830 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 366

Section 118-B. The Treasurer, subject to the consent of
the County Commissioners shall appoint a deputy treasurer
who shall qualify under the Constitution of the State, and shall
give bond to the treasurer as he may require; and the salary
of said deputy treasurer shall be fifteen hundred dollars a year
payable monthly. The Treasurer shall appoint such Clerk or
Clerks as may be necessary for the proper discharge of the
duties of his office subject to the consent of the County Com-
missioners, but the aggregate annual salary of said Clerks-
shall in no case exceed the sum of five hundred dollars. The
County Commissioners may appoint a stenographer and type-
writer at a salary not exceeding three hundred and sixty dol-
lars ($360.00) per annum for the County Commissioner's
office.

Approved April 10th, 1918.

CHAPTER 366.

AN ACT to authorize the Board of School Commissioners of
Carroll County to refund to Edgar T. Mercer of Frederick
County, State of Maryland, fifty dollars ($50.00), less five
per centum, for money paid by the said Edgar T. Mercer
for certain auctioneer's license fees under Chapter 633, Laws
of Maryland, 1914.

WHEREAS, Edgar T. Mercer of Mount Airy, Frederick
County, State of Maryland, did, in compliance with Chapter
633, Laws of Maryland, 1914, pay to the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Carroll County the sum of twenty-five dollars.
($25.00) in the year 1915 for his license as auctioneer, and a
like sum in the year 1916 for the same purpose, and the said
sums of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) each, less five per centum,
was paid by law to the Board of School Commissioners of Car-
roll County; and

WHEREAS, the Court of Appeals did, in an opinion handed
down on February 1, 19l8, declare Chapter 633, Laws of
Maryland, 1914, unconstitutional and void; therefore

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Board of School Commissioners of Carroll
County be and is hereby authorized to refund and pay to
Edgar T. Mercer the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00), less five
per centum.