BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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FOR the purpose of altering the salary of the State's
Attorney in Frederick County; and prohibiting this
alteration from affecting the incumbent.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 10 - Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact

Section 40(k)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 10 — Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact

40.

(k) In Frederick County, (1) the State's Attorney's
annual salary is [twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00)]
$30,000.

(2)        The State's Attorney may appoint a member
of the bar of Frederick County as deputy State's attorney,
to serve at the pleasure of the State's Attorney. The
deputy State's attorney's annual salary shall be set by the
State's Attorney, subject to the approval of the Board of
County Commissioners. Under the direction of the State's
Attorney, the deputy State's attorney shall present cases to
the grand jury and perform such other acts and duties in
relation to the grand jury and in the operation of the
office as are necessary and proper.

(3)        It is intended by the provisions herein
that the State's Attorney and deputy State's attorney shall
not engage in the private practice of law in any matter
whatsoever.

(4)       The Board of County Commissioners shall
provide an office in the courthouse for the State's
Attorney. The Board shall pay the expenses of the office,
including general operating expenses, cost of equipment, and
the reasonable salary of a stenographer to be appointed by
the State's Attorney.

(5)        The State's Attorney may appoint such
number of full or part-time assistant State's attorneys and
other staff personnel as may be approved by the Board of
County Commissioners from time to time. All such appointees
shall serve at the State's Attorney's pleasure. The
salaries and compensation of such persons shall be as
approved by the Board of County Commissioners from time to
time. The assistant State's attorneys shall have the same
legal powers as the State's Attorney to present cases to the
grand jury and perform such other acts and duties in