502                                  Laws of Maryland                          [Ch. 388

73. The County Commissioners are hereby authorized to pay
annually from the general county funds, a sum not to exceed Seven
Hundred Dollars each ($700), to so many of the active rescue squads
in St. Mary's County as they shall determine.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1957.

Approved March 28, 1957.

CHAPTER 388
(Senate Bill 261)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 2 of
Article 22 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),
title "Post Mortem Examiners", providing for an additional as-
sistant medical examiner and for an assistant toxicologist in the
Department of Post Mortem Examiners.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 2 of Article 22 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title 'Tost Mortem Examiners", be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

2. The said Commission is hereby authorized and directed to ap-
point [three] four medical examiners, one to be known as Chief
Medical Examiner, and the other [two] three as Assistant Medical
Examiners, [and] a toxicologist and an assistant toxicologist and,
subject to the approval of the Board of Estimates of Baltimore City,
to fix their compensation which shall be paid by the Comptroller of
the State of Maryland out of that portion of the funds collected by
the Racing Commission allocated and paid to the several Counties of
the State and Baltimore City. The Chief Medical Examiner and the
Assistant Medical Examiners shall be licensed Doctors of Medicine,
and shall have had at least two years post-graduate training in
pathology. The said Commission shall appoint, to such extent as may
be authorized by the Board of Estimates of Baltimore City, such
other professional or technical personnel, clerks and other employees
as may be necessary for the proper administration of the Depart-
ment and at such compensation as may be provided for by the said
Board of Estimates in the Ordinance of Estimates of Baltimore
City. Such other professional and technical personnel and the clerks
and employees shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions
of Sections 142 to 156, inclusive, of the Baltimore City Charter
(1949 Edition), known as the Merit System.

Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prevent the Commis-
sion from employing the services of physicians on a contract basis
for part-time services, as may be authorized by the Board of Esti-
mates of Baltimore City.

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.