978                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 571

Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That all references to the
Department of Legislative Reference in the books of accounts, appro-
priations, and records of this State, and of every department, board,
bureau, commission, or other agency of the State government, shall
be construed and applied as to the State Department of Legislative
Reference herein referred to unless obviously meant to apply to the
Department of Legislative Reference which is a department of the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That, in the discretion of the
Director of the State Department of Legislative Reference, two secre-
tarial employees of the Department of Legislative Reference as the
Department existed prior to July 1, 1966, shall be transferred to or
continued in the employment of the State of Maryland and to the
State Department of Legislative Reference or to the State Legis-
lative Council herein referred to, and subject in all respects (except
as in this section specifically provided otherwise) to membership in
the State Classified Service and to the provisions of Article 64A and
Article 73B of the Annotated Code of Maryland. The transfer and
employment shall be with no further or additional examination or
qualification; and it shall be to such classification and salary scale in
the Standard Salary schedules as may be fixed by the Director con-
sistently with classifications and salary scales for comparable posi-
tions in the State service.

Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That notwithstanding any
other provision of this Act, the Director of the Department of Legis-
lative Reference who held that position as it then existed on January
1, 1966, and if he had been in that position for the six months immedi-
ately prior to January 1, 1966, shall be the Director of the State
Department of Legislative Reference herein referred to, from and
after July 1, 1966, subject in all respects (except as to initial selec-
tion) to the provisions of this Act and to the laws of this State having
application to the State Department of Legislative Reference and its
employees.

Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That notwithstanding any
other provisions of this Act, the Director of the State Department of
Legislative Reference, with the approval of the President of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates, may enter into an
arrangement with the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore whereby
for all or any portion of the period from July 1, 1966, to December 31,
1966 1967, he will perform limited services for the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore similar to those services performed by him for
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore prior to July 1, 1966; and
having entered into such an agreement the Director of the State De-
partment of Legislative Reference shall perform the services agreed
upon.

SEC. 14. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT AS TO
ONE SECRETARIAL EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE, WHO FOR AT LEAST SIX
MONTHS PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1966, HAD BEEN AN EM-
PLOYEE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTI-
MORE AND A MEMBER OF THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT
SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, THE TRANSFER OF