HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 889

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 con-
stables at large shall receive, in lieu of fees in civil and
criminal cases, an annual salary of $600. 00; but in Allegany
County, the County Commissioners shall appoint four
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 not less than
Twenty-one Hundred and Sixty Dollars ($2, 160. 00), one
shall receive an annual salary of not less than eighteen
hundred dollars ($1, 800, 00), one shall receive an
annual salary of not less than fifteen hundred dollars
($1, 500. 00) in lieu in each! case of all criminal
costs and fees, and one shall receive an annual
salary of Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1?200. 00) plus all
fees and costs allowed by law for all services per-
formed by him in civil and criminal cases, and the County
Commissioners of Allegany County may increase the com-
pensation of said constables or appoint additional con-
stables at large for trial magistrates in said County and
provide for the compensation of such constables either by
the fees prescribed by law or by such annual salary in lieu
of fees, as the County Commissioners, in their discretion,
may determine; provided, however, that the provisions of
this Section shall not apply to the counties of Frederick,
Carroll, Montgomery, Wicomico, Prince George's, Harford,
Cecil and Calvert, and in Anne Arundel the County Com-
missioners may appoint two constables at salaries of not
more than Six Hundred Dollars ($600. 00) per year.

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

Approved April 27, 1945.

CHAPTER 759.
(Senate Bill 609)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-
section (Allegany County), of Section 100 of Article 52
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1940 Supplement),
title "Justices of the Peace, " sub-title "Trial Magistrates
System, " relating to increasing the compensation of the
trial Magistrates in Allegany County.