Marvin Mandel, Governor                         453

CHAPTER 152
(House Bill 661)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 605 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Allegany County (1963 Edition
and 1967 Supplement, being Article 1 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Allegany County," subtitle "State's At-
torney," to empower the County Commissioners of Allegany County
to appoint assistant State's Attorneys; to levy for their salaries and
expenses and to reletter sections as necessary.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 605 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Allegany County
(1963 Edition and 1967 Supplement, being Article 1 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Allegany County," subtitle
"State's Attorney," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

605.

(a)    The County Commissioners for Allegany County are hereby
directed, authorized and empowered to pay the office expenses, in-
cluding rent, stationery, printing, telephone, stamps, necessary
stenographic services and any other expense that may be essential
for the proper maintenance of the office of the State's Attorney and
also any other expense necessary and incident to the maintenance
and conduct of said office as may be, in their opinion, reasonable and
proper; and the County Commissioners shall levy for the same as
expenses of the State's Attorney's office. These bills must be pre-
sented direct to the County Commissioners made out and sworn to
on the regular forms now in use by the County Commissioners, and
must be certified to by the State's Attorney, and all false swearings
in such reports and affidavits shall be deemed perjury and punished
as such.

(b)    The County Commissioners of Allegany County are hereby
authorized and empowered to appoint the number of assistant State's
Attorneys as in the opinion of the Commissioners are necessary to
assist the State's Attorney in the conduct of his office. The County
Commissioners of Allegany County are hereby directed, authorized,
and empowered to determine the salaries of assistant State's Attor-
neys and to pay such necessary expenses as are incident to the main-
tenance and conduct of their offices, as in the opinion of the Com-
missioners are reasonable and proper and shall levy for the same,
including the salaries for any assistant State's Attorneys so ap-
pointed, as expenses of the State's Attorney's office. Bills for these
expenses must be presented and certified to by the State's Attorney
in the same manner as provided for in subsection (a) of this section.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved April 26, 1972.