaid showing the balance, if any, due the said
County Commissioners as aforesaid.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect on June 1st, 1918.

Approved March 22nd, 1918.

CHAPTER 22.

AN ACT to repeal Sections 4 and 5 of Chapter 560 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1916, provid-
, ing for a Department of Law of the State of Maryland, and
to re-enact. said sections with amendments, ' Section 4 as
amended providing for an additional Assistant Attorney
Genera], and Section 5 relating to the office force of the said
Department.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That sections 4 and 5 of Chapter 560 of the Acts of
the General Assembly of Maryland of 1916, be and the same
hereby are repealed and re-enacted with amendments, so as to
read as follows:

Section 4. That the Attorney-General shall receive a salary
of Five Thousand Dollars ($5, 000) per annum. He is author-
ized to appoint not exceeding four assistants, who shall
be known as Assistant Attorneys-General, all of whom
shall be practicing lawyers of the State of Maryland in good
standing, and each of whom shall hold his respective office dur-
ing the pleasure of the Attorney-General. The salary of each
of the Assistant Attorneys-General shall be Two Thousand Five
Hundred ($2, 500) Dollars per annum. The said assistants
shall each perform such duties as the Attorney-General may,
from time to time, assign to them, and the Attorney-General is
hereby authorized to assign to them and each of them the per-
formance, subject to his direction and control, of any of the
duties required of him by law.

Section 5. That the Attorney-General is authorized to em-
ploy such stenographers, typewriters and other office assist-
ants as he may require, all of whom shall hold their respective
positions during the pleasure of the Attorney-General and be
subject to his orders, and shall receive such compensation as