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81.

No attachment of the wages or hire of any laborer or employee, in
the hands of the employer, whether private individuals or bodies
corporate, shall affect any salary or wages of the debtor which are
not actually due at the date of the attachment; and the sum of one
hundred dollars of such wages or hire due to any laborer or employee
by any employer or corporation shall always be exempt from attach-
ment by any process whatever. Every contract or agreement of any
character whatsoever of such laborer or employee, the purpose of
which is to waive this right of exemption, shall be absolutely void,
provided, however, that the salary or wages of any laborer or em-
ployee shall not be exempt from attachment, levy or [lieu] lien at the
instance of the State for income tax due the State by any such laborer
or employee. This section shall not be applicable in Caroline, Kent
and , Queen Anne's AND WORCESTER Counties.

31A.

In Caroline, Kent and , Queen Anne's AND WORCESTER Counties
no attachment of the wages or hire of any laborer or employees, in the
hands of the employer, whether private individuals or bodies corpo-
rate, shall affect any salary or wages of the debtor which are not
actually due at the date of the attachment; and the sum of seventy-five
percent (75%) of such wages or hire due any laborer or employee by
any employer or corporation is exempt from attachment by any proc-
ess whatever. Every contract or agreement of any character what-
soever of such laborer or employee, the purpose of which is to waive
this right of exemption, shall be absolutely void, provided, however,
that the salary or wages of any laborer or employee shall not be ex-
empt from attachment, levy or lien at the instance of the State for
income tax due the State by any laborer or employee.

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

Approved April 30, 1963.

CHAPTER 788
(House Bill 122)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 2-55 (b)
of the Anne Arundel County Code, 1957 (1961 Supplement,
being Article 2 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland),
title "Anne Arundel County," subtitle "Chapter 2. Administration,"
subheading "Article VII. Classified Service," to provide for ex-
clusion from the Anne Arundel County Classified Service of
enginemen of volunteer fire companies in the county.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 2-55 (b) of the Anne Arundel County Code, 1957
(1961 Supplement, being Article 2 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Anne Arundel County," subtitle "Chapter
2. Administration," subheading "Article VII. Classified Service,"