778                               Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 465

have his or her salary decreased, or increased until adjustments for
increments to which he or she is entitled shall have exceeded the
salary being received.

89F. The Classified Service Board shall have authority to pro-
vide facilities for special training to increase the efficiency of new
or old employees.

89G. The Register of Wills, the Clerk of Court and the County
Treasurer when an emergency arises and time will not permit com-
pliance with the provisions of this Act or any regulation adopted
thereunder, may make an emergency appointment to their respective
offices for a period not to exceed four months, and such employee
shall be known as an emergency employee and have no status as a
classified employee.

89H. (a) An employee may be permanently separated from the
Classified Service through resignation or removal for cause, FOR
DISCIPLINARY REASONS and may be temporarily separated
through suspension pending charges, or leave of absence WITHOUT
PAY granted at the request of the employee. , WITH APPROVAL
OF THE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENT HEAD.

(b)  The Register of Wills, the Clerk of Court and the County
Treasurer may at any time before the expiration of a probationary
period, to be prescribed by rule by the Classified Service Board,
which in no event shall exceed six (6) months, discharge any person
appointed to a classified position in their respective offices. PRO-
vided, however, that the board may extend the

probation period an additional six (6) months if
In its judgment such extension is deemed desir-
able. The employee so discharged shall be considered permanently
separated from such position.

(c)  No employee who has completed his or her probation may have
his or her position abolished. No employee may be permanently re-
moved from the Classified Service except for cause, upon written
charges and after an opportunity to be heard in his own defense.
Such charges shall be filed by the Register of Wills, the Clerk of
Court or the County Treasurer, as the case may be and within thirty
(30) days after such filing, and notice thereof to the employee by

nailing a copy of said charge addressed to the employee at his or
tier address, carried in the records of the State Employment Com-
missioner. SUCH AN EMPLOYEE WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPOR-
TUNITY TO BE HEARD BEFORE THE CLASSIFIED BOARD
WHICH SHALL CONSIST OF THE TWO MEMBERS NOT
DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPARTMENT WHERE-
IN SAID EMPLOYEE IS EMPLOYED. THE FINDINGS AND
DECISION OF SAID BOARD SHALL BE FILED WITH THE
COMMISSIONER OF PERSONNEL AND SUCH EMPLOYEE
SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A RIGHT TO APPEAL SUCH
FINDINGS AND DECISION WITHIN NINETY (90) DAYS OF
SUCH FILING TO THE COMMISSIONER OF PERSONNEL, IN
THE EVENT NO SUCH APPEAL IS TAKEN WITHIN NINETY
(90) DAYS THE DECISION OF THE CLASSIFIED BOARD
SHALL BE FINAL AND SHALL BE CERTIFIED TO THE REG-
ISTER OF WILLS, THE CLERK OF COURT OR THE COUNTY
TREASURER, AS THE CASE MAY BE AND SHALL FORTH-