76 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 28

nated by any court or judge thereof; deputies, assistants and em-
ployees appointed or designated by any sheriff, any register of wills,
any clerk of court, any State's attorney or any board of supervisors
of elections; supervisors of assessments in the several counties; the
deputy and assistant attorneys general and all other attorneys
employed in, or connected with, the State Law Department; the
general counsel and assistant general counsel of the Public Service
Commission; with the exception of the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles, members of boards and commissions and all other persons
holding positions by direct appointment from the Governor or from
the Board of Public Works; all secretaries, chief clerks, and chief
administrative officials of all State offices, boards, commissions, de-
partments, and institutions as determined by the Commissioner with
the approval of the Governor; employees of or assigned to the execu-
tive mansion; members of the police force and all employees of the
police commissioner for the City of Baltimore and of the board of
police examiners of Baltimore City provided for by Article 4 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1949 Edition), title "City
of Baltimore", sub-title "Police Commissioner", Sections 868 to 968,
both inclusive, and any amendments thereto, it being intended that
said sections, and any amendments thereto, shall remain in effect
independently of this article; all positions in State offices, boards,
commissions, departments and institutions, which the Commissioner
may determine, with the approval of the Governor, require medical,
engineering, scientific, educational or expert training and qualifica-
tions; all registrars and librarians [on the staffs] designated as
holding faculty rank by the respective Boards of Trustees of the
State teachers' colleges, St. Mary's Female Seminary, Morgan State
College and University of Maryland and the business manager at
Morgan State College; all teachers, principals, directors of education
and supervisors of vocational education on the staffs of Barrett
School for Girls, Boys' Village of Maryland, Maryland Training
School for Boys, Montrose School for Girls and Maryland Children's
Center; and all positions the annual salary for which does not
exceed the sum of six hundred and fifty dollars ($650) per annum,
or where the incumbent is employed on a part-time basis.

27.

(a)

The Commissioner shall be responsible for developing all data, in-
cluding but not limited to tables, charts, job descriptions, job com-
parisons, and ratings for use of the Standard Salary Board. It shall
be the duty of the Board to consider the materials developed by the
Commissioner, and after consultation with appointing authorities,
the State Employees Standard Salary Board shall prepare and rec-
ommend to the Governor a pay plan for all classes of positions in
both the classified and unclassified service to the end that all posi-
tions in such services involving comparable duties, experience, re-
sponsibilities and authority shall be paid comparable salaries in
accordance with the relative value of the services to be performed.
In establishing rates of pay, the State Employees Standard Salary
Board shall give consideration to experience, the prevailing rates
of pay for the services performed, and for comparable services in
public and private employment, living costs, maintenance or other
benefits received by employees, and the State's financial condition
and policies. Such pay plan shall take effect and shall have the force