936 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 781

any greater compensation nor pay any bills for any matter
whatsoever for the use of said Collectors nor supply any
stationery or other thing unless the same shall be charged
against the said compensation so to be allowed said Tax
Collectors; and if it shall be found at any time during a
fiscal year that any monthly payments to be made to said
Tax Collectors, together with the previous monthly pay-
ments, would exceed two-thirds of any limits of com-
pensation herein provided, no further payment shall be
allowed until final settlement is made by said Collectors
with said County Commissioners as aforesaid, provided
further that the County Commissioners shall pay the pre-
mium upon each of the bonds of the respective Tax
Collectors.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
be declared an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and being passed by a yea and nay vote of three-fifths of
all the members of each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly the same shall take effect from the date of its
passage.

Approved April 27, 1945.

CHAPTER 781.
(Senate Bill 430)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with Amendments, Sec-
tion 16 of Article 64A of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1943 Supplement), title "Merit System, " relating
to certain duties and functions of the State Employees
Standard Salary Board, authorizing said Board to ap-
prove increases in salaries in a pro-rata basis of em-
ployees of County Welfare Boards, and limiting such
increases.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 16 of Article 64A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "Merit System, " be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

16. After consultation with appointing authorities, the
State Employees Standard Salary Board shall prepare and
recommend to the Governor a pay plan for all classes of
positions in both the Classified and Unclassified Service to
the end that all positions in such services involving com-