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regulations and do any and all things, from time to time, that
may be necessary or proper to put into operation and effect
any and all of the aforegoing provisions.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any and all public
general laws or public local laws or any part or parts thereof
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed
to the extent of any such inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in case it shall be
judicially determined that any word, phrase, clause, sentence,
paragraph or section of this Act, or the application thereof to
any person or circumstance, be invalid, the remaining pro-
visions and the application of such provisions to other per-
sons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1945.

Approved April 23, 1945.

CHAPTER 654.
(House Bill 325)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 19
of Article 17 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1943
Supplement), title "Clerks of Courts'', sub-title "General
Duties of Clerks", relating to the salary of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of Frederick County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 19 of Article 17 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "Clerks. of Courts", sub-
title "General Duties of Clerks", be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

19. (a) The Clerk of the Criminal Court of Baltimore City
and of each of the Law and Equity Courts of Baltimore City,
and the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Frederick County, shall
be entitled to receive annually a salary of not less than Three
Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($3, 600. 00) or more than
Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7, 500. 00), to be
fixed and determined in the case of each clerkship by the
Board of Public Works, and each Clerk shall be entitled to
the salary so fixed and no more.