1460                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [CH. 881

of whom he shall designate and who shall be known as deputy
attorney general, two of whom shall be known as assistant attorneys
general, one of whom shall be known as special assistant attorney
general for the Comptroller of the treasury, one of whom shall be
known as special assistant attorney general of the State Roads Com-
mission and the other of whom shall be known as special attorney
for the State Accident Fund. The Attorney General is also au-
thorized to appoint such additional assistants, special attorneys
and law clerks as may from time to time be authorized in the budget.
The deputy attorney general and all assistant and special assistant at-
torneys general and special attorneys shall be practicing lawyers of
the State of Maryland in good standing, each of whom shall hold his
respective office during the pleasure of the Attorney General and
each of whom shall receive such salary as shall be provided in the
State budget. All of the salaries above provided shall be payable
monthly. [The salary of the special assistant attorney general for
the Comptroller of the treasury shall be paid by the Comptroller
of the treasury, out of funds available to him for administration of
the collection of taxes. The salary of the special assistant attorney
general for the State Roads Commission shall be paid by the State
Roads Commission and the salary of the special assistant attorney
general for the State Accident Fund shall be paid by the State
Accident Fund, as provided by the budget bill.] The salaries of
the special attorneys of the Department assigned to the following
agencies: the State Roads Commission; THE PROPERTY ACQUI-
SITION DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC IM-
PROVEMENTS; the Subsequent Injury Fund; the State Acci-
dent Fund; and the Department of Employment Security, shall
be payable from the funds of the agency to which the spe-
cial attorneys are assigned as provided for in the annual State
budget and these attorneys may be located in the offices of the
agency to which they are assigned. The salaries of all assistant
attorneys general and all other special attorneys than those assigned
to the State Roads Commission, THE PROPERTY ACQUISI-
TION DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC IM-
PROVEMENTS; the Subsequent Injury Fund, the State Accident
Fund and the Department of Employment Security shall be payable
from the funds of the Department of Law as UNLESS OTHERWISE
provided for in the annual State budget and the offices of these assist-
ants and other special attorneys shall IN THE DISCRETION OF
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL be located in the offices of the De-
partment of Law. The deputy attorney general and the assistant
and special assistant attorneys general and the law clerks shall
each perform such duties as the Attorney General may from time
to time assign to them, and the Attorney General is hereby au-
thorized to assign to them and each of them the performance, subject
to his discretion and control, of any of the duties required of him
by law. [Provided, however, that from and after the time the
Attorney General elected in the November election of 1958 com-
mences his term, the said Attorney General shall receive a salary
of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) per annum.] PROVIDED
FURTHER, THAT FROM AND AFTER THE TIME THE ATTOR-
NEY GENERAL ELECTED IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION
OF 1966 COMMENCES HIS TERM, THE SAID ATTORNEY GEN-
ERAL SHALL RECEIVE A SALARY OF TWENTY THOUSAND
($20,000.00) DOLLARS PER ANNUM.