134 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Anne Arundel county, as the same was repealed and re-en-
acted by Chapter 596, Acts of 1890, of the General Assembly
of Maryland, and to enact a substitute therefor providing
compensation for the Crier of the Circuit Court of Anne
Arundel County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 18 of Article 36 of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws of Maryland, entitled "Fees of Officers," sub-title
"Criers," as the same was repealed and re-enacted by Chapter
596 of the Acts of 1890, be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enaced so as to read as follows:

1. The Crier of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County
shall be entitled to and receive a salary to the amount of six
hundred and sixty dollars per annum, in sums of fifty-five dol-
lars per month, which shall be in full and in lieu of the allow-
ance and fees now authorized by law; provided, that he shall
receive his usual fees as now allowed by law in cases removed
from other counties or the City of Baltimore, to the Circuit
Court for Anne Arundel County, and the County Commission-
ers of Anne Arundel County are authorized and directed at
their next meeting for making the county levy, and annually
thereafter, to levy for the use of the crier of said court on the
assessable property of said county such sums of money as they
shall deem sufficient to pay the above salary of the said crier
of said court, upon presentation to the County Commissioners
of said county the certificate of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
of said county, certifying the attendance of said crier as herein-
after required, he shall be entitled to receive his salary monthly
in cash, and the said County Commissioners are directed, upon
presentation, to pay the same.

. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of said Crier
of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County in at all. times
to keep and have charge of the courtroom, judge's room and
petitioning jury room of said court, and to clean, air and ven-
tilate the same, to attend the sessions of said court, to have
charge and keep open the court library for the use and benefit
of persons having business with said court, allowing no books
to be taken out of said courtroom, unless the party desiring to
remove the same first receipt for them in a book to be kept by
said crier; and allow no books to be taken from the library,
except by the judges of said court, for a longer period than ten
days, and for the faithful discharge of his duties he shall give
bond to the State of Maryland in the penal sum of five hundred
dollars, to be filed with and approved by the Clerk of the Cir-
cuit Court for Anne Arundel County.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That all the local laws inconsist-