MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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required to maintain and staff an office in the Wicomico
County courthouse.

(4)        The State's Attorney for Wicomico County, with
the approval of the [resident judge of the Circuit Court
for] Wicomico County COUNCIL, may appoint one member of
the bar of Wicomico County as the deputy State's
attorney, whose salary [shall be determined by the
Wicomico County Council, but may not be less than
$10,000] IS $18,000 ANNUALLY, including any State or
federal funds as may be provided for the deputy State's
attorney. The deputy State's attorney SHALL SERVE FULL
TIME AND may NOT engage in the private practice of law.

(5)        In addition to the deputy State's attorney,
the State's Attorney for Wicomico County, with the
approval of [the resident judge of the Circuit Court for
Wicomico County, may appoint two members of the bar of
Wicomico County as assistant State's attorneys. One
assistant State's attorney shall receive a salary as
determined by] the Wicomico County Council[, but which
may not be less than $15,000, including any State or
federal funds as may be provided for that assistant
State's attorney. The other assistant State's attorney
shall receive a salary of not less than $12,000,
including any State or federal funds as may be provided
for that assistant State's attorney], MAY APPOINT
ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEYS HE CONSIDERS
NECESSARY. THE SALARY OF THE ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY
SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE WICOMICO COUNTY COUNCIL. The
assistant State's attorneys shall devote their full time
and attention to the duties of their office as assistant
State's attorneys and may not engage in the private
practice of law at any time in any jurisdiction during
their tenure of office.

(6)        The deputy State's attorney and the assistant
State's attorney shall serve at the pleasure of the
State's Attorney. The deputy State's attorney and the
[two] assistant State's attorneys have the same legal
powers as the State's Attorney to represent the State
before grand juries and in the trial of criminal
proceedings.

[(7) In addition to the deputy State's attorney and
the two assistant State's attorneys, the State's Attorney
for Wicomico County, may, after obtaining the prior
approval of the resident judge of the Circuit Court for
Wicomico County, and after also obtaining the prior
approval of the Wicomico County Council, appoint
additional assistant State's attorneys he considers
necessary to serve for a particular case or series of
cases, the salary of these additional assistant State's
Attorneys to be set and approved by the Wicomico County
Council. ]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the