1544                                                LAWS OF MARYLAND                           [Ch. 377

(o) In Kent County, (1) the State's Attorneys
salary is eight thousand dollars ($8,000). Beginning as
of January 1, 1975, the State's Attorney's salary shall
be twelve thousand dollars ($12,000).

(2)   The State's Attorney may employ an assistant,
who shall be a member of the local bar in good standing.
The state's Attorney may also employ a criminal
investigator and an administrative coordinator. The
County Commissioners shall fix the compensation of the
assistant State's attorney, the investigator and the
coordinator, who shall investigate cases, prepare the
dockets and perform such acts and duties as the State's
Attorney may request.

(3)   After January 1, 1973, the State's Attorney's
allowance for clerical hire, rental expenses and general
office expenses is five thousand dollars ($5,000). All
these expenses shall be paid by the submission of
vouchers [therefore] 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) . Expenditures 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 the fiscal year reverts to the general
fund of the county.

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

Approved April 30, 1974.

CHAPTER 378
(Senate Bill 759)
AN ACT concerning

Fires and Investigations — Fire Marshal

FOR the purpose of authorizing the State Fire Marshal to
arrest or cause to be arrested and charged certain
persons believed to have committed or to have
attempted to commit certain crimes involving or
related to fires, bombings and explosives; and
correcting certain language generally relating to
investigations and arrests by the State Fire