196                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 156

CHAPTER 156
(Senate Bill 333)

AN ACT to repeal Section 151 of Article 9 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland as amended by Chapter 743 of the Acts
of 1945, title "Charles County", sub-title "Jurors, Witnesses, Bail-
iffs and Crier"; to repeal and re-enact WITH AMENDMENTS
Section 11 of Article 36 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1956
Supplement), title "Fees of Officers", sub-title "Bailiffs and
Criers", relating to the compensation to be paid bailiffs, criers and
messengers in Charles County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 151 of Article 9 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland as amended by Chapter 743 of the Acts of 1945, title
"Charles County", sub-title "Jurors, Witnesses, Bailiffs and Crier",
be and the same is hereby repealed and Section 11 of Article 36 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1956 Supplement), title "Fees of
Officers", sub-title "Bailiffs and Criers", be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted WITH AMENDMENTS to read as follows:

11. Compensation.

(a) Bailiffs.—Every bailiff attending the circuit courts in the
counties in this State shall be entitled to the compensation herein-
after prescribed for each day he shall attend said court, except as
otherwise herein provided.

Bailiffs in [Charles and] St. Mary's county shall each receive four
dollars ($4.00) per day.

Bailiffs in Allegany, Caroline, Cecil, Howard, Kent, Prince
George's, Washington and Worcester counties shall each receive five
dollars ($5.00) per day.

Bailiffs in Anne Arundel and Queen Anne's counties shall each re-
ceive seven dollars ($7.00) per day.

Bailiffs in Calvert County shall receive one hundred and twenty-
five dollars ($125.00) per year.

Bailiffs in Cecil County shall each receive such compensation as
the county commissioners shall determine, but in no event shall they
be paid less than five dollars ($5.00) per day.

Bailiffs in Garrett and Somerset counties shall each receive such
compensation as the county commissioners of said counties shall
determine, but not exceeding five dollars ($5.00) per day.

Bailiffs in Baltimore County shall each receive such compensation
as the court of said county shall determine.

Bailiffs and criers in Harford County shall each receive such com-
pensation as the court shall determine but not exceeding a total of
twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per year for all bailiffs and
criers in said County.

Bailiffs in Carroll, Montgomery, Talbot and Wicomico counties
shall each receive such compensation as the county commissioners
of said counties shall determine.