J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      923

Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Charles County",
sub-title "County Commissioners", to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 45 thereof, and to read as follows :

45A. The County Commissioners are authorized and directed to
establish a board which shall be known as the Salary Board and
shall consist of one member of the Board of County Commissioners,
designated by the Chairman, and of the County Treasurer and the
Clerk of the Circuit Court. The Board shall meet from time to time
as necessary to review the salaries paid to the clerks EMPLOYEES
in the offices of the County Commissioners, the County Treasurer.,
the Clerk of the Circuit Court and the Trial Magistrate for Charles
County, and of the employees who constitute the fire watch in the
county court house. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF
ARTICLE 25, SECTION 51 (G) OF THE ANNOTATED CODE
OF MARYLAND OR OF SECTION 44 OF THE CODE OF PUBLIC
LOCAL LAWS OF CHARLES COUNTY, THE BOARD SHALL
HAVE THE POWER TO REVIEW THE SALARIES PAID TO
THE CLERK TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE
ASSISTANT TREASURER. The Board shall have the power to
make changes in the salaries of such persons as it deems advisable
but in no event shall any such person be paid a salary in excess of
$5,000 per annum.

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

Approved May 4, 1965.

CHAPTER 666
(Senate Bill 597)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, sub-section (d)
of Section 48 of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-title "When
Taxes Are Payable", correcting the law by providing that a first
lien for the payment of taxes shall attach only to real property.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That sub-section (d) of Section 48 of Article 81 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1964 Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes",
sub-title "When Taxes Are Payable", be and it hereby is repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

48.

(d) This section applies to taxes based upon assessments made
either locally or by the Department of Assessments and Taxation £.],
except that the first lien for payment of taxes, referred to in sub-
section (c) of this section, shall attach only to real property.

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

Approved May 4, 1965.