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vented by sickness, accident or necessity for the dispatch of office
business; provided, that the offices of the register of wills for Alle-
gany, Caroline, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince
George's, Washington, Wicomico, Somerset, Worcester, Howard, and
Anne Arundel 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 council of Baltimore shall provide and
keep in repair the said respository at the charge of the county or
city. During his term of office any register of wills absent in the
military service of the United States government during time of
war shall be considered on leave of absence without pay while in
such military service and for ninety days thereafter. For the period
of such absence the duly appointed and qualified deputy register of
wills shall, after giving bond as prescribed in Section 288 of this
subtitle, perform all the duties of the office of register of wills and
received the salary provided by law for that office. [Provided, how-
ever, that in Howard County the register of wills shall attend his
office as aforesaid at least thirty-eight hours in each week, legal
holidays excepted.]

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

Approved March 29, 1963.

CHAPTER 210
(House Bill 568)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 119 (a)
of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1962 Supple-
ment), title "Justices of the Peace," subtitle "Trial Magistrates
System," increasing the number of substitute trial magistrates
in Baltimore County from four to five.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 119 (a) of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1962 Supplement), title "Justices of the Peace," subtitle "Trial
Magistrates System," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

119.

(a) In addition to the justices of the peace and justices of the
peace at large hereinbefore specified, the Governor, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint one justice of the
peace at large for each county of the State, except Montgomery,
Prince George's and Kent counties, who shall be designated "sub-
stitute trial magistrate." Such magistrate shall post the bond re-
quired of trial magistrates and shall receive a salary of $100.00 per
year, except there shall be [four] five substitute magistrates ap-
pointed for Baltimore County, each of whom shall receive $2,000.00