Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                   189

(1956 Supplement), title "Justices of the Peace", sub-title "Trial
Magistrates System", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

104. Clerks.

The county commissioners shall provide such clerical assistance,
and pay such compensation therefor, as said commissioners may
deem reasonably necessary for any trial magistrate. The appoint-
ment of clerical assistants shall be made by the trial magistrate to
be thus served, when provision therefor is made by the county com-
missioners; except that in Montgomery, Allegany, Baltimore, Kent,
Carroll and Prince George's counties such clerical assistants shall be
appointed by the county commissioners of said counties. In counties
in which provision is made by the county commissioners for clerical
assistants, the trial magistrates shall direct and supervise the serv-
ices to be rendered by said assistants. In Anne Arundel County the
clerks shall also act as filing clerks for the police department with
respect to all civil proceedings and shall receive such compensation
as may be provided by the county commissioners but not less than
eight hundred dollars ($800) nor more than fifteen hundred dollars
($1,500) per year. In Kent County, the clerk to the trial magistrate
of said county shall receive a salary of [ten hundred and fifty dollars
($1,050)] twenty-four hundred dollars ($2,400) per year, payable in
equal monthly installments. The county commissioners of Kent
County are hereby authorized to increase said compensation.

The said Clerk in Kent County shall be present in the magistrate's
office Monday through Friday of each week from 9 A. M. through 4
P. M. and any other times the Trial Magistrate holds court.

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

June 1, 1957.

SEC. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT THIS ACT
IS HEREBY DECLARED TO BE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE
AND NECESSARY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE PUB-
LIC 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, THE SAME SHALL
TAKE EFFECT FROM THE DATE OF ITS PASSAGE.

Approved March 11, 1957.

CHAPTER 151

(Senate Bill 303)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 186,
187, 188 and 189 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Baltimore
County (1955 Edition), being Article 3 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title "Baltimore County", sub-title "Juries",
sub-heading "Method of Selection"; to repeal Section 193 of said

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