HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1127
CHAPTER 887.
(House Bill 298)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 36
and 37 of Article 40 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1939 Edition), title "General Assembly", sub-title "Legis-
lative Council", increasing the per diem for members of the
Legislative Council.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 36 and 37 of Article 40 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "General Assembly",
sub-title "Legislative Council", be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

36. The appropriation for the Legislative Council, which
for budget purposes shall be treated as a Legislative expense,
may be expended, in accordance with the budget.

(1) To compensate the members of the Council at the rate
of twenty dollars for each day spent in attendance at sessions
of the Council, or of sub-committees thereof, and actual
traveling expenses incurred while so attending;

(2) To pay to the experts, assistants, stenographers, and
other persons and research agencies employed by the Director
of Research, such compensation as he shall fix, subject to the
approval of the Council;

(3) To pay for necessary stationery and supplies and print-
ing for the Council and Research Division;

(4) To reimburse witnesses required to appear before the
Council by its order, and members of unpaid committees ap-
pointed by the Council, for actual traveling and hotel expenses
incurred in attending any session of the Council or of any
such committee.

(5) To pay a salary of not less than Four Thousand Dollars
($4, 000. 00) per year to a full-time Assistant of the Director of
Research, said position to be appointed by the Director of
Research under the provisions of Article 64A of the Annotated
Code of Maryland.

37. The total expenses of the Legislative Council shall not
exceed Forty Thousand Dollars ($40, 000. 00).

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1st, 1945.

Approved April 27, 1945.