2478                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [Ch. 723

(d) in Baltimore County,

(1) beginning with the term of the State's
Attorney who is elected to that position in 1970, the
State's Attorney's salary shall be twenty—two thousand
five hundred dollars ($22,500) annually. [Beginning]
SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE III, SECTION 35 OF
THE CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND, AND BEGINNING with the term
of the State's Attorney who is elected to that position
in 1974, the State's Attorney's salary shall be [not less
than twenty—two thousand five hundred dollars
($22,500.00) annually] [EQUAL TO THE SALARY PAID TO A
JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR BALTIMORE COUNTY AND SHALL
BE ADJUSTED FROM TIME TO TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY
ADJUSTMENTS MADE IN THE SALARY PAID TO THAT JUDGE]]
THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS [[($32,000)]] $35,000

ANNUALLY. THE STATE'S ATTORNEY SHALL SERVE FULL TIME AND
MAY NOT ENGAGE IN THE PRIVATE PRACTICE OF LAW.

(2)    The State's Attorney shall appoint two
deputy State's attorneys, each to have an annual salary
[of not more than eighteen thousand five hundred dollars

($18,500.00)] [[EQUAL TO THE SALARY PAID TO A JUDGE OF
THE DISTRICT COURT FOR BALTIMORE COUNTY AND SHALL BE
ADJUSTED FROM TIME TO TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY
ADJUSTMENTS MADE IN THE SALARY PAID TO THAT JUDGE]] OF

TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS [[($25,000)]] $27,500; one

of these deputy State's attorneys shall be designated
deputy State's attorney of trial and administration, and
the other deputy State's attorney shall be designated
deputy State's attorney of operations. The deputy
State's attorneys are to perform such work as the State's
Attorney may require, SHALL SERVE FULL-TIME, AND MAY NOT
ENGAGE IN THE PRIVATE PRACTICE OF LAW.

[[IN LIEU OF APPOINTING TWO FULL-TIME DEPUTY
STATE'S ATTORNEYS, THE STATE'S ATTORNEY MAY ELECT TO
APPOINT EITHER ONE OR BOTH ON A PART-TIME BASIS. IF A
PART-TIME DEPUTY STATE'S ATTORNEY IS APPOINTED, HE SHALL
BE PAID 80% OF THE SALARY PAID TO A JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT
COURT FOR BALTIMORE COUNTY, AND MAY ENGAGE IN THE PRIVATE
PRACTICE OF LAW.]]

(3)    The State's Attorney of Baltimore County
may appoint [twenty-six (26)] [[36]] THIRTY (30)
assistant State's attorneys. OF THE ADDITIONAL FOUR
POSITIONS HEREBY CREATED, TWO SHALL BE ASSIGNED TO THE

DISTRICT COURT FOR BALTIMORE COUNTY. The salary of the

assistant State's attorneys shall be not less than [nine
thousand five hundred dollars ($9,500)] [[$12,700]]
$12,500 nor more than [fifteen thousand dollars
($15,000)] $18,000 annually as the State's Attorney may
determine. The State's Attorney may, however, designate
[[four (4)]] TEN of the [twenty-six (26)] [[36]] 30