J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       1295

97B. (a) In Charles County the committing magistrates shall be
available at all times to carry out their duties which shall mean that
at least one committing magistrate shall be available for the twenty-
four hour period of each day. The committing magistrates shall at
all times exercise their duties under the supervision of the trial
magistrate of the county.

(b)  The county commissioners shall provide a suitable room for
the committing magistrates adjacent to the office of the trial magis-
trate, and the commissioners shall provide for the use of the com-
mitting magistrates such office equipment as may be required to
carry out their duties, including, but not limited to, typewriter, add-
ing machine, telephone and the current edition of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland.

(c)  The trial magistrate of the county shall designate one or more
justices of the peace of the county to serve as a committing magis-
trate when no committing magistrate is available, and during such
period the justice of the peace shall be qualified to carry out the
duties of the committing magistrate and while acting as a commit-
ting magistrate the justice of the peace shall receive compensation
for the period so acting at the rate that the committing magistrate
would receive for such period. INSOFAR AS POSSIBLE THE JUS-
TICE OF THE PEACE WHO IS APPOINTED TO SIT IN LA
PLATA SHALL SIT AS A SUBSTITUTE COMMITTING MAGIS-
TRATE WHENEVER SUCH SUBSTITUTE IS REQUIRED.

(d) No committing magistrate shall be required to work longer

than eight hours daily nor more than five days in any week. They

shall be entitled to all holidays to which county employees are en-

titled, or in the alternative, they shall receive a day's holiday at a

later time or shall be paid for one extra day for each such holiday.

In addition committing magistrates shall be entitled to fifteen days
annual leave with ay in each year, and ten days sick leave with pay
in each year.

110. (A) Justices of the peace other than trial magistrate shall
be paid by the county commissioners, as full compensation for their
official acts and services in civil and criminal cases, the sum of $20.00
annually, but in Anne Arundel County they shall receive $200.00
annually and shall post a sign on their place of business or residence
indicating their official office, and in Kent, Talbot and Queen Anne's
counties shall receive annually the sum of $50.00 and in Washington
County they shall receive the sum of $100.00 annually, in Howard
and Harford counties they shall receive the sum of $200.00 annually,
and in Carroll County they shall receive the sum of $180.00 annually,

and in Charles County they shall receive the sum of [$600.00]

$1,200.00 annually; but they may retain all fees lawfully charged by
them for taking acknowledgments or affidavits unrelated to their
civil or criminal jurisdiction. Committing magistrates in Charles
County shall receive an annual salary of [$8,000.00] $3,600.00. Com-
mitting magistrates in Calvert County shall each receive an annual
salary of three hundred dollars ($300.00).

(B) (1) COMMITTING MAGISTRATES IN CHARLES COUN-
TY SHALL RECEIVE AN ANNUAL SALARY OF $3,000.00.

(2) In CHARLES COUNTY, JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
SHALL EACH RECEIVE AN ANNUAL SALARY OF $600.00