HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 749

ter 194 of the Acts of 1943, relating to the compensation and
duties of the Clerks in Anne Arundel County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 104 of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "Justice of the Peace", sub-
title "Trial Magistrates System", as said section was amended
by Chapter 194 of the Acts of 1943, be and it is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

104. (Clerks. ) The County Commissioners shall provide
such clerical assistance, and pay such compensation therefor,
as said Commissioners may deem reasonably necessary for any
trial magistrate. The appointment of clerical assistants shall
be made by the trial magistrate to be thus served, when pro-
vision therefor is made by the County Commissioners; except
that in Montgomery, Allegany, Baltimore, Carroll and Prince
George's Counties such clerical assistants shall be appointed
by the County Commissioners of said Counties. In counties in
which provision is made by the County Commissioners for
clerical assistants, except Allegany County, the trial magis-
trates 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
a$ may be provided by the County Commissioners but not less
than eight hundred dollars ($800) nor more than fifteen hun-
dred dollars ($1500) per year.

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

Approved April 23, 1945.

CHAPTER 675.
(House Bill 465)

AN ACT to add two new sections to Article 2 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Anne
Arundel County", to be under the new sub-title "Fire Com-
missioners", said new sections to follow immediately after
Section 277 of said Article and to be known as Sections 278
and 279 thereof, providing for a Board of Fire Commis-
sioners for Anne Arundel County, appointment of its mem-
bers, their terms of office, compensation, powers and duties;