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having served twenty-five preceding consecutive years, shall attain
the age of sixty-five years while in office, or have become physically
or mentally incapacitated from performing the duties of court
stenographer from ailments or accidents not resulting from any of
his own misconduct, shall be entitled to retirement with a salary of
$1,000 per annum, payable as other official stenographers' salaries are
now paid, provided that such retirement shall be evidenced by a satis-
factory certificate approved by the Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City, directed to the Comptroller of the City of Baltimore, advising
him of the retirement of the stenographer, and that said retirement
is in accord with the provisions of this section.

385. Upon the organization of each Grand Jury, as provided for
in the preceding section, and upon their request therefor, signified
to the Judge of Judges for the time being especially assigned to and
sitting in the Criminal Court of the said city, the said Judge or
Judges may and they are hereby authorized and empowered to
appoint a clerk, who shall be a competent stenographer, at a com-
pensation not exceeding the rate of [Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000)] Seven Thousand Dollars ($7,000) per annum, to be paid
by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, which said clerk shall
have authority to take and transcribe the testimony given before
any Grand Jury in said City of Baltimore, and whenever required
by the State's Attorney, shall attend upon and take and transcribe
the testimony given at magistrates' hearings, and all of the said
testimony so taken and transcribed shall be for the exclusive use
and benefit of the Grand Jury and the State's Attorney of the said
city, unless otherwise ordered by the Court. In addition to the com-
pensation aforesaid to be paid to said clerk by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, the said Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
shall make compensation to the said stenographer for all testimony
taken and transcribed by him at any magistrates' hearing or hear-
ings, and when requested by the State's Attorney for the use of his
office, at a rate not exceeding fifteen cents per hundred words of
testimony.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
January 1, 1956.

Approved March 24,1955.

CHAPTER 86
(Senate Bill 63)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 77 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Public Education'', said new
section to be known as Section 254A, to follow immediately after
Section 254 thereof, to be under the sub-title "Free Scholarships"
and under the new sub-heading "Hood College, Frederick", AND

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