BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                        2121

adoption, divorce, annulment, custody, alimony and support,
and shall perform any [similar and related] ADDITIONAL
duties as from time to time may be prescribed by the Court.
These additional duties may include any duties authorized by
any law or rule of court relating to Masters in Chancery
[for Juvenile and Domestic Relations].

(b) Each Master shall receive an annual salary
provided by the COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND County Council of
Howard County in the amount the EXECUTIVE AND Council from
time to time may prescribe after consultation with the
Court.

(c) The Circuit Court for Howard County may appoint
qualified persons [for performance of duties in connection
with Domestic Relations actions for administration,
research, treatment, psychological, psychiatric,
investigative, supervisory, conciliatory, stenographic,
clerical and other similar services. The appointees shall
perform any duties prescribed by the Judges of the Circuit
Court and] TO PERFORM STENOGRAPHIC AND SECRETARIAL DUTIES
FOR THE MASTERS. THE APPOINTEES shall be paid salaries
provided by the EXECUTIVE AND County Council of Howard
County in such amounts as the EXECUTIVE AND Council from
time to time may prescribe after consultation with the
Court.
(d) The Circuit Court for Howard County may prescribe
any additional rules pertaining to actions heard by Masters
in Chancery [for Juvenile and Domestic Relations] that it
deems necessary. [Except for Juvenile cases, the] THE
Circuit Court may prescribe all costs pertaining to any
actions heard by the Masters; and all costs so prescribed
must be paid in advance to the Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Howard County. The Clerk shall pay those costs to the
[County Council] DIRECTOR OF FINANCE of Howard County.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 16, 1978.

CHAPTER 720

(House Bill 15 88)

AN ACT concerning

Wage and Hour Law - Exclusion of Farm Machinery Salesmen

FOR the purpose of excluding farm machinery salesmen from
the wage requirements for hours worked in excess of a
certain number.