51& LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 446

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

Approved May 4? 1943.

CHAPTER 446.
(House Bill 383)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-section
(Kent County) of Section 100 and Section 101 of Article 52
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title
"Justice of the Peace", sub-title "Trial Magistrates Sys-
tem", exempting Kent County from the requirement as to
salaried constables and providing that all civil and criminal
process issued by the Trial Magistrate in Kent County shall
be served by the sheriff and his deputies.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sub-section (Kent County) of Section 100 and
Section 101 of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1939 Edition), title "Justices of the Peace", sub-title "Trial
Magistrates System", be and they are hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

100. (Kent County). There shall be one trial magistrate
who shall sit at Chestertown and who shall receive an annual
salary of $1, 200. 00. The sheriff of Kent County and his depu-
ties are hereby authorized, directed and required to serve all
civil and criminal process issued by said magistrate.

101. (Salaried Constables). One constable at large may be
appointed by the County Commissioners of the several counties
for 'each trial magistrate, and each of said constables at large
shall receive, in lieu of fees in civil and criminal cases, an an-
nual salary of f600. 00; but in Allegany County, the County
Commissioners shall appoint three constables at large for two
trial magistrates who sit for the trial of cases in the City of
Cumberland; one of said constables shall receive an annual
salary of eighteen hundred dollars ($1, 800. 00), one shall re-
ceive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars ($1, 500. 00),
and one shall receive an annual salary of twelve hundred dol-
lars ($1, 200. 00), in lieu in each case of all criminal costs and
fees, and the County Commissioners of Allegany County may
appoint additional constables at large for trial magistrates in
said County and provide for the compensation of such con-
stables either by the fees prescribed by law or by such annual