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the said County Commissioners or their designated agent at least
twenty-one (21) calendar days before the date of finality for real
property ownership in Washington County of the year for which
said reduction of assessment, if granted hereunder, would apply.
Thereupon, said County Commissioners or their designated agent
shall read and consider each of said applications and shall approve or
disapprove same prior to said date of finality and, if approved, shall
communicate such decision to the tax assessor of Washington County.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved April 24, 1961.

CHAPTER 289
(Senate Bill 431)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 451 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Washington County (1957 Edition,
being Article 22 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland),
title "Washington County", sub-title "Juvenile Court", relating to
the salary of the Magistrate for Juvenile Cases in Washington
County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 451 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Washington
County (1957 Edition, being Article 22 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Washington County", sub-title "Juvenile
Court", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

451.

In addition to the Justices of the Peace otherwise provided for by
law applicable to Washington County, there shall be appointed by the
Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, and if the Senate
shall not be in session, by the Governor, from Washington County at
large, an additional Justice of the Peace, to fill the aforesaid office
of "Magistrate for Juvenile Cases", whose term of office shall begin
on the first Monday of May, 1941, and who shall thereafter be ap-
pointed in conformity with the Constitution of this State, as in the
case of other Justices of the Peace. The said Magistrate shall be a
member of the Bar of the Circuit Court for Washington County and
shall not by reason of such appointment be debarred from practicing
law in any of the Courts of this State. The salary of said Magistrate
shall be [Forty-five Hundred Dollars ($4,500.00)] Six Thousand
Dollars ($6,000.00) per annum, payable monthly, two-thirds by the
County Commissioners of Washington County and the other one-third
by the City of Hagerstown.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved April 24, 1961.