442                              Laws of Maryland                        Ch. 167

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
on December 7, 1970.

Approved April 15, 1970

CHAPTER 167
(House Bill 336)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 39 and
40(p) (6) of Article 10 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968
Replacement Volume and 1969 Supplement), title "Attorneys at
Law and Attorneys in Fact," subtitle "State's Attorney," to re-
quire the filing of the accounts for services and expenses of the

State's Attorney's Office with the County Executive of Montgom-

ery County and to require the State's Attorney to make his annual
budget submission to the County Executive. EXEMPT MONT-
GOMERY COUNTY FROM SECTION 39 REQUIRING THAT
ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BE
SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS-
SIONERS AND AMENDING SECTION 40(P) (6) TO PRO-
VIDE THAT THE SALARIES OF VARIOUS PERSONNEL BE
INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET SUBMISSION TO
THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
The Sections 39 and 40(p)(6) of Article 10 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume and 1969 Supplement)
title "Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact," subtitle "State's
Attorney," be and hereby are repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments to read as follows:

39.

It shall be the duty of the respective State's Attorneys of the
counties of this State, in making up their accounts against the Board
of County Commissioners of their respective counties, for all such
services and expenses as are properly chargeable against said Board
of County Commissioners, to state fully and particularly the services
rendered, and the time and place when and where said services were
rendered, and the items of expenses incurred in the proper discharge
of their duties, which account may include a reasonable trial fee for
each case actually tried, to be allowed in the discretion of the court,
as well as the appearance fee provided by law, and a reasonable com-
pensation for all other services performed by him; and which ac-
counts, together with the affidavit of said State's Attorneys as to
the correctness thereof, and the fairness of the charges therein made,
shall be submitted by such State's Attorneys to the judges of the
Circuit Courts for their respective counties; and it shall be the duty
of said judges to examine said accounts, and if the items thereof are
properly chargeable against said County Commissioners, and the
charges are fair and reasonable, the said judges shall endorse on
said accounts their certificate to that effect; and upon the certificate
aforesaid of the said judges, or a majority of them, being endorsed
upon said accounts, the said accounts shall be filed with the clerk of