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of said clerks, which compensation or salary is paid by the State
or out of the fees of such office; provided, however, that in no event
shall any compensation or salary be fixed at an amount less than
that being paid such employee or employees on July 1, 1945, whether
such salary be fixed by general or local law or otherwise. Provided,
however, that on or after July 1, 1955, the State Comptroller shall
allow and pay a salary increase of $1,500.00 per year to each chief
deputy clerk of the several clerks of court in Baltimore City. Said
increase shall be based upon and to be in addition to the compensation
or salary received by each such chief deputy clerk immediately prior
to July 1, 1955. Provided, however, that on or after July 1, 1957,
the State Comptroller shall allow and pay a salary increase of $500.00
per year to each of the nonelected employees of the civil and criminal
courts in Baltimore City. On and after July 1, 1965, the State Comp-
troller shall allow and pay a salary increase to each of the non-elected
employees of the civil and criminal courts in Baltimore City and
of the circuit courts in the counties commensurate with those granted
to State employees.

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

Approved April 8, 1965.

CHAPTER 441
(House Bill 895)

AN ACT to add new Section 38A to Article 43 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Health," subtitle "Miscel-
laneous Provisions," to follow immediately after Section 38 thereof,
to provide that every new born child shall be tested to determine
the possibility of mental retardation in order that treatment may
be prescribed, creating an exception thereto, and establishing the
responsibility for seeing that such test is administered to new
born children.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 38A be and it is hereby added to Article 43 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Health," sub-
title "Miscellaneous Provisions," to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 38 thereof, and to read as follows:

38 A.

When a birth occurs in an institution the person in charge of the
institution or his designated representative, or in the event that
a birth occurs outside an institution, the person required to prepare
and file the certificate of birth pursuant to Section 17 of this Article,
shall cause to have administered to every such new born child a test
for phenylketonuria in accordance with rules and regulations pre-
scribed by the State Board of Health and Mental Hygiene. The
test and the recording of the results of the test shall be performed
at such times and in such manner as the Board may direct. THIS