804 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 369

94 of Article 11, title "Frederick County", sub-title "Cor-
oners", and Sections 188, 189, 190, 191 and 192 of Article 16,
title "Montgomery County", sub-title "Coroners", of the
Code of Public Local Laws (1930 Edition), and all other
Public Local Laws relating to Coroners; to add a new sub-
title and a new section to Article 41 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Governor—Executive
and Administrative Departments", said new sub-title to be
"Department of Post Mortem Examiners" and to follow
immediately after Section 127 of said Article 41, and the
new section to be known as Section 127A and to follow im-
mediately after said new sub-title, said section creating the
Department of Post Mortem Examiners; and to enact a new
Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1924 Edition)
to be known as Article 22, title "Post Mortem Examiners",
said new Article to consist of eight sections to be known as
Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, creating the Department of
Post Mortem Examiners, prescribing the powers and duties
thereof, and providing for the appointment of a Chief Med-
ical Examiner and two Assistant Medical Examiners and
for the appointment of a Deputy Medical Examiner for each
of the counties of the State.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Article 22 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1924 Edition), title "Coroners", be and the same is hereby
repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Sections 385, 386,
387, 388 and 389 of the Charter and Public Local Laws of
Baltimore City (1938 Edition), title "Coroners, Inquests and
Dead Bodies", be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That a new sub-title and
a new section be and they are hereby added to Article 41 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Gov-
ernor—Executive and Administrative Departments", said new
sub-title and new section to follow immediately after Section
127 of said Article 41 and to read as follows:

DEPARTMENT OF POST MORTEM EXAMINERS.

127A. The head of the Department of Post Mortem Exam-
iners shall be a Commission constituted and organized as pro-
vided by law and having and exercising all the rights, powers,
duties, obligations and functions now or hereafter conferred
by law.