374                               Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 297

ize the Register of Wills of Charles County AND OF PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY to close his office on Saturdays.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 293 of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(960 Supplement), title "Testamentary Law", sub-title "Register of
Wills", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

293. He shall attend his office daily in person or by deputy unless
prevented by sickness, accident or necessity for the dispatch of office
business; provided, that the offices of the registers of wills for
Allegany, Caroline, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Montgomery,
PRINCE GEORGE'S, Wicomico, Somerset and Worcester counties
may, at the discretion of the register of wills in each such county, be
closed on Saturdays; he shall lodge every original paper and record
made up by him in some repository of the courthouse of the county or
city, or in such other place of safety as the said court may appoint;
and the county commissioners of the county and mayor and city coun-
cil of Baltimore shall provide and keep in repair the said repository
at the charge of the county or city. During his term of office any reg-
ister of wills absent in the military service of the United States gov-
ernment during time of war shall be considered on leave of absence
without pay while in such military service and for ninety days there-
after. For the period of such absence the duly appointed and qualified
deputy register of wills shall, after giving bond as prescribed in Sec-
tion 288 of this sub-title, perform all the duties of the office of
register of wills and receive the salary provided by law for that office.

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

Approved April 24, 1961.

CHAPTER 297

(Senate Bill 473)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 57 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Charles County (1959 Edition, being
Article 9 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title
"Charles County", sub-title "County Commissioners", sub-heading
"Disposal of Trash", to authorize the County Commissioners of
Charles County to establish another area in the county for use as
a dump and to employ persons to dispose of trash therein. AND
MAKING THIS ACT AN EMERGENCY MEASURE.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 57 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Charles County
(1959 Edition, being Article 9 of the Code of Public Local Laws of

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
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Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.