814 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 435

tated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Testamen-
tary Law", sub-title "Register of Wills", providing that
the salary of the Register of Wills of Washington
County shall be set by the Board of Public Works.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 298 (a) and 298(b) (7) of Article 93 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Tes-
tamentary Law", sub-title "Register of Wills", be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
and to read as follows:

298. (a) The Register of Wills of Baltimore City and
of Frederick, Washington, and Montgomery Counties shall
be entitled to receive annually a salary of not less than
$3, 600 and not more than $7, 500, to be fixed and deter-
mined by the Board of Public Works and the Register
shall be entitled to the salary so fixed and no more.

The Board of Public Works in fixing the annual salary
of the Register of Wills of Baltimore City and of Frederick
[County] and Washington Counties shall be guided in the
exercise of its discretion in regard thereto, by the popula-
lation of said City, or County, determined by the last offi-
cial United States Census, by the current representation
of said City or County in the House of Delegates of Mary-
land, by the dollar volume of total fees and taxes collected
and of excess fees turned over to the State for each of
the preceding five (5) years by the office of the Register
of Wills for which the salary is being fixed and by other
pertinent data which has relation to the reasonableness of
the salary in relation to the work done and volume handled
by the office, it being the intent of this section that the
said Register shall receive a fair and adequate compensa-
tion for the effort and duties required of him by his office
and the volume and character of work done by him as
Register in proportion to the salary fixed by the Legisla-
ture for other Registers of Wills in this State.

(b) The Register of Wills of the several counties of
the State shall be entitled to receive annually the respective
salaries hereinafter set forth and no more as follows:

(7) The Register of Wills of Allegany [and Washing-
ton Counties] County shall [each] be entitled to receive
the annual salary of $4, 800.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this
Act shall be construed to affect of change the salary of
the Register of Wills of Washington County in office at