1472                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 686

CHAPTER 686
(Senate Bill 471)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 292 of
the Charter and Public Local Laws of Baltimore City (1949
Edition, being Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland), title "Baltimore City," subtitle "Salaries of Clerks of
Courts," as amended by Chapter 289 of the Laws of 1963, pro-
viding for the compensation for the trust clerk and the deputy
trust clerk of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 292 of the Charter and Public Local Laws of Baltimore
City (1949 Edition, being Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland), title "Baltimore City," subtitle "Salaries of Clerks of
Courts," as amended by Chapter 289 of the Laws of 1963, be and it
is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

292.

The Comptroller of the State of Maryland is hereby directed to
draw a warrant upon the State Treasurer for the payment in equal
monthly or semi-monthly installments for the compensation now or
hereafter provided in the State Budget, [which shall be $11,000.00
annually,] for the trust clerk to be appointed by the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City, and which, for the deputy trust clerk, shall
also be such sum as now or hereafter provided in the State Budget
[equal from time to time to the compensation of chief deputy clerks
in Baltimore City as fixed under the provisions of Section 25 of
Article 17 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended from
time to time,] for the supervision of the trust estates in the Circuit
Court and Circuit Court No. 2 of Baltimore City; payment of said
salary to be made [out of any money paid by the clerks of the
several courts of Baltimore City into the State Treasury, and] on
the certificate of some one of the judges of the Supreme Bench of
Baltimore City that such trust clerk and deputy trust clerk has
performed his duties for the time so certified by said Judge; the
clerk of the Circuit Court of Baltimore and of the Circuit Court No. 2
of Baltimore City are hereby authorized and directed to appoint a
chief clerk for each of their respective courts, said appointment to be
subject to confirmation by the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City;
[the said trust clerk is authorized and directed to appoint a chief
deputy trust clerk, said appointment to be subject to confirmation
by the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City;] the Supreme Bench of
Baltimore is authorized and empowered to appoint a deputy trust
clerk and when said appointments have been so made and con-
firmed the Comptroller of the State of Maryland is hereby di-
rected to pay in monthly or semi-monthly installments the compen-
sation provided in the State Budget for each of the clerks so ap-
pointed and confirmed.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved May 4, 1967.