748                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 442

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved April 29, 1966.

CHAPTER 442
(House Bill 237)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 12 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Wicomico County (1959 Edition,
being Article 23 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland),
title "Wicomico County," subtitle "Circuit Court," subheading
"Court Stenographer"; this section being also Section 145 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Dorchester County (1961 Edition),
being Article 10 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,
title "Dorchester County"; subtitle "Circuit Court," subheading
"Court Stenographer"; this section being also Section 123 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Worcester County (1961 Edition),
being Article 24 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,
title "Worcester County," subtitle "Circuit Court," subheading
"Court Stenographer"; Section 12(a) being also Section 6 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Somerset County (1963 Edition),
being Article 20 of the Public Local Laws of Maryland, title
"Somerset County," subtitle "Circuit Court," subheading "Court
Stenographer," each as last amended by Chapter 27 of the Acts
of the Special Session of March 11, 1964, to delete certain duplicat-
ing provisions in the laws of Dorchester, Wicomico and Wor-
cester Counties granting the judges of the First Judicial Circuit
the necessary powers for the employment of additional court
stenographers when desired, and to change the provisions which
determine the portion of the salary received by each court stenog-
rapher which is paid by each of the counties comprising the
First Judicial Circuit of the State.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 12 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Wicomico
County (1959 Edition, being Article 23 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Wicomico County," subtitle "Circuit
Court," subheading "Court Stenographer," as last amended by Chap-
ter 27 of the Acts of the Special Session of March 11, 1964, be and it
is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

12.

(a) The salary of said stenographer shall be eight thousand five
hundred dollars ($8,500) per year, said salary to be paid as follows:
The County Commissioners of Dorchester County, Wicomico County,
Somerset County and Worcester County shall each pay an [equal]
amount of the salary specified as directed and certified by the judges
of the circuit, said payments to be made on monthly installments
during the service, on the presentation of the certificate of the
[clerk of either county or of said] judges of said court, to the
County Commissioners certifying to the services of said court sten-