94                                Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 103

to each of the two houses of the General Assembly, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved February 27, 1961.

CHAPTER 103
(House Bill 88)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 8 of
Article 17 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1960 Supplement)
title "Clerks of Courts", sub-title "General Duties of Clerks", to add
Anne Arundel County AND HOWARD COUNTY to the list of
Counties in which the office of the clerk of the circuit courts of
such counties shall be closed for the transaction of business on
Saturdays, at the discretion of the Circuit Courts of such
counties*, AND FURTHER PROVIDING THAT IN HOWARD
COUNTY THE CLERK SHALL ATTEND AT HIS OFFICE
NOT LESS THAN THIRTY-EIGHT HOURS IN EACH WEEK.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 8 of Article 17 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1960
Supplement), title "Clerks of Courts", sub-title "General Duties of
Clerks", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, and to read as follows:

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,
Dorchester, Frederick, HOWARD, Montgomery, Prince George's,
Wicomico, Worcester, [and] Somerset, and Anne Arundel 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. PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT IN HOWARD COUNTY THE CLERK SHALL ATTEND
AT HIS OFFICE AS AFORESAID AT LEAST THIRTY-EIGHT
HOURS IN EACH WEEK, LEGAL HOLIDAYS EXCEPTED. In
Baltimore City, the Supreme Bench may at its discretion direct that
all offices of such clerks shall be closed for the transaction of business
on Saturdays.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an 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 the members
elected to each of the two houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved February 27, 1961.

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.