J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      1487

from time to time the Commissioners may accept payments from
other public agencies toward the payment of any portion of this
salary.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved April 30, 1963.

CHAPTER 717
(House Bill 938)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 40 (p)
(2) and (4) of Article 10 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition and 1962 Supplement), title "Attorneys-at-Law and
Attorneys in Fact," subtitle "State's Attorney," subheading "Mont-
gomery County," to provide for an increase in the number and
minimum salary of assistant State's attorneys and clerks which
may be appointed by the State's attorney for Montgomery County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 40 (p) (2) and (4) of Article 10 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1962 Supplement), title "Attorneys-
at-Law and Attorneys in Fact," subtitle "State's Attorney," subhead-
ing "Montgomery County," be and it is hereby repealed, and re-
enacted with amendments to read as follows:

40.

(P).

(2) The State's Attorney may appoint a deputy State's attorney
and [five] six assistant State's attorneys. The deputy State's attor-
ney's salary shall be not less than [six] eight thousand dollars
[($6,000)] ($8,000)-, and this compensation may be increased by the
county council in its discretion. The assistant State's attorneys' sal-
aries shall be not less than [four] six thousand [five hundred] dollars
[($4,500)] ($6,000) each, and this compensation may be increased by
the county council in its discretion.

(4) The State's Attorney may appoint [three] four clerks, at
such salary as may be fixed by the county council.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved June 11, 1963.

Note: An incorrect version of H.B. 938 was signed by the Governor on April 30,
1953, at which time it was assigned Chapter No. 717. Subsequently it was
discovered that the text of the bill signed by the Governor was different from
that passed by the two Houses of the General Assembly. The Attorney
General of Maryland ruled that the bill signed by the Governor was a
complete nullity, since it had never received approval by both the Senate
and the House of Delegates, and that the Governor might properly sign a
corrected version of the bill. The bill was reprinted and signed by the
Governor in the form shown above on June 11, 1963.

CHAPTER 718
(House Bill 952)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 59, 67
and 70 and to add a new Section 70B to Article 27 of the Annotated