516                               Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 397

PAY PLAN TO TAKE EFFECT AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE NEXT STATE BUDGET, IF THE
AMENDMENT IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO PROCURE OR
TO RETAIN IN THE STATE SERVICE, ESSENTIAL CAREER
ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES, PERFORMING EXECUTIVE
FUNCTIONS, OR ESSENTIAL PROFESSIONAL OR TECHNI-
CAL EMPLOYEES, AND UPON APPROVAL OF THE BOARD
OF PUBLIC WORKS, AFTER RECOMMENDATION BY THE
BOARD, SHALL HAVE THE FORCE OF LAW IN THE SAME
MANNER AS IF THEY HAD BEEN ORIGINALLY INCORPO-
RATED IN THE SCHEDULE. Each employee in the classified and
in the unclassified service shall be paid at one of the rates set forth
in the pay plan for the grade or class of positions in which he is
employed. The pay plan shall foe used by the Governor in the prepa-
ration and submission of his budget. Provided, however, that posi-
tions upon the faculties of the University of Maryland, State
Teachers' Colleges and Morgan State College, but not the noninstruc-
tional personnel of such institutions, shall foe excluded from said pay
plan and from the jurisdiction of the State Employees Standard
(Salary Board.

(b)  The said Board shall, when necessary, visit the various State
agencies to determine whether or not an employee is properly classi-
fied, whether or not his duties conform with his Classification, and
such other information as may be helpful in preparing said pay plan,
and to that end the Board may require any State employee to appear
before it and give evidence.

(c)  The said State Employees Standard Salary Board is hereby
authorized whenever in its judgment the same is warranted on
account of the cost of living and the general employment conditions
in the particular area, to approve increases in salaries of employees
of county welfare boards created by the State Department of Public
Welfare, up to but not exceeding twenty per centum (20 %) over the
salary fixed for such positions by said Board subject to the approval
of the county commissioners of the particular county where salaries
are proposed to foe increased, such increases to foe prorated on the
same basis as the basic salaries of such employees.

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

Approved March 28, 1957.

CHAPTER 397

(Senate Bill 318)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 3 (a) of
Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1956 Supplement),
title "Elections", sub-title "Election Officials", and to add Section

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.