HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               1655

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1978 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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.

(x) (1) In Worcester County, the State's Attorney's
salary is $25,000 per year. [Beginning January 1, 1975, the
State's Attorney, during his term of office, may not, except
in connection with and in the performance of his duties as
such State's Attorney, appear as counsel or represent any
party professionally before any court, board, commission or
agency of this State or any county or political subdivision
of this State or of any other state. It is intended by the
provisions of this subsection that the State's Attorney may
not engage in the private practice of law in any manner
whatsoever from and after January 1, 19751 THE STATE'S
ATTORNEY MAY ENGAGE IN THE PRIVATE PRACTICE OF LAW PROVIDED
THAT THE PRIVATE PRACTICE DOES NOT IN ANY MANNER INTERFERE
WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES AS STATE'S ATTORNEY.

(2) [From and after July 1, 1974, the] THE
County Commissioners of Worcester County shall pay all
expenses for the conduct of the office of the State's
Attorney, including, but not limited to, clerical and
secretarial expenses, telephone charges, and [any] office
supplies [as the State's Attorney may deem necessary for the
proper conduct of his office, upon vouchers therefore
submitted by the State's Attorney], SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL
OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1979.

Approved May 29, 1979.

CHAPTER 588

(House Bill 834)

AN ACT concerning

Baltimore City — Transfer of Elevator Inspectors to
State Employment

FOR the purpose of transferring elevator inspectors in the
Department of Housing and Community Development from