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of the register for which the salary is being fixed, and
by other pertinent data which have relation to the
reasonableness of the salary in relation to the work done
and volume handled by the office; it being the intent of
this section that each register shall receive a fair and
adequate compensation for the effort and duties required
of him by his office and the volume and character of work
done by him as register in comparison to the salary fixed
by the Board of Public Works for each of the other
registers.]]

Article — Estates and Trusts
2-205.

Each register is entitled to receive an annual

salary of not less than $6,000 and not more than

[[$25,000]] $20,000, to be determined in each instance by
the Board of Public Works AND THE BOARD MAY RAISE THIS

MAXIMUM SALARY__TO__$25,000. In determining the annual

salary of the register, the Board of Public Works shall
be guided in the exercise of its discretion by

(1) The population of the county determined by the
last official United States census;

(2)    The dollar volume of total fees and taxes

collected and excess fees turned over to the State for
each of the preceding five years by the office of the
register for which the salary is being fixed; and

(3)    Other pertinent data which [[has]] HAVE
relation to the reasonableness of the salary in relation
to the work done and volume handled by the office.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
provisions of this Act shall not be construed to extend
or apply to the salary of any register of .wills in office
on the effective date of this Act, but the provisions of
this Act concerning the salary of the registers of wills
shall take effect at the beginning of the next following
term of office.

SECTION [[2]] 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That
this Act shall take effect July 1, 1974.

Approved April 30, 1974.