928                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                                Ch. 457

CHAPTER 457
(Senate Bill 935)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 2 of Article 22 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 [[Replacement Volume and 1972]]
Supplement), title "Postmortem Examiners," to provide for the appointment of
a chief traffic investigator in the Department of Postmortem Examiners, and to
provide that the Secretary of Personnel, subject to certain conditions, shall fix
the compensation of certain employees of the Department.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 2 of Article 22 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 [[Replacement Volume and 1972]] Supplement), title "Postmortem
Examiners," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

2.

The said Commission is hereby authorized and directed to appoint six medical
examiners, one to be known as chief medical examiner, one assistant deputy chief
medical examiner, and the other four as assistant medical examiners, a
toxicologist, two assistant toxicologists, [and] a serologist, AND A CHIEF
TRAFFIC INVESTIGATOR, land, subject to the approval of the board of
estimates of Baltimore City, to] [[SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
ARTICLE 41, SECTION 206,]] THE COMMISSION WITH THE
APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF PERSONNEL SHALL fix their
compensation which shall be paid by the Comptroller of the State of Maryland out
of that portion of the funds collected by the Racing Commission allocated and
paid to the several counties of the State and Baltimore City. The medical
examiners shall be licensed doctors of medicine, and shall have had at least two
years post-graduate training in pathology. The said Commission shall appoint, to
such extent as may be authorized by the board of estimates of Baltimore City,
such other professional or technical personnel, clerks and other employees as may
be necessary for the proper administration of the Department and at such
compensation as may be provided for by the said board of estimates in the
ordinance of estimates of Baltimore City. Such other professional and technical
personnel and the clerks and employees shall be appointed in accordance with the
provisions of §§ 142 to 156, inclusive, of the Baltimore City Charter (1949
Edition), known as the merit system.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the Commission from
employing the services of physicians on a contract basis for part-time services as
may be authorized by the board of estimates of Baltimore City.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 21, 1973.