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said Mr. D. H. McLoud shall continue to act as Town Clerk
until his successor shall have been duly appointed and quali-
fied, provided, further, that in the event of the death, resigna-
tion, or refusal to act of one or more of the judges and clerks of
election, then and in that event it shall be the duty of said Mr.
D. H. McLoud to fill such vacancy or vacancies.

Approved April 9, 1924.

CHAPTER 155.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 370
of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,
title "City of Baltimore, " sub-title "Criers, Bailiffs, Watch-
men and Stenographers, " as said section was amended by
Chapter 450 of the Acts of 1918, so as to pension court
stenographers appointed by the Supreme Bench of Balti-
more City.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 379 of Article 4 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "City of Baltimore, " sub-title
"Criers, Bailiffs, Watchmen and Stenographers, " as said sec-
tion was amended by Chapter 459 of the Acts of 1918, be and
the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments,
to read as follows:

379. The judges of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City
are authorized and directed to appoint from time to time as
many court stenographers, not exceeding in number altogether
the number of said judges, as shall in their discretion be re-
quired for the services of the several courts of Baltimore City,
who shall be sworn officers of the court, and shall each be paid
a salary of twenty-two hundred and fifty dollars per annum
when such stenographers shall be required to attend the courts
regularly, or twelve dollars per diem for each day of actual
employment when he shall be appointed to attend only when
his services shall be specially required by the judges; the said
salaries to be paid in like manner as the salaries of the other
officers of the courts are now paid, as prescribed in Section
372. Every official court stenographer of the Supreme Bench
of Baltimore City, including the stenographer assigned to the
Grand Jury, who after having served twenty-five preceding
consecutive years, shall attain the age of sixty-five years while
in office, or shall have become physically or mentally incapaci-