Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1601

Howard County shall set the salaries of the Deputy State's Attor-
ney, the Assistant State's Attorneys, and the Administrative As-
sistant to the State's Attorney with the approval of the County
Council., AND PROVIDING FOR ANNUAL AND SPECIAL
AUDITS OF THE STATE'S ATTORNEY.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 40 (n) of Article 10 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1970 Supplement), 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In Fact," subtitle "State's Attorney," be and it is hereby repealed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(n)                                                                                   

(1)    The State's Attorney's salary is $16,000.00.

(2)    The State's Attorney may appoint a deputy State's attorney,
whose salary shall be set by the County [Council of Howard County,
but] Executive with the approval of the County Council, at not less
than $6,000.00 annually.

(3)    The State's Attorney may appoint such assistant State's at-
torneys as may be authorized by the County [Council] Executive
and whose salaries shall be set by the County [Council] Executive
with the approval of the County Council. The deputy and assistant
State's attorneys shall serve at the pleasure of the State's Attorney
and have the same legal power as the State's Attorney to represent
the State before the grand jury and at the trial of criminal pro-
ceedings.

(4)    The State's Attorney may appoint an administrative assistant
who is authorized and empowered to collect and distribute moneys
payable for the support of dependents under orders issuing from
the several courts of this State, or any other state, and to retain
two percent of any moneys so collected to be paid to the County
Council for Howard County to defray the costs of this service. The
administrative assistant's salary shall be set by the County [Council]
Executive with the approval of the County Council.

(5)    THE COUNTY AUDITOR SHALL, NOT LATER THAN
THREE MONTHS AFTER THE CLOSE OF EACH FISCAL
YEAR, EXAMINE THE BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS OF THE
STATE'S ATTORNEY AND PREPARE AND SUBMIT TO THE
COUNTY COUNCIL AND TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE
A COMPLETE FINANCIAL AUDIT FOR THE PRECEDING
FISCAL YEAR. THIS REPORT SHALL BE INCLUDED IN
THE ANNUAL AUDIT REQUIRED BY SECTION 40 OF AR-
TICLE 19 OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND.
SPECIAL AUDITS MAY BE ORDERED AT ANY TIME BY
THE COUNTY COUNCIL OR COUNTY EXECUTIVE IN AC-
CORDANCE WITH SECTION 213 OF THE HOWARD COUNTY
CHARTER.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved May 24, 1971.