198 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 194

hundred dollars ($2400). The said Clerk shall be in
charge of the office of the Commissioners and shall perform
the duties pertaining to his office and such other duties
as may be prescribed by the County Commissioners or
imposed by law.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1943.

Approved March 18, 1943.

CHAPTER 194.
(Senate Bill 190)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
104 of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1939 Edition), title "Justice of the Peace", sub-title
''Trial Magistrates System", as said section was amended
by Chapter 336 of the Acts of 1941, relating to the com-
pensation and duties of the Clerks in Anne Arundel
County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 104 of Article 52 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Justices of the
Peace", sub-title "Trial Magistrates System'", as said sec-
tion was amended by Chapter 336 of the Acts of 1941,
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

104. Clerks. The County Commissioners shall provide
such clerical assistance, and pay such compensation there-
for, as said Commissioners may deem reasonably necessary
for any trial magistrate. The appointment of clerical as-
sistants shall be made by the trial magistrate to be thus
served, when provision therefor is made by the County
Commissioners; except that in Montgomery, Allegany,
Baltimore, Carroll and Prince. George's Counties such cler-
ical assistants shall be appointed by the County Commis-
sioners of said counties. In counties in which provisions
is made by the County Commissioners for clerical assist-
ants, except Allegany County, the trial magistrates shall
direct and supervise the services to be rendered by said
assistants. In Anne Arundel County the clerks shall also
act as filing clerks for the Police Department with respect
to all Civil proceedings and shall receive such compensation