J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       919

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 108 (21) of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1965 Supplement), title "Justices of the Peace", subtitle "Trial
Magistrates System", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

108.

(21) There shall be six trial magistrates, two of whom shall sit
at Hagerstown and receive an annual salary of $5,000.00 each, one of
whom shall sit at Hancock and receive an annual salary of [$1,000.00]
$3,000.00 $2,600.00 and one of whom shall sit at Boonsboro and
receive an annual salary of [$1,000.00] $3,000.00, $2,600.00, and one
of whom shall sit at Williamsport and receive an annual salary of
[$1,000.00] $3,000.00, $2,600.00, and one of whom shall sit at Smiths-
burg and receive an annual salary of [$1,000.00] $3,000.00. $2,600.00.
The magistrates at Boonsboro shall sit not less than two days or
parts thereof in each week at Sharpsburg. The magistrate at Wil-
liamsport shall sit not less than two days or parts thereof in each
week at Clear Spring. The magistrate at Smithsburg shall serve also
as substitute magistrate for Hancock, Boonsboro, Sharpsburg, Wil-
liamsport and Clear Spring.

One-fourth of the salaries of said trial magistrates sitting in the
City of Hagerstown shall be paid by the mayor and council of Hagers-
town; the other three-fourth of said salaries shall be paid by the
County Commissioners for Washington County.

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

Approved May 6, 1966.

CHAPTER 534
(Senate Bill 16)

AN ACT to add new Section 24A to Article 78 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1957 Edition title "Public Service Commission Law,"
subtitle "Public Service Companies," subheading "Prohibitions," to
follow immediately after Section 24 thereof, to require persons
and corporations to obtain a certificate from the Public Service
Commission before beginning construction of privately owned and
operated water and sewer facilities, to state the requirements for
issuance and revocation of these certificates, to provide for ex-
clusions, and to relate generally to approval, construction and
operation of privately owned water and sewer facilities in the
State.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 24A be and it is hereby added to Article 78 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Public Service
Commission Law," subtitle "Public Service Companies," subheading
"Prohibitions," to follow immediately after Section 24 thereof, and to
read as follows: