THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                   141

(1954 Supplement), title "Testamentary Law", sub-title "Register
of Wills", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

290. Attendance at office; preservation of papers; absence in
military service.

He shall attend his office daily in person or by deputy unless pre-
vented by sickness, accident or necessity for the dispatch of office
business; provided, that the offices of the registers of wills for
Caroline, Dorchester, Montgomery and Wicomico counties may, at
the discretion of the register of wills in each such county, be closed
on Saturdays; he shall lodge every original paper and record made
up by him in some repository of the court house of the county or
city, or in such other place of safety as the said court may appoint;
and the county commissioners of the county and mayor and city
council of Baltimore shall provide and keep in repair the said
repository at the charge of the county or city. During his term of
office any register of wills absent in the military service of the
United States government during time of war shall be considered
on leave of absence without pay while in such military service and
for ninety days thereafter. for the period of such absence the duly
appointed and qualified deputy register of wills shall, after giving
bond as prescribed in Section 285 of this subtitle, perform all the
duties of the office of register of wills and receive the salary pro-
vided by law for that office.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1955.

Approved March 24,1955.

CHAPTER 110
(House Bill 53)

AN ACT to add a new Section 40 (k) (la) to Article 10 of the An-
notated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition and 1954 Supplement),
title "Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in fact," sub-title "State's
Attorney," said new section to follow immediately after Section 40
(k) (1) thereof, providing an allowance for office, traveling and
other expenses of the State's Attorney of Calvert County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article 10 of the An-
notated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition and 1954 Supplement),
title "Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in fact," sub-title "State's
Attorney," said new section to follow immediately after Section 40
(k) (1) thereof, to be known as Section 40 (k) (la), and to read as
follows:

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.