HERBERT E, O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1725

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts
of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be and
the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such incon-
sistency.

SEC. 3. And be It further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and being
passed upon a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of
all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the
General Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of
its passage.

Approved May 4, 1943.

CHAPTER 989.
(House Bill 586)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 287 and 288 of Article 93 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Testa-
mentary Law", sub-title "Register of Wills", and to enact in
lieu thereof two new sections, to be known as Sections 287
and 288, to follow immediately after Section 286 of said
Article, and to provide for the duties of the Registers of
Wills for the several counties of the State in regard to the
payment of the expenses of their offices, their fees and re-
ceipts, the manner of payment and amount of their salaries
and the payment of any deficiency in said salaries.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 287 and 288 of Article 93 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Testamentary Law",
sub-title "Register of Wills", be and the same are hereby re-
pealed, and that two new sections be and they are hereby
enacted in lieu thereof, said new sections to be known as Sec-
tions 287 and 288, to follow immediately after Section 286 of
said Article, and to read as follows:

287. The Register of Wills of Baltimore City shall be en-
titled to receive annually a salary of not less than f 3, 600 and
more than $7, 500, to be fixed and determined by the Board of
Public Works and the Register shall be entitled to the salary
so fixed and no more.

The Board of Public Works, in fixing the annual salary of
the Register of Wills of Baltimore City, shall be guided in the
exercise of its discretion in regard thereto, by the population
of said City, determined by the last official United States
Census, by the current representation of said City in the
House of Delegates of Maryland, by the dollar volume of total
fees and taxes collected and of excess fees turned over to the