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of the State's Attorney of Baltimore County, the amounts of
money certified by said Judge, as aforesaid, to be properly
chargeable by said State's Attorney of Baltimore County, at
the same time and in the same manner that other county taxes
are levied and collected.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That Sections 387, 388,
389 and 390 of the Code of Public -Local Laws of Baltimore
County (Smith's 1948 Edition), be and the same are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

387. The State's Attorney for Baltimore County is hereby
authorized and empowered to appoint two Assistant State's
Attorneys at a compensation not exceeding Four Thousand
Dollars ($4, 000) per annum each, to be paid out of the funds
coming into the hands of the State's Attorney for Baltimore
County and said Assistant State's Attorneys to perform such
work in the State's Attorney's office as he may direct and as
they are now or may hereafter be authorized by law to per-
form.

388. Any clerk or other employee appointed by the State's
Attorney under the provisions of Section 384, and the
Assistant State's Attorneys, shall, before entering upon the
duties of their offices, take and subscribe before a Judge or
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, an oath
that he or she, as the case may be, will keep secret all matters
and things pertaining to the said State's Attorney's office.

389. Any clerk or other employee, or the Assistant State's
Attorneys, appointed as aforesaid, who shall violate any of
the provisions of the preceding sections with regard to secrecy
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction
thereof shall be fined not exceeding One Thousand Dollars
($1, 000), or imprisonment in jail, not exceeding one year, or
be both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the Court.

390. The State's Attorney and Assistant State's Attorneys,
or either of them, shall present cases to the Grand Jury of
Baltimore County, and perform such other acts and duties in
relation to said Grand Jury as are necessary and proper.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety, and
having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by
three-fifths of all of the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall
take effect from the date of the passage.

Approved April 22, 1949.