918 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 489

CHAPTER 489

(House Bill 273)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tion 24 (a) of Article 17 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1951 Edition), title "Clerks of Courts, " sub-title
"General Duties of Clerks, " raising the maximum an-
nual salary of the Clerk of the Criminal Court of Balti-
more City and of each of the Law and Equity Courts
of Baltimore City from Seventy-five Hundred ($7, 500)
to Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12, 000) NINE THOU-
SAND DOLLARS ($9, 000).

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 24 (a) of Article 17 of the An-
notated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Clerks
of Courts, " sub-title "General Duties of Clerks, " be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

24.

(a) The Clerk of the Criminal Court of Baltimore City
and of each of the Law and Equity Courts of Baltimore
City shall be entitled to receive annually a salary of not
less than Three Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($3, 600. )
nor more than Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12, 000. ) NINE
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($9, 000), and the Clerks of the
Circuit Courts of Calvert, Frederick and Montgomery
Counties, shall be entitled to receive annually a salary of
not less than Three Thousand Six Hundred Dollars
($3, 600. 00) nor more than Seven Thousand Five Hundred
Dollars ($7, 500. 000), to be fixed and determined in the
case of each clerkship by the Board of Public Works, and
each Clerk shall be entitled to the salary so fixed and no
more.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1953, and nothing in this Act shall be
construed to affect the salary of the present incumbents
of said offices during the term for which they have been
elected.

Approved April 11, 1953.

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EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.