800                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 463

CHAPTER 462
(Senate Bill 560)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-section (Cecil
County) of Section 100 of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Justices of the Peace", sub-title
"Trial Magistrates System", increasing the minimum annual sal-
aries payable to the several Trial Magistrates of Cecil County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sub-section (Cecil County) of Section 100 of Article 52 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Justices of the
Peace", sub-title "Trial Magistrates System", be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and to read as follows:

100.

(Cecil County.) There shall be five Trial Magistrates, one of whom
shall be a member of the Bar of Cecil County, shall sit at Elkton and
shall receive an annual salary of [$1,000.00)] $2,500.00, one of whom
shall sit at Chesapeake City and shall receive an annual salary of
[$500.00] $600.00, one of whom shall sit at Perryville and shall
receive an annual salary of [$500.00] $1,500.00, one of whom shall
sit at Port Deposit and shall receive an annual salary of [$500.00]
$900.00, and one of whom shall sit at Rising Sun and shall receive
an annual salary of [$500.00] $1,200.00. Provided, however, that the
Trial Magistrate at Port Deposit shall sit only until such time as the
U. S. Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Maryland, is disestablished.
In each instance an annual salary shall be paid to each of the respec-
tive Trial Magistrates in an amount not less than that specified in
this sub-section and these amounts may be increased at any time by
the Board of County Commissioners of Cecil County from county
funds.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act shall
be construed to change or affect in any manner the compensation of
any Trial Magistrate in office at the time this Act becomes effective
for the duration of the term in which he then is serving.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and safety and having been passed
by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of all the members
elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly of Mary-
land, the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 18, 1955.

CHAPTER 463
(Senate Bill 569)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 382 through 386, inclusive, of Article 18,
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition),

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