1794

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 552

Article 15 — Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1968 Edition and 1975 Supplement, as amended)

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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 38 - Fines and Forfeitures

5.

[ (e) In Kent County, if in any year the said payments
to the court library of one half the fines imposed and
recognizances forfeited is less than one thousand dollars
($1,000.00), the County Commissioners thereof shall pay to
the clerk of the court, for the use of the library, whatever
amount may be necessary to bring to one thousand dollars
($1,000.00) in the aggregate the total amount to be paid to
said library during that year under the provisions of this
section.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That section(s)
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland be repealed,
amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 15 - Kent County

184.

(A)    The County Commissioners of Kent County [are
hereby authorized and directed to levy annually the sum of
six hundred ($600.00) dollars for the support and
maintenance of the Kent County Bar Library, the said sum to
be paid to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for said County
and to be expended under the direction of the Judge or
Judges of said Court for the aforementioned Bar Library.]
SHALL APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF $2,500 ANNUALLY FOR THE SUPPORT
AND MAINTENANCE OF THE KENT COUNTY BAR LIBRARY. IN ADDITION
THE COMMISSIONERS SHALL APPROPRIATE $1,000 FOR THE SALARY OF

THE LIBRARIAN OF THE KENT COUNTY BAR LIBRARY A SALARY FOR

THE LIBRARIAN OF THE KENT COUNTY BAR LIBRARY IN THE AMOUNT

ESTABLISHED IN THE SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ORDER, RELATING

TO THE APPOINTMENT AND COMPENSATION OF THE LAW LIBRARIAN OF

THE RESPECTIVE COURTS OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT. THE

FUNDS APPROPRIATED SHALL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR KENT COUNTY.

(B)    THE LIBRARIAN SHALL SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR KENT COUNTY.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the General
Assembly declares that there is overriding State interest
and concern in matters involving the State courts and the
libraries of the State courts. This overriding interest and
concern requires that the General Assembly regulate matters
concerning the Bar Library in Kent County in spite of the
fact that Kent County has adopted Code Home Rule Status.