HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 543

sub-title "County Commissioners", as said section was
amended by Chapter 465 of the Acts of 1933, providing
for the appointment of the Clerk to the County Com-
missioners by the said Commissioners.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 87 of Article 12 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Gar-
rett County", sub-title "County Commissioners", as said
section was amended by Chapter 465 of the Acts of 1933,
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

87. On the expiration of the term of the present Clerk
to the Board of County Commissioners, unless a vacancy
occurs before the expiration of said term, the County Com-
missioners of Garrett County shall appoint a Clerk who
shall serve for a term of four (4) years from the time of
his appointment and qualification or until his successor
is appointed and qualified and shall be subjected
to removal from said office for inefficiency or for any will-
full neglect of duty or misbehavior in office at any time by
the County Commissioners of said County, who shall have
power to appoint some competent person for the unexpired
term of the Clerk so removed, said Clerk shall be paid for
his services the sum of twelve hundred dollars per an-
num, payable in monthly instalments of one hundred dol-
lars at the expiration of each and every month by the treas-
urer of Garrett County from the funds of said County and
the said Clerk shall have full power to administer an oath
or affirmation to any and all persons who are to be exam-
ined as witnesses in any matter before the County Com-
missioners, and touching or relating to any account, bill
or other matter to be filed in the office of said County Com-
missioners; the said salary of twelve hundred dollars per
annum shall be full compensation for all services required
of said Clerk, who shall keep the office of County Commis-
sioners open from nine o'clock in the forenoon until four
o'clock in the afternoon, and who shall attend therein
for the transaction of business on every day of the week
except Sundays and legal holidays. No additional com-
pensation shall be paid said Clerk for extra work nor shall
the County Commissioners pay anyone for assisting said
Clerk.

SEC. 2. And be it further enactedf That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1941.

Approved April 23, 1941.