J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                        69

CHAPTER 45
(Senate Bill 116)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 47 of
Article 17 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition) and
to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 288 of Article
93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume),
to provide that the amounts of the bonds to be given annually by
the Clerk of the Circuit Court of each county, the Clerk of the
Superior Court of Baltimore City, the Clerk of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas, the Clerk of the Baltimore City Court, the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of Baltimore City, the Clerk of the Circuit Court No.
2 of Baltimore City, the Clerk of the Criminal Court of Baltimore
City, and the Register of Wills of each county and of Baltimore
City shall be fixed in such penal sum as the State Comptroller,
with the advice of the State Auditor, shall annually prescribe for
each such clerk and for each such register of wills, provided, how-
ever, that the State Comptroller may, at any time, require that
the penal sum of any such bond be supplemented or increased.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 47 of Article 17 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

47.

[Beginning with November 5, 1946, the clerk of the circuit court
for each county, before he acts as such, shall give bond to the State
of Maryland in the penal sum of fourteen thousand dollars; the
clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, before he acts as
such, shall give bond to the State of Maryland in the penal sum of
thirty thousand dollars; the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
before he acts as such, shall give bond to the State of Maryland in
the penal sum of fifty thousand dollars; the clerk of the Baltimore
City Court, before he acts as such, the clerk of the Circuit Court of
Baltimore City, before he acts as such, and the clerk of the Circuit
Court No. 2 of Baltimore City, before he acts as such, shall each
give bond to the State of Maryland in the penal sum of $20,000;
the clerk of the Criminal Court of Baltimore City, before he acts as
such, shall give bond to the State of Maryland in the penal sum of
$14,000.] Beginning with November 8, 1966 and on December 1 in
each year thereafter, the Clerk of the Circuit Court for each county,
the Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, the Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas, the Clerk of the Baltimore City Court, the
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, the Clerk of the Circuit
Court No. 2 of Baltimore City and the Clerk of the Criminal Court
of Baltimore City, before they act as such for the following year,
shall give bond to the State of Maryland in such penal sum as the
State Comptroller, with the advice of the State Auditor, shall an-
nually prescribe for each such clerk; provided, however, that the
State Comptroller may at any time require that the penal sum of
any such bond be supplemented or increased. Said bonds shall be
given by each of said clerks, respectively, with security or securities
to be approved by a judge of the court of which he is clerk, and with
condition that he faithfully perform the duties of his office and