1638                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 784

3.

The following positions shall not be included in the classified service, namely:
those held by officers elected by popular vote and officers whose appointment and
election is provided by the Constitution, including deputy clerks provided for by
the Constitution. Article 4, Sections 26 and 37; officers and employees of the
General Assembly or of either house thereof; any register of wills, any clerk of
court, any State's attorney; [[]]] Supervisors of assessments in the several
counties [[; ]]] AND BALTIMORE CITY; the deputy and assistant attorneys
general and all other attorneys employed in, or connected with, the State Law
Department, except where a specific statutory provision includes any such person
in the classified service; the general counsel and assistant general counsel of the
Public Service Commission; with the exception of the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles, members of boards and commissions and all other persons holding
positions by direct appointment from the Governor or from the Board of Public
Works; all secretaries, chief clerks, and chief administrative officials of all State
offices, boards, commissions, departments, and institutions as determined by the
Commissioner with the approval of the Governor; employees of or assigned to the
executive mansion; members of the police force and all employees of the police
commissioner for the City of Baltimore and of the board of police examiners of
Baltimore City provided for by Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1949 Edition), title "City of Baltimore," subtitle "Police
Commissioner," Sections 868 to 968, both inclusive, and any amendments thereto
it being intended that said sections, and any amendments thereto, shall remain in
effect independently of this article; all positions in State offices, boards,
commissions, departments and institutions, which the Commissioner may
determine, with the approval of the Governor, require medical, engineering,
scientific, educational or expert training and qualifications; all registrars and
librarians designated as holding faculty rank by the respective boards of trustees of
the State teachers' colleges, St. Mary's Female Seminary, Morgan State College
and the University of Maryland and the business manager at Morgan State
College; all teachers, principals, directors of education and supervisors of
vocational education on the staffs of Boys' Village of Maryland, Maryland
Training School for Boys, Montrose School for Girls, Maryland Children's
Centers, Victor Cullen School, and any and all other institutions which are under
the supervision, direction, control and general management of the State
Department of Public Welfare; and all positions the annual salary for which does
not exceed the sum of six hundred and fifty dollars ($650) per annum, or where the
incumbent is employed on a part-time basis.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any provisions of
this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid for
any reason, the invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or any other
application of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or
application, and to this end all of the provisions of this Act are declared to be
severable.

SECTION [[3]] 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, [[1974]] 1973.

Approved May 24, 1973.