490                              Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 213

CHAPTER 213
(House Bill 1176)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 40(k)
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 annual salary of the
State's Attorney and to permit the increase of the annual salary
of the Deputy State's Attorney of Frederick County; and to pro-
vide that the State's Attorney and the Deputy State's Attorney
of Frederick County shall not engage in the private practice of
law; and to provide that the provisions of this Act shall take effect
at the beginning of the next following terms of office.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 40(k) 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in Fact," subtitle "State's Attorney," be and it is hereby repealed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:

40.

(k) In Frederick County, (1) the State's Attorney's annual
salary is [seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00)] eighteen
thousand dollars ($18,000.00).

(2)    [Subject to the approval of the resident judge of the Circuit
Court,] [t] The State's Attorney may appoint a member of the bar
of Frederick County as deputy State's attorney, to serve at the
pleasure of the State's Attorney. The deputy State's attorney's
annual salary [is four thousand dollars ($4,000.00)] shall be not less
than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) in the discretion of the Board
of County Commissioners. Under the direction of the State's At-
torney, the deputy State's attorney shall present cases to the grand
jury and perform such other acts and duties in relation to the grand
jury and in the operation of the office as are necessary and proper.

(3)    It is intended by the provisions herein that the State's At-
torney and deputy State's attorney shall not engage in the private
practice of law in any matter whatsoever.

[(3)] (4) The Board of County Commissioners shall provide an
office in the courthouse for the State's Attorney. The Board shall
pay the expenses of the office, including general operating expenses,
cost of equipment, and the reasonable salary of a stenographer to
be appointed by the State's Attorney.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this Act
shall not be construed to extend or apply to the salaries of the State's
Attorney and the Deputy State's Attorney in office on the effective
date of this Act, but the provisions of this Act concerning the salaries
of the State's Attorney and the Deputy State's Attorney shall take
effect at the beginning of the next following terms of office.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1970.

Approved April 15, 1970