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lot or parcel of ground who shall forthwith enter the same on
his books against the property so assessed; the tax collector shall
collect such assessment as other taxes are collected, provided,
that no property be sold for the payment of such assessment
until after the expiration of twelve months from the date of the
passage of the order of the Burgess and Commissioners in the
premises.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1924.

Approved April 9, 1924.

CHAPTER 208.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 1
of Chapter 176 of the Acts of 1904, entitled "An Act to
regulate the salary of the State's Attorney for Caroline
County, " increasing the salary of the State's Attorney.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 1 of Chapter 176 of the Acts of 1904 be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

1. It shall be the duty of the State's Attorney for Caroline
County not only to prosecute cases in which indictments may
be found by the Grand Jury for the body of Caroline County,
but also to attend preliminary hearings before the Justices of
the Peace in said County if the charge against the traverser is
such that it might later be referred to the Grand Jury, pro-
vided he is requested to do so by any Justice of. the Peace in
said County; and, when in the judgment of the State's At-
torney, his presence is required or needed at such preliminary
hearings or trials. The State's Attorney for Caroline County
shall receive an annual salary of one thousand two hundred
dollars for the performance of the official duties of his
said office, which are now or may hereafter be required by
law, said salary to be in lieu of all fees, appearance and trial,
and all other compensations for same and to be payable semi-
annually on the first day of January and the first day of July
by the County Treasurer; provided, however, that his actual
expenses incurred in following and trying criminal cases re-
moved from said county shall be paid in addition to this sal-
ary; and that all general or local laws inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.