WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 17

Edition), title "Baltimore City", sub-title "Salaries of Clerks
of Courts", as said section was amended by Chapter 903 of
the Acts of 1947, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments, to read as follows:

486. The Comptroller of the State of Maryland is hereby
directed to draw a warrant upon the State Treasurer for the
payment in equal monthly or semi-monthly installments for
the compensation provided in the State Budget for the trust
clerk to be appointed by the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City,
for the supervision of the trust estates in the Circuit Court
and Circuit Court No. 2 of Baltimore City; payment of said
salary to be made out of any money paid by the clerks of the
several courts of Baltimore City into the State Treasury, and
on the certificate of some one of the judges of the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City that such trust clerk has performed
his duties for the time so certified by said Judge; the clerk of
the Circuit Court of Baltimore and of the Circuit Court No. 2
of Baltimore City are hereby authorized and directed to
appoint a chief clerk for each of their respective courts, said
appointment to be subject to confirmation by the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City; and when said appointments have
been so made and confirmed the Comptroller of the State of
Maryland is hereby directed to pay in monthly or semi-
monthly installments the compensation provided in the State
Budget for each of the two clerks so appointed and confirmed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1949.

Approved March 4, 1949.

CHAPTER 16
(House Bill 28)

AN ACT to repeal Section 432 of Article 4 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland and Baltimore City Charter
(1938 Edition), title "Baltimore City", sub-title "Criminal
Court of Baltimore", said section relating to the compen-
sation of the Chief Clerk of the Criminal Court of Baltimore
City.

WHEREAS, Section 20 of Article 17 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1947 Cumulative Supplement), authorizes the
State Comptroller to fix the compensation of all employees
in the offices of the Clerk of Court in the several counties and