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vehicle dockets which have been in the custody of the clerks for a
period of five (5) years or longer, papers which have been in the
custody of the clerks for a period of three (3) TWELVE (12) years

or longer, and civil and criminal dockets which have been in the

custody of the clerks for a period of twenty-four (24) years or longer
may be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of Sections
177, 178, and 180 of Article 41 7, 8, AND 10 OF ARTICLE 54 of this
Code, title "Governor—Executive and Administrative Departments,"
and the clerks shall be relieved of the responsibility of delivering
transcripts of such dockets and papers after they have been disposed
of as authorized above. IN BALTIMORE COUNTY PAPERS
WHICH HAVE BEEN IN THE CUSTODY OF THE CLERKS
FOR A PERIOD OF TWELVE (12) YEARS OR LONGER, AND
CIVIL AND CRIMINAL DOCKETS WHICH HAVE BEEN IN
THE CUSTODY OF THE CLERKS FOR A PERIOD OF TWENTY-
FOUR (24) YEARS OR LONGER MAY ALSO BE DISPOSED OF
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.

(b)    The papers and dockets now in the custody of the clerk of
the circuit courts for the several counties or the clerk of the Superior
Court of Baltimore City may also be destroyed in accordance with
the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.

(c)    Any records not otherwise provided for herein shall be de-
livered to the clerk of the circuit court for the county, and such
clerks shall keep the same as other records and shall deliver tran-
scripts from the same to any person applying therefor, except that
such records may be destroyed in accordance with the provisions of
subsection (a) of this section.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1970.

Approved May 5, 1970

CHAPTER 597
(House Bill 535)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 40(e)
of Article 10 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact,"
subtitle "State's Attorney," to increase the salary of the State's
Attorney of Calvert County, to provide when the increase shall be
effective, to provide that the County Commissioners shall furnish
him with a secretary and a suitable office, and prohibiting payment
of other expenses.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 40(e) of Article 10 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1968 Replacement Volume), title "Attorneys at Law and Attorneys
in Fact," subtitle "State's Attorney," be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows: