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bers elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assem-
bly the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 5, 1924.

CHAPTER 37.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections 388A
and 388B of Article 22 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland, title "Washington County, " sub-title "State's
Attorney, " as enacted by Chapter 106 of the Laws of 1904,
providing an increase in the salary of the State's Attorney.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 388A and 388B of Article 22 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Washington County, "
sub-title "State's Attorney, " as enacted by Chapter 106 of the
Laws of 1904, be and the same are hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments so as to read as follows:

388A. The State's Attorney for Washington County shall
receive for the year 1924 and for each and every year there-
after an annual salary of three thousand dollars to be levied and
paid by the County Commissioners of said county, for the per-
formance of the official duties of his office, said salary to be in
lieu of all fees, appearance and trial, and all other compensa-
tion for the same; provided, however, that his actual expenses
incurred in the conduct of his office are not to exceed the sum
of five hundred dollars, per annum; and also his actual expenses
incurred in following and trying criminal cases removed from
said county, shall be paid by said County Commissioners in
addition to said salary.

388B. The said salary of three thousand dollars per annum
shall be paid to the said State's Attorney by the County Com-
missioners of said county, in equal quarterly instalments on
the first day of January, April, July and October in each and
every year, and the said County Commissioners shall levy
annually the said sum of three thousand dollars for the purpose
of paying said salary to the said State's Attorney, and the said
County Commissioners shall also levy. annually a sum sufficient
to meet the actual expenses incurred by the said State's Attor-
ney in the conduct of his office, not to exceed the sum of five
hundred dollars, and also a sum sufficient to meet the actual
expenses incurred by the said State's Attorney in following
and trying criminal cases removed from said county.