HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1077
CHAPTER 519.

(House Bill 235)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 495
and 690 of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1938 Edition), title "Baltimore City", sub-title
"Criers, Bailiffs, Watchmen and Stenographers" and
"Jurors", increasing the salaries of the court stenographers
for the several courts of Baltimore City and the ^tenog-
rapher assigned to the Grand Jury of Baltimore City.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 495 and 690 of Article 4 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1938 Edition), title "Balti-
more City", sub-title "Criers, Bailiffs, Watchmen and Stenog-
raphers" and "Jurors", be and they are hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

495. 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 three thousand six hundred dollars ($3, 600)
per annum when such stenographers shall be required to at-
tend the courts regularly, or twelve dollars per diem for each
day of actual employment when he shall be appointed to at-
tend 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 pre-
scribed in Section 488. Every official court stenographer
of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, including the ste-
nographer 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 incapacitated from performing the
duties of court stenographer from ailments or accidents not
resulting from any own misconduct, shall be entitled to re-
tirement with a salary of $1, 000 per annum, payable as other
official stenographers' salaries are now paid, provided that
such retirement shall be evidenced by a satisfactory certificate
approved by the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, directed
to the Comptroller of the City of Baltimore, advising him of
the retirement of the stenographer, and that said retirement
is in accord with the provisions of this section.

690. Upon the organization of each grand jury, as pro-
vided for in the preceding section, and upon their request