Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                  1493

GERS, BAILIFFS, CRIERS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES OF
THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 22 (c) of Article 51 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1956 Supplement), title "Justices," sub-title "Qualification and
Selection of Jurors", fee be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows: AND THAT SECTION 79 OF
ARTICLE 1 OF THE CODE OF PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS OF
MARYLAND (1930 EDITION), TITLE "ALLEGANY COUN-
TY", SUB-TITLE "CIRCUIT COURT", SUB-HEADING "EM-
PLOYEES, BE AND THEY ARE HEREBY REPEALED AND
RE-ENACTED, WITH AMENDMENTS, TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

22.

(c) In Allegany County, beginning with the term of court in April,
[1951] 1957, jurors shall receive [six] eight dollars per day for each
and every day they shall attend a court of this State as jurors;
jurors residing outside the corporate limits of the city of Cumber-
land shall be paid mileage at the rate of five cents per mile for each
mile or fraction thereof actually traveled from day to day while
enroute from their respective homes to the city of Cumberland, over
the nearest practicable route.

79. THE EMPLOYEES ENGAGED ON DUTY IN THE COURT
HOUSE IN CUMBERLAND, ALLEGANY COUNTY, MARY-
LAND, EMPLOYED IN THE CAPACITY OF MESSENGERS TO
THE COURT AND BAR OR AS BAILIFFS TO THE GRAND AND
PETIT JURIES, OR AS COURT CRIERS, OR IN ANY OTHER
CAPACITY IN WHICH THEY MAY BE EMPLOYED BY THE
JUDGES OF THE COURT OF ALLEGANY COUNTY, WHO ARE
NOW PAID ON A PER DIEM BASIS, SHALL BE ENTITLED TO
RECEIVE AS COMPENSATION FOR THEIR EMPLOYMENT
THE SUM OF EIGHT DOLLARS FOR EACH AND EVERY
COURT DAY OR FRACTION THEREOF IN WHICH THEY ARE
SO EMPLOYED, THE SAME AS IS PAID TO JURORS (EXCLU-
SIVE OF MILEAGE), AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF
ALLEGANY COUNTY SHALL ALLOW AND PAY THE SAME
FROM THE FUNDS OF ALLEGANY COUNTY, MARYLAND,
WHICH ARE OR MAY BE PROVIDED FOR THE EXPENSES OF
CONDUCTING THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ALLEGANY COUNTY,
MARYLAND.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared

to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate preser-
vation 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 15, 1957.