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jurisdiction to hear any violation of this sub-section, any law to the
contrary notwithstanding.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved March 11, 1965.

CHAPTER 55
(Senate Bill 179)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 11 (b) of
Article 36 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Supplement),
title "Fees of Officers", sub-title "Bailiffs and Criers", amending
the law concerning the compensation of court criers in Queen
Anne's County, in order to clarify these laws and eliminate an
obsolete provision.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 11 (b) of Article 36 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1964 Supplement), title "Fees of Officers", sub-title "Bailiffs
and Criers", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

11.

(b) Every court crier attending the circuit courts in the counties
in this State shall be entitled to the compensation hereinafter pre-
scribed for each day he shall attend said court, except as otherwise
herein provided.

(1)   Criers and messengers in Charles County shall receive an
amount per day to be determined by the County Commissioners and
approved by the Circuit Court of Charles County, not to exceed the
amount paid to jurors.

(2)   Criers in Allegany, Howard, Prince George's, and Washing-
ton counties shall each receive five dollars ($5.00) per day.

(3)   Criers in Anne Arundel County shall each receive seventy-five
dollars ($75.00) per month.

(4)   Criers in Baltimore and Frederick counties shall each receive
such compensation as the court of said counties shall determine.

(5)   Criers in Calvert County shall each receive one hundred and
twenty-five dollars ($125.00) per year.

(6)   Criers in St. Mary's, Worcester and Kent counties shall each
receive ten dollars ($10.00) per day.

(7)   Criers in Carroll, Cecil, Montgomery, Talbot and Wicomico
counties shall each receive such compensation as the county com-
missioners of said counties shall determine.

(8)   Criers in Garrett and Somerset counties shall each receive
such compensation as the county commissioners shall prescribe, but
not exceeding five dollars ($5.00) per day.