SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                         53

CHAPTER 54
(House Bill 382)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 293 of
Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement
Volume), title "Testamentary Law," subtitle "Register of Wills,"
to add Baltimore County as a county in which the office of Register
of Wills may at the direction of the register of wills of each county
be closed on Saturday.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 293 of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Replacement Volume), title "Testamentary Law," subtitle
"Register of Wills," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

293.

He shall attend his office daily in person or by deputy unless pre-
vented by sickness, accident or necessity for the dispatch of office
business; provided, that the offices of the register of wills for
Allegany, Baltimore, Caroline, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Mont-
gomery, Prince George's, Washington, Wicomico, Somerset, Wor-
cester, Howard, and Anne Arundel counties may, at the discretion
of the register of wills in each such county, be closed on Saturdays;
he shall lodge every original paper and record made up by him in
some repository of the courthouse of the county or city, or in such
other place of safety as the said court may appoint; and the county
commissioners of the county and mayor and city council of Baltimore
shall provide and keep in repair the said repository at the charge of
the county or city. During his term of office any register of wills
absent in the military service of the United States government dur-
ing time of war shall be considered on leave of absence without pay
while in such military service and for ninety days thereafter. For
the period of such absence the duly appointed and qualified deputy
register of wills shall, after giving bond as prescribed in Section 288
of this subtitle, perform all the duties of the office of register of wills
and receive the salary provided by law for that office.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved March 22, 1968.

CHAPTER 55
(House Bill 395)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 126 (a)
of Article 41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replace-
ment Volume and 1967 Supplement), title "The Executive Depart-
ment," subtitle "Department of Parole and Probation" authoriz-
ing the Magistrate's Court of Baltimore County to direct a person
convicted of a crime to be placed under the supervision of the
Board by Parole and Probation.