1514                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 546

CHAPTER 546
(House Bill 767)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 40(o)
of Article 10 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replace-
ment Volume and 1971 Supplement), title "Attorneys at Law and
Attorneys in Fact," subtitle "State's Attorney," to provide that
in Kent County the State's Attorney's expense account shall be
increased after a certain date.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 40(o) of Article 10 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1968 Replacement Volume and 1971 Supplement), title "Attor-
neys 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be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to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.

(o) In Kent County, (1) the State's Attorney's salary is eight
thousand dollars ($8,000).

(2)    The State's Attorney may employ a deputy or assistant, who
shall be a member of the local bar in good standing [and who shall
be paid by the State's Attorney out of his salary]. The County Com-
missioners shall fix the compensation of the Assistant State's Attor-
ney who shall present such cases to the Kent County Grand Jury and
perform such other acts and duties in relation to the Grand Jury,
Circuit and District Courts of Kent County, as deemed necessary.

(3)    [To and including the year 1970] After January 1, 1972,
the State's Attorney's allowance for clerical hire, rental expenses
and general office expenses is four thousand [five hundred] dollars
[($4,500)] ($4,000) [and after January 1, 1971 this allowance shall
be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500)]. All these expenses
shall be paid [on] by the submission of vouchers therefor to, and
after approval by, the Board of County Commissioners.

(4)    The State's Attorney's special fund allowance for the cost
of making investigations is two thousand dollars ($2,000). Expendi-
tures from this allowance shall be accounted for to the Board of
County Commissioners at the end of each year, and any balance
remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year reverts to the
general fund of the county.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and safety and having been passed
by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members
elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 26, 1972.