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150.
(h).

(3). Kent County—[No additional compensation] Three Hun-
dred Dollars per annum.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1055.

Approved March 29,1955.

CHAPTER 184
(Senate Bill 191)

AN ACT to repeal Section 24 of Article 17 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1951 Edition and 1954 Supplement, as amended by
Chapter 6 of the Acts of 1955), title "Clerks of Court", sub-title
"General Duties of Clerks", and to enact a new Section 24 in lieu
thereof, said new section to stand in the place and stead of the
Section so repealed, repealing all laws which specify salaries to be
received by the several Clerks of Court in this State and providing
generally that such salaries shall be fixed and determined by the
Board of Public Works based upon the relative volume of business
and receipts in each such office and providing further that nothing
in this Act shall be construed to affect the compensation of any
Clerk of Court in office at the time this Act becomes effective for
the duration of the term of office in which he then is serving.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 24 of Article 17 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition and 1954 Supplement, as amended by Chapter 6 of the
Acts of 1955), title "Clerks of Court", sub-title "General Duties of
Clerks", be and it is hereby repealed and that a new Section 24 be
and it is hereby enacted in lieu thereof, said new section to stand in
the place and stead of the section so repealed and to read as follows:

24. (a) The Clerk of each of the Circuit Courts of this State,
including the Circuit Court in each county and the Criminal and Law
and Equity Courts of Baltimore City shall be entitled to receive
annually a salary of not less than $4,500.00 and not more than
$9,000.00 to be fixed and determined in each instance by the Board
of Public Works of this State on the basis of the relative volume of
business and receipts in each such office. Each Clerk of the Court
shall be entitled to the salary fixed and no more.

(b) The salaries of the Clerks of Courts shall be payable semi-
monthly from the fees, receipts and emoluments of the office, after
first deducting therefrom the necessary expenses of the office, in-
cluding salaries of deputies and clerks, books, stationery, office sup-
plies and other necessary and customary expenses of doing business.

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.