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section shall not apply to Baltimore County, as to which special pro-
vision is made by the local law therefor.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an acute emergency measure and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public 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. SHALL TAKE EFFECT
JUNE 1, 1957.

Approved April 10, 1957.

CHAPTER 580
(House Bill 403)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 104 of
Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1956 Supplement)
title "Justices of the Peace", sub-title "Trial Magistrates System",
providing for the appointment of clerical assistants by the trial
magistrates of Charles County and relating to their compensation.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 104 of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(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Magistrates System", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,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.

(a) The county commissioners shall provide such clerical assist-
ance, 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 re-
spect 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)
per year, payable in equal monthly installments.

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.