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($5,500). The secretary's salary is [thirty six hundred dollars
($3,600)] four thousand dollars ($4,000). THE SECRETARY
TO THE STATE'S ATTORNEY MAY BE PAID AN ANNUAL
SALARY NOT TO EXCEED FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS
($4,000), SAID SALARY TO BE DETERMINED BY THE STATE'S
ATTORNEY. The Assistant State's Attorney has the same legal
powers as the State's Attorney to represent the State before grand
juries and in the trial of criminal proceedings.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this Act
shall not be construed to extend or apply to the State's Attorney in
office on the effective date of this Act, but the provisions of this Act
which apply to the State's Attorney shall take effect with the next
term of office.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.

CHAPTER 429
(House Bill 791)

AN ACT to repeal Section 277 (q) of Article 81 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1964 Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes,"
subtitle "Recordation Tax;" and to repeal and re-enact, with
amendments, Section 277 (m) of Article 81 of said Code (1964
Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes," subtitle "Recordation
Tax," to increase the rate of recordation tax in Calvert County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 277 (q) of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes," subtitle "Recordation
Tax"; be and it is hereby repealed.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 277 (m) of Article
81 of said Code (1964 Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes," sub-
title "Recordation Tax," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

277.

(m) The rate of tax applicable to instruments recorded with the
clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore, Calvert, Montgomery, St.
Mary's, Worcester and Anne Arundel counties shall be as follows:

In the case of instruments conveying title to property, the tax shall
be at the rate of $1.10 for each $500 or fractional part thereof of the
actual consideration paid or to be paid; in the case of instruments
securing a debt, the tax shall be at the rate of $1.10 for each $500 of
the principal amount of the debt secured.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.