J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                               157

provision from the said section in Article 93 concerning the office
hours of the Register of Wills in Somerset County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 51 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Allegany
County (1955 Edition, being Article 1 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Allegany County", sub-title "Circuit
Court", sub-heading "Office Hours", be and it is hereby repealed.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 8 of Article 17 of
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Clerks of
Courts", sub-title "General Duties of Clerks", be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments; that a new Section 5A
be and it is hereby added to Article 25 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1957 Edition), title "County Commissioners", sub-title
"General Provisions", to follow immediately after Section 5 thereof;
and that Section 293 of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition), title "Testamentary Law", sub-title "Register
of Wills", be and it is repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, all
to read as follows:

Article 17.
8.

Every clerk shall attend at his office for the transaction of the
business thereof every day except Sundays and legal holidays either
in person or by deputy, unless prevented by sickness, accident or
necessity, except that the circuit courts of Allegany, Caroline, Dor-
chester, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince George's, Wicomico, Wor-
cester, and Somerset counties, respectively, may at the discretion
of any such court direct that the office of the clerk of court of such
county shall be closed for the transaction of business on Saturdays. In
Baltimore City, the Supreme Bench may at its discretion direct that
all offices of such clerks shall be closed for the transaction of busi-
ness on Saturdays.

Article 25.
5A.

(a)    The Board of County Commissioners in every county in
which this section applies may direct that the office of the Clerk to
the County Commissioners AND ANY OTHER OFFICES UNDER
THE CONTROL OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS be closed
for the transaction of business on Saturdays.

(b)    This section applies only in Allegany County.

Article 93.
293.

He shall attend his office daily in person or by deputy unless pre-
vented by sickness, accident or necessity for the dispatch of office
business; provided, that the offices of the registers of wills for
Allegany, Caroline, Dorchester, Frederick, Montgomery, Wicomico,
Somerset and Worcester counties may, at the discretion of the reg-